US 5,511,490 AGranted

Railway basket car for transporting semitrailers

AssigneeParkany Kft.

InventorsBurian Fendall, Albulescu Sandu, Nagy Iosif, Neceaev Vasile, Vajay Gy.o slashed.rgy

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Abstract

In the railway basket car (1) according to the invention at least a part of the surface between the longitudinal side beams (2,3) of the basket car (1) is missing, and a basket (4) is arranged between the longitudanal side beams (2,3) in the missing part of the surface of the basket car (1), said basket (4) comprising a bottom part (4c) for carrying the semitrailer (17) and two side walls (4a) wherein the side walls (4a) are provided with means for supporting the basket (4) on the longitudinal side beams (2,3) of the basket car (1) and with lifting lugs (5) and there stop and locating elements on the supporting means and/or the longitudinal side beams (2,3) of the basket car (1).

Claims6

Dependent claims

A railway basket car having a normal direction of travel, comprising

(a) a car frame including
(1) two side-by-side arranged longitudinal side beams extending parallel to said direction and being spaced from one another perpendicularly to said direction;
and
(2) a transverse stop beam extending between and perpendicularly to said longitudinal side beams adjacent at least one longitudinal end thereof;
(b) a well defined by said car frame;
said well being bounded by said longitudinal side beams;
(c) a basket received in said well;
said basket having
(1) a bottom part for supporting a load thereon;
(2) two side walls;
and
(3) an edge extending transversely to said side walls at an end of said basket;
(d) support means for supporting said basket in said well;
said support means having
(1) first supporting parts carried by said side walls and
(2) second supporting parts carried by said longitudinal side beams;
respective said second supporting parts cooperating with respective said first supporting parts;
(e) a separate lifting lug carried by each said side wall of said basket to be engaged by a hoist for lifting and lowering the basket;
and
(f) stop and locating means for determining a longitudinal position of said basket in said well.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.