Rail car bridge plate
AssigneeStandard Car Truck Company
InventorsRobert L. Bullock, Bruce M. Bullock
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Abstract
A bridge plate assembly for use in moving vehicles between rail cars for loading and unloading has sufficient length to span the space between adjacent rail cars and has sufficient width to accommodate vehicles of varying wheelbase. The plate assembly includes two relatively movable telescoping load bearing members, each of which includes a plurality of spaced tubular members and a support member at each end of each plate member joining the tubular members together.
Claims14
A portable bridge plate assembly attachable to and removable from facing ends of rail cars for use in moving vehicles between stationary rail cars for loading and unloading, said plate assembly having sufficient length to span the space between adjacent rail cars, having sufficient width to accommodate vehicles of varying wheelbase and having sufficient strength to support a vehicle, said plate assembly including two relatively movable telescoping load bearing plate members, said plate members being secured together to permit relative movement only in a direction parallel to the plate assembly, one end of each plate member having means thereon for removably attaching the plate member to the end of a rail car in a manner to prevent movement other than pivotal movement about a horizontal axis.
A portable bridge plate assembly attachable to and removable from facing ends of rail cars for use in moving vehicles between stationary rail cars for loading and unloading, said plate assembly having sufficient length to span the space between adjacent rail cars, sufficient strength to support a vehicle and having sufficient width to accommodate vehicles of varying wheelbase, said assembly including a plate member formed of a plurality of spaced tubular members rigidly joined together at opposite ends thereof by transverse support members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.