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US 6,615,741 B2Granted
Composite railcar containers and door
AssigneeAmerican Composite Materials Engineering, Inc.
InventorsJoseph V. Fecko, William R. Galbraith, Kurt Jordan
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Abstract
Composite flatbed and well car railcar containers are disclosed herein, as well as modular containers formed from prefabricated side, end, top and bottom panels. In some embodiments, the container is a temperature-controlled container. The present invention is also directed to an improved door for use on the invented containers, as well as conventional containers and railcars.
Claims50
A composite railway container, comprising:
- a pair of spaced-apart end walls at least partially formed from a composite fiberglass material;
- a pair of sidewalls at least partially formed from a composite fiberglass material;
- a top wall at least partially formed from a composite fiberglass material;
- a bottom wall adapted to be supported on a railcar, wherein the end walls, sidewalls, top wall and bottom wall are interconnected to form a railway container that defines a compartment adapted to receive cargo to be transported in the container, and further wherein at least one of the walls includes an opening through which cargo may be loaded and unloaded from the container, and further wherein the at least one of the walls includes spaced-apart inner and outer portions that define a pocket therebetween adjacent the opening;
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- a door adapted to move between a closed position, in which the door obstructs the opening, and an open position, in which the opening is at least substantially unobstructed by the door and the door is at least substantially received within the pocket.
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A modular railway container, comprising:
- a plurality of walls that each are at least partially formed from a composite fiberglass material;
- wherein each of the walls includes a perimeter portion, and further wherein each of the walls is formed as a discrete unit from the other walls;
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- at least one fastening mechanism adapted to secure the perimeter portions of selected ones of the walls together to form a railway container having an internal compartment adapted to receive cargo to be transported in the container, wherein each of the walls includes an inner surface that defines a portion of the internal compartment, wherein each of the walls includes an outer surface that defines a portion of an exterior surface of the container, and further wherein the walls are adapted to be interconnected by the at least one fastening mechanism without requiring a frame to support the walls.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.