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US 9,284,170 B2Granted
Device for removing hoppers from rail cars
AssigneeVale S.A.
InventorCélio Antonio Guimarães
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Abstract
There is described a device for removing a drawer-type hopper of a railroad car, the device comprising: a first support base positioned on a platform and a second support base supported on the railroad car; and a tackle fastened on the first support base; the tackle comprising a first hook associated to the drawer-type hopper, the first hook and the drawer-type hopper being moved linearly by the tackle in the opposite direction of the railroad car.
Claims6
A device for removing a drawer-type hopper from a railroad car, the device comprising:
- a first support base having a bottom surface configured to be positioned on a horizontal platform;
- a second support base having an end configured to be supported on the railroad car;
- a base extension having a body that connects the first support base to the second support base at a fixed distance;
- a drag mechanism fastenable to the drawer-type hopper;
- an arm mechanism fastened to the first support base;
- a linking mechanism coupling the drag mechanism to the arm mechanism, wherein operation of the arm mechanism drives the linking mechanism to translate the drag mechanism and the drawer-type hopper toward the first support base linearly along a horizontal plane;
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- a supporting element fixed to the first support base and fastenable to the railroad car in an angular orientation relative to the horizontal plane.
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