A hopper railcar includes a plurality of hoppers for carrying material laden material, wherein each hopper has a lower discharge chute formed by converging side sheets and end sheets defining a transverse opening; and pivoted transverse door for each transverse opening for selectively opening and closing and closed by a pivoted door, the pivoted door having a pivot axis perpendicular to a longitudinal length of the railcar, and lateral deflectors on lateral sides of the doors with each of the deflectors having a side face extending above an interior facing surface of the doors upon which laden flows with the door in the open position. A method of retrofitting hopper railcars to include deflectors is also disclosed.


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    Titel :

    HOPPER RAILCAR WITH DOOR DEFLECTOR FOR TRANSVERSE PIVOTED OUTLET GATE, DOOR DEFLECTOR AND METHOD OF RETROFITTING HOPPER RAILCAR TO INCLUDE DOOR DEFLECTOR FOR TRANSVERSE PIVOTED OUTLET GATE


    Beteiligte:
    HEIDER MICHAEL (Autor:in) / SELAPACK MICHAEL (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-06-22


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B61D Einzelheiten oder Arten des Wagenaufbaus von Eisenbahnfahrzeugen , BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES





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