The invention relates to a connecting structure for side walls, funnel ridges and a middle beam of a hopper car. The connecting structure comprises an upper funnel ridge and a lower funnel ridge, wherein the two ends of the upper funnel ridge and the lower funnel ridge are respectively welded on the two side walls; an opening is formed in the back of the upper funnel ridge; the middle beam is inserted into the opening; a sealing plate is arranged at the opening part of the opening; lateral sealing plates are arranged between the two side walls of the middle beam and the opening; the height of the top end on the back of the lower funnel ridge is higher than the height of the bottom of the middle beam; a U-shaped opening is formed in the position corresponding to the middle beam at the top end on the back of the lower funnel ridge; the bottom of the middle beam is arranged in the U-shaped opening; the lower end of a first ridge plate is mounted on a side wall on the back of the upper funnel ridge through a first ridge plate mounting-plate; a second ridge plate is mounted on the other side wall of the upper funnel ridge through a second ridge plate mounting-plate; the upper ends of the second ridge plate and the first ridge plate are both butt-joined with an upper lateral beam; one lateral edge of the first ridge plate and the second ridge plate are both butt-jointed with the side walls; the other lateral edges of the first ridge plate and the second ridge plate are connected through a connecting plate; the lower end of the connecting plate is connected with the upper funnel ridge through a rib plate. The connecting structure is fit for a railway hopper car.
Connecting structure for side walls, funnel ridges and middle beam of hopper car
2015-04-29
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61D Einzelheiten oder Arten des Wagenaufbaus von Eisenbahnfahrzeugen , BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES |
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