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Hopper side pneumatic discharge

  • US 3,180,690 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1962
  • Issued: 04/27/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A RAILWAY HOPPER CAR HAVING A SIDE SILL AND SIDES EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND A HOPPER DISCHARGE PORTION DEPENDING BELOW SAID SIDE SILL, SAID HOPPER DISCHARGE PORTION BEING FORMED AS A HOUSING OF SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION AND INCLUDING FLOOR SHEET MEANS TAPERED INWARDLY TOWARD EACH OTHER TO FORM THE NADIR OF SAID HOUSING AND SLOPE SHEETS FORMING THE END WALLS THEREOF, SAID HOUSING EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CAR, A PNEUMATIC MATERIAL INTAKE AND DISCHARGE TUBE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HOUSING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID NADIR AND HAVING EACH OF ITS ENDS PROJECTING THROUGH SAID SLOPE SHEETS PROVIDING CONNECTING PORTIONS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE SUCTION TUBES OF A PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEM, AND A DISCHARGE CONDUIT EXTENDING ALONG EACH OF SAID SLOPE SHEETS, SAID DISCHARGE CONDUITS EACH CONNECTING AT ONE END WITH SAID INTAKE AND DISCHARGE TUBE AND HAVING AN END PROJECTING THROUGH SAID CAR SIDES WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SAID HOPPERS FOR PROVIDING A CONNECTION TO A SUCTION TUBE.

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