End door for rail cars
First Claim
1. An end closure for a rail car having a side wall, means defining a vertical slot in said side wall near one end of said rail car, said end closure comprising an upright door, said door having a curved laterally outer portion and a planar laterally inner portion, means for guiding said door for lateral movement from a closed position across the end of said rail car to an open position projecting through said vertical slot in which at least a portion of the door is disposed at the outer side of and close to said side wall, said side wall and the adjacent side edge portion of said door in the closed position thereof cooperating to block entry into the rail car, and means for securing said door in its open and closed positions.
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Abstract
An end closure for a rail car which comprises a pair of sliding doors. Locking mechanisms provided for securing the doors in closed position extending across the end of the rail car as well as in open and in intermediate positions. Each door moves from closed to open position through an opening in the side wall of the rail car to an open space on the outer side of the side wall within the allowed rail car clearance.
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- 1. An end closure for a rail car having a side wall, means defining a vertical slot in said side wall near one end of said rail car, said end closure comprising an upright door, said door having a curved laterally outer portion and a planar laterally inner portion, means for guiding said door for lateral movement from a closed position across the end of said rail car to an open position projecting through said vertical slot in which at least a portion of the door is disposed at the outer side of and close to said side wall, said side wall and the adjacent side edge portion of said door in the closed position thereof cooperating to block entry into the rail car, and means for securing said door in its open and closed positions.
- 8. An end closure for a rail car comprising a substantially rigid upright door, said door having an arcuate laterally outer portion and a straight laterally inner portion which is tangent to said arcuate portion, means for guiding said door for lateral movement from a closed position across the end of the rail car to an open position adjacent one corner of the rail car, said guiding means including a track having an arcuate section adjacent said corner of the rail car, the radius of curvature of said arcuate section of said track being substantially the same as that of said arcuate portion of said door, and follower means guiding said arcuate portion of said door on said arcuate section of said track so that the inner edge of said door moves longitudinally outwardly in a direction away from the lading during initial movement away from closed position and follows a path outside the path of said track during movement from closed to open position.
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