Container bracket arrangement for railway car

申请号 US3768421D 申请日 1972-06-12 公开(公告)号 US3768421A 公开(公告)日 1973-10-30
申请人 PULLMAN INC; 发明人 GRAMSE H;
摘要 A railway flat car having trailer hitches for supporting trailers thereon includes a bracket arrangement for supporting containers when the car is utilized for container operation. The bracket arrangement comprises a plurality of brackets some of which are slidably connected to rub rails spaced inwardly and extending longitudinally with respect to the car. Flexible elements connect the container brackets to the rub rails and permit the storing of the brackets therebetween.
权利要求
1. A railway car for transporting containers and trailers, said car including a flat deck, a pair of vertical rub rails extending longitudinally substantially the length of said car on said deck, said rub rails being spaced inwardly from the opposite sides of said deck to provide thereon a pair of outwardly disposed longitudinal runways, a trailer hitch supported on said deck between said rub rails adjacent an end of said car, said trailer hitch being movable from a collapsed position to an erect position for attachment to a trailer, the improvement of a container support arrangement comprising a first pair of container brackets, each having a flat supporting surface adapted to support a container at its corners at one end thereof, first means connecting said first brackets, respectively, to said rub rails for relative sliding movement, first bracket positioning means on said deck at one end thereof in said runways and being located opposite said trailer hitch, each said first brackets including means securing the same in said positioning means, said first brackets being movable with said first connecting means from said first positioning means to a stored position between said rub rails and rearwardly of said trailer hitch, a second pair of container brackets, second bracket positioning means on said runways longitudinally spaced from said first positioning means, said second brackets each including flat supporting surfaces adapted to support said container at its corners at the opposite end thereof and second means securing the same to said second bracket positioning means and, means movably connecting said second pair of container brackets to said rub rails whereby said second brackets may be moved from said second positioning means to a stored position between said rub rails.
2. The invention in accordance with claim 1, said first connecting means each including a slide member, and an arm pivotally connected to said slide member and connected to each said first container bracket whereby said arms may be pivoted from a position on said runways to a position between said rub rails.
3. The invention in accordance with claim 2, including a flexible member connected to each arm and each first container bracket.
4. The invention in accordance with claim 1, said first means each including a slide member, a pair of arms each having a first flat portion in one position adapted to horizontally overlie a rub rail, means pivotally connecting said first flat portions to said rub rails, a second flat portion on each said arms in said one position lying on said runways, means interconnecting said flat portions, and a flexible member connecting said second flat portion and said first brackets.
5. The invention in accordance with claim 4, said second positioning means including a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures in said runways for receiving said second securing means, and said means movably connecting said second pair of container brackets to said rub rails including flexible members whereby said second brackets may be secured in any of said apertures.
6. The invention in accordance with claim 1, said means connecting said brackets to said rub rails including flexible elements, said positioning means including a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures in said runways, and said flexible eleMents being adapted to permit said brackets to be secured in any of said apertures.
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