Railway car counter balanced tilting deck

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4248557
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06016643

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An operating mechanism for a hinged deck portion of a vehicle-carrying auto-rack railway car utilizing a first-class lever to counterbalance the deck end portion. A spring load is provided by a Belleville spring pack of novel, compact construction which has a substantially constant spring-force versus deflection curve such that manual manipulation of the hinged deck by operating personnel is facilitated during loading and unloading of the auto-rack car.

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  • PULLMAN INCORPORATED;PULLMAN STANDARD, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Roldness, David J San Diego, CA 4 26
Watson, Thomas H Bonita, CA 7 37
Wonacott, Gary D San Diego, CA 1 8

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