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7131455 |
Tank car manway cover
A manway cover assembly for a railroad tank car. The manway cover assembly is moveable between a closed position in covering relationship with a manway nozzle and an open position that permits...
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7108285 |
Road and rail tankers
A tanker trailer includes tanks mounted one behind the other to a chassis using a flexible mounting system. The mounting allows individual tank movement in upward and downward directions from a...
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6941873 |
Tank steam-out cap
A steam cap for use in cleaning out a tank, such as a railroad tank car, is described herein. The steam cap of the invention is preferably affixed to a tank outlet, such as a tanker outlet leg. The...
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6910427 |
Security device and method to prevent unauthorized discharge of contents from a tank
Security devices are provided to prevent or block unauthorized access through portholes formed in a protective housing assembly when the protective housing assembly is in its first, closed position...
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6805153 |
Hose connector template apparatus
The present invention relates to an apparatus for restricting access to ports that may be disposed in a bonnet to house valves on a railcar. More specifically, the present invention relates to a...
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6727510 |
Transportation vessel for radioactive substance and method of loading closed vessel
A canister containing spent fuel assemblies is contained in a body of a transportation cask. A top opening of a vessel body of the canister is closed by a lid welded to the vessel body. A...
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6694889 |
Siphon drainpipe system and method for a railway tank car
A siphon drainpipe system and method for use in a railway tank car includes a railway tank car having a tank at least partially defined by a generally elongate hollow cylinder having closed ends....
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6557896 |
Road and rail tankers
Multi-compartment tankers, especially road tankers, suffer from cracking of the compartment divisions due to the repeated stressing of the tank in use. The present invention provides a solution by...
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6557477 |
Ring protector for preventing tampering of valves positioned inside a railcar dome
A ring protector for preventing unauthorized access through the dome port openings of a railcar dome. The ring protector defines a plurality of approximately equally spaced holes. The ring...
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6357363 |
Railroad tank car
A railway tank car of light weight and high cargo load capacity in which a tank shell structure is carried on and unified with an underframe including a stub sill at each end, a pair of spaced...
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6347589 |
Railway tank car having a heating system with internal heat transfer panel
In one embodiment of the present invention, a railway tank car including a tank coupled with first and second stub sill assemblies may be provided. The stub sill assemblies may each be coupled with...
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6328064 |
Fluid tank drain pipe support/guide member
A drain pipe support advantageously acts as a guide for insertion of a drain pipe and secures the drain pipe in a desired position for draining of a fluid filled tank. Additionally the drain pipe...
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6286438 |
Baffle plate assembly
A baffle plate assembly for reducing the amount of corrosive liquid contained within a railroad car from contacting a pressure relief valve connected to the railroad car. The baffle plate assembly...
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6076471 |
Tank car manway cover assembly
A manway cover assembly to cover an opening of a tank car, defined by an upstanding manway nozzle. The manway cover assembly comprises a manway cover housing, a safety vent and a manway nozzle...
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5785078 |
Safety vent housing
A safety vent for a railroad tank car has a housing mounted about an opening on the top of the car. The housing body defines a cavity which contains a surge protector and a rupture disk. The...
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5762088 |
Method and apparatus for gauging clearance on a tanker railcar checkvalve
Disclosed is a gauging device for use in a tanker railcar having a manway cover for attaching a valve having a valve stem, that the manway cover having an opening and a valve mounting recess, a...
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5636665 |
Method and apparatus for filling and emptying of tank vehicles
A method and apparatus for collectively filling and emptying fluid in a plurality of tanks, particularly in a railway train. The apparatus enables filling and emptying via a hook-up at the filling...
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5465753 |
Safety vessel and valve assembly
A safety vessel and valve assembly for storage and transport of chemicals is disclosed. The assembly includes a vessel housing a series of retracted valves. A thickened mounting plate provides an...
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5303843 |
Fluid transport apparatus with water hammer eliminator system
A fluid transport apparatus including an elongated fluid vessel for transporting fluid, such as LPG. One or more breakable containers of compressible fluid are positioned within the fluid vessel....
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5251658 |
Fluid apparatus with at least one tube well
A tube well extends through a fluid containment compartment and is secured at both ends thereof to the compartment shell. Both ends of the well communicate with respective shell openings....
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5226371 |
Mobile tanker
A mobile road or rail tanker. The tanker is formed of sheet aluminum which forms an outer shell. The shell encloses a chamber which is divided by a transverse wall. The wall adjacent the shell...
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5218911 |
Split skid protection casting and insert adapter for replacement outlet valve of a tank car
A skid protective casting and adapter for a tank car for retrofitting a new outlet bottom valve on a tank car. The skid protective casting includes two separate sections having sloped bottom...
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5170819 |
Valve system for mobile tank cars
A protective valve system including a pipe extending into the tank through a wall with a seat positioned in the pipe inside of the tank and a safety plug movable for releasable and sealingly...
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5058511 |
Heated tank car with discharge valve and pressure equalizer
A railway tank car heated by steam through a heat exchanger located at the bottom of the tank car, the heat exchanger comprising pipes running lengthwise of the tank and outlets between the ends of...
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4941410 |
Outlet valve assembly with an extended handle for a railway tank car
An outlet valve assembly is provided for a railway tank car. The valve is mounted at the bottom of the tank car for discharging downwardly between the tracks. The valve is operable between the...
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4902173 |
System and filter for preventing contamination of particulate material in railroad car during transportation and unloading
A system for preventing contamination of particulate material in a railroad hopper car during transportation and unloading of the material from the car, comprising transporting the material in the...
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4898101 |
Vehicle hopper body with internal reinforcing members
A hopper vehicle body having an elongated shell internally reinforced by spaced apart lateral reinforcing members in the general shape of a horseshoe and which have a hat-shaped cross section.
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4890646 |
Flexible siphon pipe for tank car
An eduction or siphon pipe in a railway tank car extends from adjacent a bottom sump area to a fitting in a top area of the car. The railway tank car has a generally curvilinear inner wall, and the...
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4889160 |
Antitamper vent arrangement for a receptacle or enclosure
A two-way tamper-proof vent arrangement especially constructed for food grade receptacles and tanks is disclosed. The vent arrangement includes inner and outer stainless steel inverted cup members...
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4867073 |
Internal drainage system for hollow member structural assembly and method
An internal water drainage system for an interconnected hollow structural assembly within a railroad pressure discharge hopper car or the like is disclosed. To facilitate water drainage throughout...
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4805540 |
Center stub still railway tank car construction
A center stub sill railway tank car is disclosed having a generally cylindric, elongate tank. A center stub sill assembly is secured to the lower portion of the tank at each end thereof for...
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4775070 |
System for preventing fluid surges in fluid transport vehicles
An internal baffle system comprising a plurality of upper stationary baffles spaced along the top interior wall portion of the tank and extending downward to a point within the tank, a second...
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4729570 |
Fiberglass transport trailer
A chassisless fiberglass tank trailer. The tank trailer includes a tank shell formed of a fiberglass reinforced isotholic resin, with fiberglass filaments bias-wound at an angle of approximately...
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4697528 |
Railway tank car with protective device for protrusion
A protective flange is provided for the protection of a protrusion or valve on the surface of a tank car. The flange has an inner arcuate wall and an outer deflection portion for receiving impacts....
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4664307 |
Spirally welded tank cars
Railroad tank cars are provided with spirally wound cylindrical tanks spanning and supported on wheeled trucks with a continuous weld extending the full length of the tank. A steel plate ribbon or...
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4608931 |
Filament wound railway hopper car
A railway hopper car (200) includes a filament wound fiberglass car body having side walls (202, 204) integral with a roof (208), preferably also formed of a filament wound fiberglass. The...
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4574986 |
Flexible container system
Flexible container apparatus for shipping fluids within a rigid transport container wherein a pair of flexible containers having transverse dimensions equal to or slightly greater than the width...
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4569292 |
Railway car for transporting liquids
A method is disclosed for enclosing a large cylindrical container within an existing refrigerated railway car by affixing structural framework to the container for supporting vertical forces,...
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4542764 |
Leak containment kit
A leak containment kit for tank cars is disclosed. The kit is bolted to the manway cover of the tank car and surrounds all of the valves mounted on the manway cover. The kit provides means to...
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4530288 |
Heated railway tank car
A sloped heat exchange element is sealingly mounted above the bottom of the tank of a railway tank car adjacent each end of the tank. Each heating element is thermally isolated from the tank...
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4527489 |
Railroad tank car skid construction
A skid arrangement to protect an appurtenance which extends from the bottom of a railroad tank car. The skid arrangement includes a ramped box-like frame structure which is defined by longitudinal...
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4515189 |
Molten sulfur tank car assembly
One or a series of wheeled tank cars for carrying a commodity which must be heated for effective handling and which produces noxious gases when heated is provided with a closed vapor recovery...
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4498400 |
Hopper slope sheet support and connecting means
Large metal plates (120) located on each side of a railway hopper car are used to connect the hopper slope sheets (102, 104) to the car body sides (16) and longitudinally extending side sills...
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4484528 |
Railway hopper car
A covered railway hopper car includes side walls comprising upper arcuate side sheet and lower flat inclined side sheet portions. The upper edge of the flat side sheet is bent to form a longeron...
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4466356 |
Full diameter head shield construction for railway tank car
A tank car head shield is generally arcuate and is located outboard of the tank. The shield extends upwardly from the center sill to the top portion of the tank and outwardly to protect the entire...
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4414462 |
Tank car heating system
A heated railway tank car includes heating conduits arranged on the tank and filled with a heating fluid and coupled to an electrically driven pump and heat exchanger in a closed-loop system for...
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4407203 |
Railroad tank car lift lug
A lift lug for receiving and securing a lifting device to a railroad tank car for re-railing the tank car. The lift lug includes a bolster pad mounted adjacent an end of the tank car and a...
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4403783 |
Liquid and granular hauling trailer
A truck trailer useful for hauling liquid and granular material includes two liquid end chambers and one center chamber or hopper. The two liquid end chambers are frusto-conical in shape and have...
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4347863 |
Combined safety vent and siphon unloading nozzle for liquid transportation vehicle
A vehicle for transporting a liquid commodity has a combined frangible disc safety vent and siphon unloading pipe nozzle. The siphon unloading pipe passes through a hole in the vehicle that is...
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4345861 |
Universal tank and ship support arrangement
A support system for large generally cylindrical tanks in ships and including four supporting devices each comprising a tank portion and a hull portion respectively secured to the tank and hull,...
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