Patents Represented by Attorney Richard J. Myers

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  • Railway car side discharge door locking arrangement
    Patent number: 4291631
    Abstract: The side discharge doors of a railway hopper car are maintained in a closed and locked position by a rotatable latch element which is engaged by a stop and lock member. The stop and lock member is connected to a linkage rigging arrangement which is moved by a ground actuated operating and tripping mechanism. The tripping mechanism includes a cam actuated arm which by linkage means transmits vertical movement to horizontal movement of the linkage rigging which actuates the latch and locking members of the doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Willis H. Knippel
  • Conveyor table slab stop arrangement
    Patent number: 4289229
    Abstract: A conveyor arrangement for moving steel slabs on motor driven rollers includes a stop assembly which is positionable in the path of movement of the slabs for preventing further movement. The shock of the moving slab against the stop plate is absorbed by a plurality of spherical elastomeric cushion members positioned to achieve maximum cushioning efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Norman L. Keller
  • Auto carrier railway car
    Patent number: 4287833
    Abstract: A railway car for carrying autos includes a loading end having lower folding and an upper swinging door which is actuated from the lower platform of the car. The upper and lower doors are opened and closed independently to provide a complete closure for loading end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: David J. Roldness, Felixberto A. Galasan, Thomas H. Watson
  • Hopper car door operating mechanism
    Patent number: 4280778
    Abstract: A railway hopper car includes laterally positioned bottom dump discharge openings and doors which are locked in a closed position by a latching mechanism actuated from a ground-mounted trip lever. After the car has been dumped it is moved adjacent to a ground-mounted cam which is engaged by cam followers on the doors thereby swinging the doors again to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Willis H. Knippel
  • Air brake arrangement for center sill-less hopper cars
    Patent number: 4280596
    Abstract: A center sill-less hopper car is provided with a body-mounted brake arrangement using a conventional brake beam and brake system. The arrangement includes the mounting of the individual components in a manner which accommodates the operation of the discharge gates of the hopper in discharging material downwardly from the car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Roy W. Miller
  • Passenger car compartment upper sleeping berth support assembly
    Patent number: 4279203
    Abstract: A sleeping berth movable between storage and sleep positions and having hinge means connecting the berth to a compartment wall, releasable latch means including latch levers for engaging within latch keepers, guide means for guiding the berth during movement between positions and means for locking the berth in the sleep position. The guide means comprise a horizontal guide track having closed ends, a guide roller supported for movement within the guide track and a berth support link, the support link having one end portion pinned to the berth and the other end portion connected to the guide roller. One end of the support link engages a latch lever and locks the berth while disposed in the sleep position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Walter J. Marulic
  • Door latch mechanism for bottom dump hopper car
    Patent number: 4278382
    Abstract: A bottom dump hopper car includes a pair of closure doors interconnected for conjoint movement. One of the doors is provided with a pivoted arm extending toward the center sill and is in operative engagement with a pivoted locking latch. The latch includes a stop and a follower element and is pivotally moved between door opening and closing position by means of a reciprocating actuation rod containing a cam element engagable with the follower element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Willis H. Knippel
  • Instrument lance for basic oxygen steelmaking furnace
    Patent number: 4272989
    Abstract: A lance assembly for insertion into a steelmaking vessel includes a sensor instrument supporting nozzle assembly which projects outwardly from the lance and which is cooled by water circulation. The lance has provisions for the inclusion of an inert gas which is directed into a reduced diameter cable enclosing pipe connected to the nozzle supporting the sensor instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Berry
    Inventors: Nicholas M. Rymarchyk, Leo L. Meinert
  • Railway wheel profilometer and diameter gage
    Patent number: 4268968
    Abstract: A railway car wheel profilometer accurately transcribes the profile of the wheel treads onto a removable card for permanent record and later analysis. The device also measures the diameter of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Phillip G. Przybylinski, James J. Schuller, Eugene I. Varda
  • Tank valve mounting arrangement
    Patent number: 4269220
    Abstract: A valve mounting flange connected over the outlet of a railway car tank includes a body having a tapered skirt which protects a release valve and other associated mechanisms against breakage which could result in rupture of the tank shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Richard E. Rehbein
  • Extruded nonskid treadway
    Patent number: 4266381
    Abstract: An extruded treadway includes a plurality of interlocking panels having upper surfaces which include nonskid members of pyramidal shape disposed in rectilinear configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert J. Deller
  • Railway passenger car window framing construction
    Patent number: 4266487
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a structure for mounting and interconnecting adjacent windows in a railway passenger vehicle. Windows are mounted in resilient sealing gaskets which are held with a locking clamp that is mounted in a wall attached, resilient seal member. Interconnecting the interior adjacent windows is a framing member having an inside, peripheral end that fits within the locking clamp encircling the windows and has an outside periphery held in place by a rigid, plastic, snap-on sealing mask which interconnects the outside edges and holds each securely in place between the adjacent windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Walter J. Marulic, Jack E. Gutrigde
  • Variance compensating coupler for container-carrying trailer chassis
    Patent number: 4266820
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for securing a container to a truck chassis is provided and includes a manually reciprocating locking member movable in a piston-like fashion through a housing from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position within a slot of a corner casting in an adjacent container. The reciprocating member is also rotatable and includes an eccentric locking pin to adjust the location of the locking pin to compensate for dimensional variations and to enable the locking pin search for the locking slot of a corner casting by moving between several positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert L. Whaley, James L. Day
  • Corrosion resistant membrane for chimney liner
    Patent number: 4265166
    Abstract: A carbon steel (or other type) chimney liner is provided with an inner membrane of relatively light gauge steel which is highly resistant to corrosion and which is constructed to accommodate thermal expansion in any direction independent of the structure to which it is attached. The membrane and chimney liner include an annular space therebetween which is placed under a vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: John A. Parker, Sid Handler, Randolph W. Snook
  • Door locking arrangement for railway hopper car
    Patent number: 4262603
    Abstract: A door locking arrangement for a railway car hopper includes a latch element and keeper assembly having camming surfaces which during gravitational opening of the door lift the latch element to a disengaged position. The locking is controlled by a longitudinal actuating bar which controls the latch element. A spring biasing device urges the latch element to its locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: George W. Morse
  • Multi-purpose over-the-highway trailer arrangements
    Patent number: 4262923
    Abstract: The plurality of multi-purpose trailer arrangements and combinations are provided to carry large and heavy loads for over-the highway transportation, the arrangements providing for greater versatility and load distribution necessary to meet highway requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Gary L. Weir
  • Hopper car door locking arrangement
    Patent number: 4259036
    Abstract: A hopper car door locking and unlocking arrangement includes a crank arm which is initially moved to a bail engaging position laterally outwardly of the car and then is further operated by the bail of a side of track door opening device. The crank arm moves a longitudinal actuating means which controls the locking members of a pair of downwardly opening hopper doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Roy W. Miller
  • Sponge iron storage hopper having a sensor and an inert gas supply
    Patent number: 4257485
    Abstract: Sponge iron pellets resulting from gaseous direct reduction of iron ore are stored in bins which include heat monitoring devices which activate at a predetermined temperature, an inert gas supply that distributes cooling fluid into the bins to provide for cooling of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Larry A. Coccia
  • Bottom cooling arrangement for reduction apparatus
    Patent number: 4256290
    Abstract: An apparatus for reduction of iron ore to sponge iron includes a reduction vessel having upper gas inlet ports, a charging opening, a lower discharge chamber including gas discharge openings and a bottom discharge door. The discharge door includes an internal dome-shaped hollow body provided with discharge openings which are connected to a source of cooling gas for cooling the discharge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: Larry A. Coccia
  • Railway car counter-balanced tilting deck
    Patent number: 4252482
    Abstract: A vehicle carrying railway car including a plurality of vertically spaced decks having at least one hinged deck section adapted to be raised for facilitating the loading of vehicles onto the car. The hinged deck has shrouds that are supported and aligned by inter-reactive foot elements which are constantly shielded by the shrouds preventing injury to workmen moving the deck between its respective raised and lowered positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventor: David G. Naves