Abstract: An endogging apparatus uses twin reciprocally moving carriage pair, each pair having respective axially spaced dogs. One of the carriage pairs grasps the log from a log charger by applying axial faces to end faces of the logs with its dogs and transports the log to and through breakdown elements. The second carriage pair moves from the location of the breakdown elements to the charger to grasp a second log with its dog. The dogs on the carriage pairs are offset and retractable to allow passage of the carriage pairs when one carriage pair is transporting a log through the breakdown elements with extended dogs and the second carriage pair is returning unloaded to the charger with retracted dogs. The carriage pairs are mounted on rails with bearing assemblies which cooperate with the rails to resist twisting faces on the carriages generated as a reaction to axial faces applied by the logs.

Abstract: A low-level freight car for carrying trailers and containers at a low overall height combines a low center sill with relatively light side sill assemblies to provide a rigid structure having low deflection characteristics under the expected buff, draft and vertical load combinations, while keeping overall tare weight to reasonable levels and providing an adequate safety factor.

Abstract: To uniformly and economically disperse liquids, via sprays of droplets, on surfaces of particles, a method moving the particles involves their rotary lifting, followed by their free falling, with a spray of droplets originating from a central area of the overall motion path of the particles. In a preferred embodiment of the blending apparatus, a hollow drum is rotated about a near horizontal axis. Inside the drum, commencing at each end are cantilevered non-rotating shafts, each positioning one or more powered slightly conical discs selectively tiltable to ultimately disperse respective sprays of droplets from a central area.