Patents Assigned to Lucky Manufacturing Company
  • Gondola car loader
    Patent number: 4099635
    Abstract: A gondola car loader includes a wheeled chassis moveable along the top edges of adjacent gondola cars in a direction of the railroad track on which the cars are located. Wheeled spanning legs, pivotably mounted to the chassis, are adapted to span gaps between adjacent cars and support the chassis as it is moved across the gaps. A knuckle boom, for loading and unloading cargo from the cars, is rotatably mounted on the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Lucky Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas E. Leonard, Walter E. Buckner
  • Gondola car loader
    Patent number: 4096954
    Abstract: A gondola car loader includes a chassis moveable along the top edges of adjacent gondola cars in a direction of the railroad track on which the cars are located. Four beams, pivotably mounted at their centers to the chassis, each carry wheels at both ends thereof for supporting the chassis on the cars. The beams are adapted to be pivoted to selectively engage the wheels with the top edges of the sides of the gondola cars, thereby facilitating motion of the chassis across the gaps between adjacent cars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Lucky Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Walter E. Buckner