Patents Assigned to Railweight, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4094367
    Abstract: A system is provided for weighing railroad cars coupled in motion by providing a first scale and a second scale located forward of the first scale. The railroad cars are moved over the first and second scales, the rear trucks of the railroad cars are weighed on the first scale and the weight is stored. While the rear truck of a railroad car under consideration is on the first scale, the front truck of the railroad car under consideration plus the rear truck of the just preceding railroad car are weighed on the second scale. The weights on the first and second scales are totaled and the stored weight of the rear truck of the just preceding railroad car is subtracted to obtain the full draft weight of the railroad car under consideration.The railroad car under consideration may be loaded while it is being weighed and in motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: Railweight, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Jones, Gerald J. Hochberger