Abstract: A universal cargo restraint system for an intermodal shipping container. h of four restraint cables are connected at the one end thereof to one of the corners of the container front panel and extend rearwardly to a movable rear bulkhead. The other end of each cable includes a threaded rod extending through a selected one of a plurality of holes at the sides of the bulkhead. Nuts adjustable along the length of the rod urge the bulkhead against the cargo within the container. Dunnage and shims positioned about the cargo provide to bracing against to-and-fro and sway motion. A singular cable configuration enables easy installation in and removal from various container and cargo configurations.

Abstract: A substantially U-shaped pedestal liner is provided for disposal between an associated pedestal leg and journal box of a railway pedestal truck and the liner is comprised of ultra high molecular weight polymeric material and has a reinforcing structure embedded in the polymeric material which serves as a matrix therefor and substantially completely surrounds the structure and the structure has openings therein for receiving the polymeric material completely therethrough while enabling better embedment of the structure whereby the structure provides reinforcement while preventing cold flow of the polymeric material.

Abstract: One or more of the springs supporting the bolster of a railway car truck is a two stage spring group comprising an outer coil and an inner coil disposed within and coaxial with the outer spring. A retainer is provided to hold the inner spring in relation to the outer spring. The retainer has helically arranged lugs or a flange in engagement with the outer coil at the lower end, and the retainer also includes a support surface for supporting the lower end of the inner coil.

Abstract: Railway vehicle trucks having at least two wheel-sets, each with a live axle mounted in a respective pair of bearings, at least one axle bearing of one wheel-set being elastically interconnected with at least one axle bearing of the other wheelset through bracing structure providing bracing between the wheel-sets. Side frames are connected to respective axle boxes via a primary spring mounting and each side frame is of fabricated construction constituting a bridge member of I-section form which a sub-frame depends, the bridge member and sub-frame defining a space therebetween into which respective side flanges of a bolster project, each said side flange being supported by the respective sub-frame via a secondary spring mountings.

Abstract: A self adjustable spring-loaded brace for use in securing large objects such as cargo within a ship's hold is described consisting of a section of metal tubing with a specialized fitting at one end and at the other end a unitary spring-loaded plunger-cartridge assembly.

Abstract: A device for forcing railroad car deck planks downward against a support and sidewards against a stop to aid in tying the plank to the support with a clip-like tie member. The device includes an anchor member for being fixedly attached to the support, a body member attached to and extending upward from the anchor member, an engagement member for engaging a portion of the plank, and a jack member for selectively causing the engagement member to force the plank downwards and sidewards relative to the body member.

Abstract: Raised pads of minimum area are provided on the top surface of a railroad truck bolster to cooperate with and present maximum support to the side bearings with only minor grinding operations needed to the as-cast surface to assure full bearing.

Abstract: A retractable center guide and vertical and lateral load restraint for a cargo carrying aircraft. The devices are mounted along the center line of the aircraft and in erect position include laterally extending arms adapted to overlie the edges of load carrying structure such as pallets. The devices are pivoted for swinging about axes extending transversely of the aircraft so that if a device is in the path of an advancing load carrying structure, it will be pivoted to retracted position, thus avoiding damage to the device or load carrying structure. Resilient means are provided effectively to maintain the device either in erect or in retracted position, or the resilient means may restore the device to an erect position if it is released after being moved to retracted position. The series of devices together with guide surfaces at the side of the aircraft, constitute an elongated guideway along which load carrying structure may be advanced.

Abstract: A drop center railway car is provided with a continuous center sill having a depressed portion between the wheel assemblies. The continuous center sill is disposed between a pair of light weight side walls which include side sills that are connected to transverse bolsters for proportionally distributing longitudinal and vertical loads between the two walls and the continuous center sill with the center sill supporting about three-quarters of the longitudinal load. Crossbearers cooperate with the bolsters to prevent injurious bowing of the commodity confining surfaces of the light weight side walls, side sills and bolsters, which light weight is made possible by the forces being proportionally distributed between the three, rather than two, longitudinal members.

Abstract: A roping staple (and lifting lug) especially for securing to the side sill of a railroad car. The roping staple is uniquely provided with the strength and accessibility required for modern day railroading and yet is suitable for economical construction.

Abstract: In the railroad propulsion vehicle described, the traction forces are transmitted from the trucks to the vehicle body at a height h above the upper rail edges. The secondary support springs are each arranged at a distance x from the transverse center plane of the truck between the latter plane and the adjacent body end in order to balance out the tilting-up moment exerted on the leading truck. The distances h and x are adjusted to a desired distribution of the axle pressures A.sub.1 to A.sub.4 or the deviations Q.sub.1 to Q.sub.4 from a mean axle pressure value. On the basis of the chosen distribution, the values x and h can be calculated in a simple manner.The distribution of the deviations Q is, for instance, chosen so that all three leading axles are equally load-relieved and the fourth axle is loaded accordingly. According to another embodiment, the first axle is less load-relieved by .DELTA.Q than the second axle, and the latter is load-relieved the same as the third axle.

Abstract: First and second cars are movable on an inclined track and adapted to bypass each other at an intermediate turnout of the track. A traction cable is trained around a reversing pulley at the upper end of the track and has two courses extending along the track and connected to respective ones of the cars and to move the cars in opposite directions along the track. Two sets of guide pulleys guide respective ones of said cable courses. The guide pulleys of each set are spaced along the track. The two sets of guide pulleys are disposed on opposite sides of the track therebelow and outside the rails thereof and guide the cable courses so that they extend on opposite side of the track outside the rails thereof.

Abstract: A cabin for a funicular railway comprises a floor, two lateral walls facing each other, one of which is provided with a door opening, two end-walls, and a roof. All of these parts are united detachably by means of bolts, so that the cabin may be transported in the knocked-down condition, and may be subsequently assembled by bolting. The side and upper edges of the lateral walls consist of light-metal bars, the ends of which are welded together in pairs. The roof is provided with four bars welded together in pairs and together forming a roof-frame, two of these bars being welded to the bars forming the upper edges of the lateral walls. The end-walls are edged at the bottom and sides with bars which are bolted to the bars of the lateral walls and are riveted to the plates. The upper parts of the end-walls consist of transparent sheets, secured detachably, by means of resilient strips to parts of the end-walls, of the two lateral walls, and of the roof.

Abstract: A tow wheel attachment for an automobile and which is used in conjunction with an underground conveyor system comprising a tubular metal frame having a base, a pair of legs extending divergently outwardly from the base and a horizontal crossbeam interconnecting the legs intermediate their ends; a wheel rotatably mounted on the base; a pair of brake disks disposed on appropriate sides of the wheel; a pair of mounting brackets affixed to the outer ends of the legs for the purpose of attaching the frame to the lower surface of the automobile; and a hydraulic cylinder connected at one end to the frame and at its other end to the center of the crossbeam for the purpose of lowering and raising the frame.

Abstract: A railroad set-off apparatus includes vertically movable running gears and an auxiliary track extending transversely to the railway carriage on which it is mounted, the auxiliary track having two rails for the running gears, each of the auxiliary track rails consisting of at least two rail sections pivotally connected to each other, one of the rail sections of each auxiliary track rail being pivotal into a vertical position, struts interconnecting the two rails, power drives for pivoting the one rail section and a support for at least one end of the rails. A rack-and-pinion drive is provided for transversely moving the carriage on the running gears along the auxiliary track.

Abstract: A locking mechanism disposed on one of the panels of foldable doors utilized in railway cars for transporting vehicles for automatically connecting the panels together when in a collapsed position.

Abstract: Warehouses, moving vans, buses, railroad cars, and cargo planes, adapted for storage or transport of cargo generally have tie-down studs or anchor bolts in their floors and walls. In order that cargo may slide across the floors or walls without interference the tie-down studs are mounted in recesses so that they do not extend beyond the floor or wall surface. These recessed studs have the disadvantage that objects to be attached thereto must be adapted to fit them. This invention provides an anchoring assembly which effectively converts the recessed anchor stud to an upwardly extending anchor bolt.

Abstract: The interior wall construction of a passenger railway car is provided with carpeted decorative panels which are fabricated before assembly with the interior wall construction. The attachment of the panels to the wall is provided by extrusions of rigid and resilient shape which permit the panels to be installed by snap-fit interengagement.

Abstract: An auto railway car having a plurality of decks is provided with a pair of folding door structures for closing the loading end of the car. The doors are hinged on spherical bearing structures and include locking mechanisms for locking the doors in open or closed positions.

Abstract: An overhead suspension load transporting trolley which is suspended from a track, such as the flange of an I beam, which has a drive wheel suspended below a carriage, which wheel is biased against the I beam by a counterweight on the opposite end of a lever from the drive wheel.