Railroad car partition device

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR INCLUDING A FLOOR, SIDE WALLS AN A TOP WALL, AND A PARTITIONING DEVICE COMPRISING A TRANSVERSE DOOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PAIR OF DOORS, LONGITUDINAL TRACKWAYS SECURED TO THE TOP WALL IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE SIDE WALLS OF THE FREIGHT CAR, MEANS MOVABLY AND PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING THE DOORS FROM SAID TRACKWAYS, EACH CORNER OF EACH DOOR HAVING A VERTICALLY EXTENSIBLE LOCKING ROD, MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TOP WALL AND FLOOR OF THE FREIGHT CAR FOR RECEIVING SAID EXTENSIBLE LOCKING RODS FOR RIGIDLY AND RELEASABLY LOCKING THE DOORS IN PERPENDICULAR RELATION TO THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID FREIGHT CAR AND MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TOP WALL AND FLOOR OF THE FREIGHT CAR FOR RECEIVING SAID EXTENSIBLE LOCKING RODS FOR RIGIDLY AND RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID DOORS IN POSITION ALONGSIDE THE SIDE WALLS OF THE FREIGHT CAR, EACH OF THE DOORS BEING PROVIDED WITH A SUPPORTING ROLLER ADJACENT THE INNER LOWER CORNER THEREOF FOR ENGAGING THE FLOOR OF THE FREIGHT CAR FOR SUPPORTING THE DOOR DURING SWINGING MOVEMENT THEREOF, THE VERTICAL PIVOT EDGES OF THE DOORS BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL TUBULAR MEMBERS ADJACENT THERETO AND ENCLOSING THE RESPECTIVE LOCKING RODS, EACH OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS INCLUDING A CENTRAL ROTATABLE THREADED SECTION, EACH EXTENSIBLE LOCKING ROD HAVING A THREADED INNER END PORTION ENGAGING WITH THE ROTATABLE THREADED PORTION OF THE TUBULAR MEMBER WHEREBY THE ROTATABLE THREADED PORTIONS AND THE LOCKING RODS ACT AS TURNBUCKLES FOR EXTENDING AND RETRACTING THE LOCKING RODS, SAID MEANS RECEIVING THE LOCKING RODS INCLUDE A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING APERTURED PLATES THROUGH WHICH THE LOCKING RODS MAY EXTEND, EACH OF THE PLATES HAVING A TROUGH ON THE SURFACE THEREOF REMOTE FROM THE DOOR FOR FORMING A LIMIT FOR MOVEMENT OF THE LOCKING RODS AND FORMING A RIGID BOT-TOMING MEMBER FOR THE LOCKING RODS THEREBY RIGIDLY SUPPORTING THE DOOR IN BOTH OF ITS POSITIONS.