Cable reel car

Abstract

Abstract A RAILROAD CAR FOR SECURING AND HAULING ROUGHLY CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED LOADS AND A METHOD OF SECURING SUCH LOADS WHEREBY THE CAR BED HAS A PLURALITY OF SUNKEN TRACKS WHICH EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY FROM ONE END OF THE CAR TO THE OTHER WITH A PLURALITY OF CHOCK BLOCKS MOUNTED ON THE BED FOR MOVEMENT ALONG AT LEAST SOME OF THE TRACKS. THE CHOCK BLOCKS ARE GROUPED IN PAIRS WITH ONE BLOCK IN EACH PAIR HAVING A FLAT SURFACE INCLINED TOWARD ONE OF THE CAR AND THE OTHER A FLAT SURFACE FACING THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE FIRST AND INCLINED TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF THE CAR SO THAT A LOAD CAN BE SECURED BETWEEN EACH PAIR WITH THE CURVED SURFACE OF THE LOAD CONTACTING THE FLAT SURFACES OF THE TWO BLOCKS. A NUMBER OF CHAIN ANCHORS ARE ALSO PREFERABLY MOUNTED MOVABLY IN EACH OF THE TWO OUTER SUNKEN TRACKS FOR ATTACHMENT TO A CHAIN WITH THE PORTION OF THE CHAIN BETWEEN THE POINTS OF ATTACHMENT TO THE ANCHORS PASSING THROUGH AND SECURING THE LOAD. A PLURALITY OF ADJUSTABLE LATERAL SUPPORT MEMBERS ARE ALSO MOUNTED REMOVABLY ON EACH OF THE FLAT SURFACES OF EACH BLOCK FOR ENGAGING AND SECURING THE ENDS OF THE LOADS.

Inventors

• 👤 R Orlik

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