STUB SILL ASSEMBLIES
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220126889A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-28

    申请号:US17197278

    申请日:2021-03-10

    申请人: Gunderson LLC

    IPC分类号: B61F1/14 B61D5/06 B61F1/02

    摘要: Subassemblies for railroad tank cars are herein disclosed. In some embodiments, the subassembly includes a center sill including a generally horizontal top member and a pair of upright side plates spaced apart laterally from each other and a head brace having a lower margin welded to the top member of the center sill and an upper margin welded to the head of the tank. Each of the side plates having a top surface and an opposed bottom surface, the top surface being planar within a longitudinal central portion and at least a substantial part of a first longitudinal end portion. The bottom surface is planar and parallel to the top surface within the longitudinal central portion and a second longitudinal end portion. At least a substantial part of the bottom surface within the first longitudinal end portion has a shape that includes or approximates one or more radiuses of curvature.

    ASYMMETRIC HOPPER CARS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210362752A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-25

    申请号:US17326568

    申请日:2021-05-21

    申请人: Gunderson LLC

    发明人: Michael Gillis

    IPC分类号: B61D7/14 B61D7/02

    摘要: Railroad hopper cars and methods of increasing total volume capacity of a railroad hopper car having a car body with two or more hoppers. In one embodiment, the railroad hopper car includes a car body having a pair of opposed sides and a pair of opposed ends defining a length. The hopper car additionally includes a pair of wheeled trucks supporting the car body. The hopper car further includes two or more spaced bulkheads extending between the pair of opposed sides to define three or more separate hoppers arranged adjacent one another along the length of the car body and between the pair of side walls. The hoppers being longitudinally asymmetric such that total volume of the hoppers on one side of a transverse center plane of the car body is different from total volume of the hoppers on the other side of the transverse center plane.

    Covered hopper car
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10807615B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US15978490

    申请日:2018-05-14

    申请人: Gunderson LLC

    发明人: Michael Gillis

    摘要: A covered hopper railroad freight car having a car body whose opposite longitudinal sides include flat, parallel, generally vertical upper side wall portions free from outwardly protruding structural strength members.

    Attachment of articulated connectors in multi-unit freight cars

    公开(公告)号:US10562548B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US15678979

    申请日:2017-08-16

    申请人: Gunderson LLC

    发明人: Gregory J Saxton

    摘要: Articulated connectors are attached to and extend from center sills of adjacent car units of a multi-unit railroad freight car, connecting the car units to each other and to a shared truck. The center sill of each of the car units includes a top member that is of increased thickness at the outer end of the center sill. A weld extending along a shoulder that extends around the main body of s portion of the articulated connector attaches the articulated connector portion to the outer end of the center sill with ample strength to carry draft and buff train loads as well as the weight of the car unit and its lading, without the need for weld joints inside the center sill.

    COVERED HOPPER CAR
    6.
    发明申请
    COVERED HOPPER CAR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180334178A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-22

    申请号:US15978490

    申请日:2018-05-14

    申请人: Gunderson LLC

    发明人: Michael GILLIS

    IPC分类号: B61D17/08 B61D7/02 B61D17/06

    摘要: A covered hopper railroad freight car having a car body whose opposite longitudinal sides include flat, parallel, generally vertical upper side wall portions free from outwardly protruding structural strength members.

    Treatment of storm water
    7.
    发明授权
    Treatment of storm water 有权
    治疗雨水

    公开(公告)号:US09352978B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-31

    申请号:US14290581

    申请日:2014-05-29

    申请人: Gunderson LLC

    摘要: A treatment system for collecting storm water from an industrial area and removing suspended and dissolved pollutant materials from the storm water. Storm water is accumulated and delivered to a filtration apparatus in which suspended pollutants are removed by filtration, while dissolved materials, particularly heavy metals including zinc and copper, are removed by chemical chelation in a bed of compost filter media having a high humic acid content and which is kept consistently moist. A sparger provides for wide and generally uniform distribution of the storm water over the bed of filter media and provides for slow passage of the storm water through the filter bed, thus giving a long contact time of the storm water with the filter media in order to promote and enhance chemical chelation progress to chemical equilibrium and removal of a high percentage of dissolved metals, and particularly dissolved copper and zinc.

    摘要翻译: 一个从工业区收集雨水的处理系统,从雨水中清除悬浮和溶解的污染物质。 暴雨水被积聚并输送到过滤装置中,其中通过过滤除去悬浮的污染物,而通过在具有高腐殖酸含量的堆肥过滤介质床中通过化学螯合除去溶解的材料,特别是重金属(包括锌和铜) 一直保持湿润。 喷雾器提供了过滤介质床上的暴雨水的广泛和大致均匀的分布,并且使得雨水缓慢通过过滤床,从而使得暴雨水与过滤介质的长时间接触时间达到 促进和增强化学螯合进展到化学平衡和去除高百分比的溶解金属,特别是溶解的铜和锌。

    OPERATING MECHANISM FOR TANK CAR BOTTOM VALVE
    8.
    发明申请
    OPERATING MECHANISM FOR TANK CAR BOTTOM VALVE 有权
    用于罐车底阀的操作机构

    公开(公告)号:US20150336590A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-26

    申请号:US14720361

    申请日:2015-05-22

    申请人: Gunderson LLC

    IPC分类号: B61D5/00 F16K35/02

    摘要: An operating mechanism for a bottom valve for a cargo tank of a railroad tank car, in which a valve operating lever is normally disconnected from a valve operating shaft and a valve operating shaft assembly includes a weak-link connector to prevent inadvertent opening of the bottom valve in case of derailment of the tank car.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于铁路罐车货舱的底阀的操作机构,其中阀操作杆通常与阀操作轴和阀操作轴组件断开连接,该操作机构包括一个弱连接连接器,以防止底部的意外打开 在汽车脱轨的情况下,阀门。

    Protective Structure for Tank Top Fittings
    9.
    发明申请
    Protective Structure for Tank Top Fittings 有权
    罐顶配件保护结构

    公开(公告)号:US20150291184A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-15

    申请号:US14625485

    申请日:2015-02-18

    申请人: Gunderson LLC

    发明人: Bradley J. Thomas

    IPC分类号: B65D90/00 B23K31/02

    摘要: A railway tank car including a protective structure for the top of its cargo tank and surrounding a valve group mounting nozzle and a pressure relief safety valve nozzle, to protect the associated valves against damage resulting from the car being overturned, particularly while the railcar is moving along a railway. The protective structure includes an upstanding wall of metal plate that surrounds and is located at a radial distance outwardly apart from the tank top valve group mounting nozzle. A reinforcing band is attached to an upper portion of the upstanding wall to enhance its strength. Also disclosed is a method of protecting fittings mounted on a nozzle on the tank top of a railway tank car by providing and mounting such a protective structure to surround the tank top nozzle and associated fittings.

    摘要翻译: 一种铁路罐车,包括用于其货舱顶部的保护结构并且围绕阀组安装喷嘴和压力释放安全阀喷嘴,以保护相关的阀门免受由于汽车被翻转而造成的损坏,特别是在轨道车辆移动时 沿铁路 保护结构包括金属板的直立壁,其围绕并位于离罐顶部阀组安装喷嘴之外的径向距离处。 加强带附着到直立壁的上部以增强其强度。 还公开了一种通过提供和安装这种保护结构以围绕罐顶喷嘴和相关联的配件来保护安装在铁路罐车的罐顶上的喷嘴上的配件的方法。

    OPEN TOP GONDOLA RAILCARS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230083126A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17476644

    申请日:2021-09-16

    申请人: Gunderson LLC

    IPC分类号: B61D17/10 B61D3/00

    摘要: Open top gondola railcars and closure assemblies for cleanout openings of those railcars are disclosed. In some embodiments, the closure assembly includes a closure member sized to be received in a cleanout opening and to span a substantial portion of the cleanout opening to define at least one gap between a closure perimeter and a floor perimeter. The closure assembly additionally includes a sealing member fixedly attached to, or formed with, the closure member. The sealing member spans between the floor perimeter and the closure perimeter to cover the at least one gap. The closure assembly further includes a tethering member having opposed first and second end portions. The first end portion is fixedly attached to the closure member and the second end portion is attached to one of the floor or a cross bearer of the open top gondola railcar.