Kenneth W Britt

US Patent:

44072031, Oct 4, 1983

Filed:

May 11, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/262591

Inventors:

Wayne D. Harbin - Houston TX
Marvin Stark - Houston TX
Kenneth W. Britt - Houston TX

Assignee:

Richmond Tank Car Company - Houston TX

International Classification:

B61K 500
B61D 500

US Classification:

105462

Abstract:

A lift lug for receiving and securing a lifting device to a railroad tank car for re-railing the tank car. The lift lug includes a bolster pad mounted adjacent an end of the tank car and a vertically disposed bolster web, the bolster web having a substantially horizontal extending upper edge. A substantially horizontal base plate is mounted on the extended upper edge of the bolster web with an inner edge of the horizontal base plate secured to the bolster pad. A substantially vertical lift lug plate has its upper edge secured to the bolster pad and its lower edge secured to the base plate. A pair of generally triangular lift lug webs each have their lower edges secured to the base plate, their outer edge secured to the bolster pad. The lift lug plate has an opening adjacent its lower edge.