US1716240A - Apparatus for the unloading of railroad cars and other vehicles - Google Patents

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US1716240A
US1716240A US118586A US11858626A US1716240A US 1716240 A US1716240 A US 1716240A US 118586 A US118586 A US 118586A US 11858626 A US11858626 A US 11858626A US 1716240 A US1716240 A US 1716240A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the rapid and economical unloading of railroad cars and other vehicles containing material which will suffer contact with water without damage, such as coal, s1ag, coke, ore, stone, wood and the like.
  • the said process essentially consists in bringing upon the material to be unloaded a great volume of water, in one or more streams, so that the said material will be rapidly expelled from the vehicle.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 are elevational views of the two forms of construction.
  • I may as herein represented raise the rail D which is the farther from the hopper E, so that the bottom of the car will necessarily have the inclined position; but I may obviously incline the body of the car C by mechanical means.
  • the water supplied by said conduit may reach and expel all the coal in the car.
  • the said device may be further constructed as shown in Fig. 2, in order to form a movable discharging outfit.
  • the set of cars C to be unloaded is brought upon the track which runs along the coal yard E a part of which is kept under water for the preservation of the coal.
  • the traveling crane H Across the track and the coal yard is mounted the traveling crane H,known per se, andit carries the unloading device.
  • This latter consists of a pump operated by electric motor or by like means, which withdraws the water from the yard through the pipe J and delivers it as above stated upon the coal through the conduit B.
  • the water serving to discharge the coal may be recovered in order to reduce the eX-mony.
  • Apparatus for the unloading of vehicles containing materials capable of being without inconvenience brought into contactwith water each of said vehicleshaving a side discharge opening, the apparatus com prising the combination of a track having a transverse inclination, and means for deliver-ing water upon. the materials contained in the cars which are upon this track, the said means. being adapted to deliver the water to the higher side of the said cars.

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June 4, 1929. c. POSTWEILER APPARATUS FOR THE UNLOADING 0F RAILROAD CARS AND bTHER VEHICLE S File-Q June 25, 1926 Patented June 4, 1929.
UNITE OFFICE.
CHARLES POSTWEILER, 0F ST.-OUEN, FRANCE.
APPARATUS FOR THE UNLOADING OF RAILROAD CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES.
Application filed June 25, 1926, Serial No. 118,586, and in France September 25,. 1925.
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the rapid and economical unloading of railroad cars and other vehicles containing material which will suffer contact with water without damage, such as coal, s1ag, coke, ore, stone, wood and the like.
The said process essentially consists in bringing upon the material to be unloaded a great volume of water, in one or more streams, so that the said material will be rapidly expelled from the vehicle.
The appended drawings show by way of example two embodiments of the invention, as applied to the unloading of coal cars.
Figs. 1 and 2 are elevational views of the two forms of construction.
At the side of the track is disposed a hollow column A to whose upper end is pivoted a conduit B which can thus be moved in a horizontal plane and serves to discharge the water supplied by the piping F upon opening the gate valve G. This water falls along the side of the wagon C opposite to the side carrying the doors C, which are open; it is thus brought upon the coal, and by the great volume of the water, the coal is carried into the hopper E, from which it may be directly removed, or otherwise it may be circulated by hydraulic means to the place of storage.
To facilitate the discharge of the water and the coal from the car, I may as herein represented raise the rail D which is the farther from the hopper E, so that the bottom of the car will necessarily have the inclined position; but I may obviously incline the body of the car C by mechanical means.
By displacing the conduit B above the car, or the car C on the track, the water supplied by said conduit may reach and expel all the coal in the car.
The said device may be further constructed as shown in Fig. 2, in order to form a movable discharging outfit. Herein the set of cars C to be unloaded is brought upon the track which runs along the coal yard E a part of which is kept under water for the preservation of the coal.
Across the track and the coal yard is mounted the traveling crane H,known per se, andit carries the unloading device. This latter consists of a pump operated by electric motor or by like means, which withdraws the water from the yard through the pipe J and delivers it as above stated upon the coal through the conduit B.
The water and the coal fall into the yard by reason of the inclined position of the car C, and since the crane can be made to travel, all the cars of the set can be unloaded without making it necessary to move the cars;
The water serving to discharge the coal may be recovered in order to reduce the eX- pense.
Having thus described my apparatus, what I claim as new therein, and my own invention, is
1. Apparatus for the unloading of vehicles containing materials capable of being without inconvenience brought into contact with water, each of said vehicles having a side discharge opening, the apparatus comprising the combination of means adapted to give to the vehicle an inclination towards one side, and means for delivering upon the materials a mass of water in a suflicient quantity to partially immerse the said materials.
2. Apparatus for the unloading of vehicles containing materials capable of being without inconvenience brought into contactwith water, each of said vehicleshaving a side discharge opening, the apparatus com prising the combination of a track having a transverse inclination, and means for deliver-ing water upon. the materials contained in the cars which are upon this track, the said means. being adapted to deliver the water to the higher side of the said cars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature.
' CHARLES POSTWEILER.
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Cited By (5)

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US2562539A (en) * 1948-02-11 1951-07-31 Hubert E Ellis Apparatus for handling and loading citrus fruit
US2830702A (en) * 1953-05-01 1958-04-15 Hagen Carl Hydraulic grain unloading and washing system
US5590995A (en) * 1993-12-20 1997-01-07 Vanderlande Industries Nederland B.V. Conveying rail system for a trolly
US20050106032A1 (en) * 2003-09-19 2005-05-19 Mccann Edward D. Apparatus for transporting a quantity of lost circulation material and methods of making and using same
US20070029752A1 (en) * 2004-09-17 2007-02-08 Mccann Edward D Apparatus for transporting drilling fluid additives and methods of making and using same

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2562539A (en) * 1948-02-11 1951-07-31 Hubert E Ellis Apparatus for handling and loading citrus fruit
US2830702A (en) * 1953-05-01 1958-04-15 Hagen Carl Hydraulic grain unloading and washing system
US5590995A (en) * 1993-12-20 1997-01-07 Vanderlande Industries Nederland B.V. Conveying rail system for a trolly
US20050106032A1 (en) * 2003-09-19 2005-05-19 Mccann Edward D. Apparatus for transporting a quantity of lost circulation material and methods of making and using same
US20070196198A1 (en) * 2003-09-19 2007-08-23 Mccann Edward D Apparatus for transporting a quantity of lost circulation material and methods of making and using same
US20070029752A1 (en) * 2004-09-17 2007-02-08 Mccann Edward D Apparatus for transporting drilling fluid additives and methods of making and using same

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