Lading protection device
CA 1312576 C · Owner: Brough, Steve A. · Inventors: Scott, Mark P.; Brough, Steve A.
Overview
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A lading protection device in the form of a shock absorber for a railway car including a cylinder containing a piston and a body of hydraulic fluid normally captive between the front face of the piston and the closed end of the cylinder. A flow control valve assembly, centered in the piston mounts an, orifice bushing defining a constricted circular orifice. The assembly includes a valve stem slidable in the piston with a spring at its inner end for pressing the stem in a direction to seal the orifice. The piston has a fluid passage extending therethrough and an annular separator piston defines with the main piston, a receiving space into which the fluid flows upon impact. The space in back …
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- Granted January 12, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 12, 2010.
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