Patent ID: 8568078
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: B61D,B66F

Abstract:
1. A railway car door operator assembly adapted for mounting on a self-propelled vehicle having a forwardly extending prong and supported on a substantially horizontal surface for selectively opening or closing railway car doors comprising: a base mountable on the self-propelled vehicle, an elongated operating arm having a first arm end and a second arm end, said first and second arm ends being opposed to each other, a restraint connected to the first arm end, said restraint being releasably connectable to a railway car door, an articulated joint secured to the second arm end and to the base to secure pivotally the arm to the base to limit the arm movement relative to the base to move substantially horizontally parallel to the support surface to apply selectively a compression or a tensile force to the operating arm for selectively moving the railway car door connected to the restraint.