Patent ID: 6324996
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B61D,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A corner assembly, for incorporation in a railroad car doorway frame including a doorway sill and a doorway post defining generally vertical and horizontal boundaries of a doorway opening, the corner assembly comprising:(a) a corner connecting member having a planar first door seal surface portion defining a door seal plane, said corner connecting member having an upper end and a doorway side, and having a concave connecting surface spaced outwardly away from a corner of the doorway opening defined by extensions of the vertical and horizontal boundaries defined by the sill and the post, said concave surface extending along and intersecting with said first door seal surface portion between said upper end and said doorway side of said corner connecting member; and(b) a corner insert having a second door seal surface portion and a convex margin extending along said second door seal surface portion and shaped appropriately to fit adjacent said concave connecting surface of said corner reinforcement member with said second door seal surface portion located in said door seal plane, said corner insert also having a marginal surface that defines a portion of at least one of said vertical and horizontal boundaries of said doorway opening and thereby defines a part of an angular interior corner.