. Railroad digest . ars by addressing the Montgomery Car DoorCompany, Commercial Building. Detroit. Mich. A New Grain Door Railroad Gazette, Sept. 20, 1901, p. paper read last year before the Central Association of Rail-road Officers pointed out the difficulties in the way of provid-ing a cheap grain door which would be satisfactory in all re-spects. In that paper it was held that the permanent graindoors now in use are expensive and that they cannot be raisedwith a load pressing against their sides. The illustrations showan arrangement of grain door by Mr. E. V. Williams, RailwayExchang
. Railroad digest . ars by addressing the Montgomery Car DoorCompany, Commercial Building. Detroit. Mich. A New Grain Door Railroad Gazette, Sept. 20, 1901, p. paper read last year before the Central Association of Rail-road Officers pointed out the difficulties in the way of provid-ing a cheap grain door which would be satisfactory in all re-spects. In that paper it was held that the permanent graindoors now in use are expensive and that they cannot be raisedwith a load pressing against their sides. The illustrations showan arrangement of grain door by Mr. E. V. Williams, RailwayExchange Building, St. Louis, which promises to meet all re-quirements. The door consists of two frames. The main one,resting against the ordinary car door posts, has an open spaceat the bottom, which is divided by a cross-bar into two openingsof equal size. A swinging frame hinged to the main frame hascross-bars with beveled edges which close the openings of themain frame. The edges of the main frame bars are also beveled. End of Door Door Post Hooks. to permit of close joints and easy separation when required. Acatch bar of wrought-iron bolted at one end to the upper cross-bar of the swinging frame engages a wrought-iron keeper boltedto the lower cross-bar of the main frame. This bar reacheshalf way across the width of the lower cross-bar of the swingingframe, securely holding the two frames as one door. A notchedwrought-iron hasp prevents the cross-bar from moving from thekeeper, and provides a means for sealing with an ordinary hooks at the top of the door hold it in position againstthe door posts while the car is being loaded with grain. Torelieve the load, the seal hasp is easily released and turnedaside, the catch-bar is pushed from the keeper, when imme-diately the swinging frame permits the grain to flow from be-tween the bars of the main frame. It is easier to open thedoor properly than to break it. The flow of grain is rapid,yet it can be checked by pressure agains
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