Grain Car Door (Patent No: 305062)

Inventor: Hopps, William Ferdinand

Location: Fairview

Comments: N/A

Description: William Ferdinand Hopps, Fairview, Alberta, Canada, 28th October, 1930. Filed 21st May, 1929. Serial No. 350,913.

Claim.—1. In a grain ear door, a door frame having vertical channels on either side, one of said channels formed of hinged members adapted to be fastened, and a door formed of sections adapted to engage in the channels of the door frame, the lowermost section being formed of a hatch member made of articulated parts, and a locking bar rigidly secured to one of said parts and having fastening means coveting with fastening means on the articulated part.

2. In a grain cru-door, a door frame having on one side a rigid channel member and on the other side a hinged channel member, a door formed of sections adapted to engage in said channel member, the lowermost section of said door being formed of a hatch made of articulated parts, and a locking bar rigidly secured to one of said parts and having fastening means co-acting with fastening means on the other articulated part, means for closing and opening the hinge channel member of said door frame.

Claims allowed, 2.