FLUIDIZING HOPPER SLOPE SHEET PAD ASSEMBLY

摘要

A fluidizing or aerating pad for a covered hopper railway car mounted on a hopper slope sheet immediately above a bottom outlet structure. The fluidizing pad extends across substantially the entire width of individual slope sheets and comprises a flat base sheet in face-to-face contact with the associated slope sheet and a fluid permeable outer member having a peripheral flange secured to the base sheet. The fluid permeable member is formed of a woven wire mesh and is additionally secured to the base sheet at predetermined positions inwardly from the peripheral flange.