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Sliding door and door guide arrangement for a railway passenger car compartment

US4183179A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 1978
Grant dateJan 15, 1980
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Expiry dateMay 3, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE05Y2900/51
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A sliding door and door guide arrangement for the door opening of a railway passenger compartment including a spring biased door guide mechanism for retarding abrupt movement of the door due to car impacts during rail operations and including a threshold plate having a guide channel cooperative with a guide plate depending from the door slidingly engaged therein to align the door and downwardly biased thereagainst to retard abrupt movements of the door.

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