---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000565"
title: "Railway tank car having a discharge valve assembly and a dis-engageable valve handle assembly coupled to the discharge valve assembly"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:03:05.160148Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000565"
categories:
  - "industrial-motion-power-transmission/fluid-power"
keywords:
  - "f16k27/07"
  - "b61d5/06"
  - "f16k31/60"
  - "f16k35/027"
---

# Railway tank car having a discharge valve assembly and a dis-engageable valve handle assembly coupled to the discharge valve assembly

## Abstract

A railway tank car having a dis-engageable valve handle assembly configured to selectively engage, lock, and actuate a discharge valve assembly connected to a tank of railway tank car, wherein the dis-engageable valve handle assembly is configured to prevent accidental or inadvertent opening of a valve of the discharge valve assembly in the case of an accident or a derailment of the railway tank car.