1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
a physical security component configured to be in a retracted position and an extended position relative to a housing of the portable electronic device, the physical security component having at least two differently shaped openings enabling at least two different types of locking devices to be coupled to the at least two differently shaped openings.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the physical security component is rotatably extendible relative to the housing of the portable electronic device.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the physical security component is axially extendible relative to the housing of the portable electronic device.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the physical security component is configured to be extended from a side wall of the housing of the portable electronic device.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the physical security component is configured to be extended from a bottom wall of the housing of the portable electronic device.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein the physical security component comprises a gripping mechanism configured to facilitate extending of the physical security component from the housing.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device comprises at least one detent configured to secure the physical security component in a discrete location between the retracted position and the extended position relative to the housing.
8. A method for manufacturing a portable electronic device, comprising:
integrating a physical security component into a housing of the portable electronic device, the physical security component configured to be in a retracted position and an extended position relative to the housing of the portable electronic device, the physical security component having at least two differently shaped openings enabling at least two different types of security devices to be coupled to the at least two differently shaped openings.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising configuring the physical security component to be rotatably extendible relative to the housing of the portable electronic device.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising configuring the physical security component to be axially extendible relative to the housing of the portable electronic device.
11. The method of claim 8, further comprising configuring the physical security component to extend from a side wall of the housing of the portable electronic device.
12. The method of claim 8, further comprising configuring the physical security component to extend from a bottom wall of the housing of the portable electronic device.
13. The method of claim 8, further comprising configuring the physical security component having a gripping mechanism configured to facilitate extending of the physical security component from the housing.
14. The method of claim 8, further comprising configuring the portable electronic device having at least one detent configured to secure the physical security component in a discrete location between the retracted position and the extended position.
15. A portable electronic device, comprising:
a physical security means extendible relative to a housing means of the portable electronic device, the physical security means having at least two differently shaped openings enabling at least two different locking means to be coupled to the at least two differently shaped openings.
16. The device of claim 15, further comprising a gripping means for facilitating extending of the physical security means from the housing means of the portable electronic device.
17. The device of claim 15, further comprising a securing means for securing the physical security means in discrete locations between a retracted position and an extended position.
18. The device of claim 15, further comprising a means for enabling rotatable movement of the physical security means relative to the housing means.
19. The device of claim 15, further comprising a means for enabling axial movement of the physical security means relative to the housing means.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. In a system for loading a railcar comprising a railcar, an apparatus for loading and compressing bulk material into a railcar, comprising:
a movable frame adapted to move into and out of the railcar;
one or more compression augers mounted on the movable frame and movable therewith;
one or more conveyors for feeding the bulk material to the one or more augers carried by the mobile frame; and
wherein the compression augers are operative to receive bulk material from the one or more conveyers and to transfer bulk material into the railcar and to compress the bulk material therein.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus is provided with at least two compression augers.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the two compression augers are longitudinally aligned, and include flights that are oriented with respect to each other such that bulk material is conveyed outwardly in opposite directions from the apparatus.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein each auger is mounted on a common shaft.
5. The apparatus of claim 2 including a railcar having an access opening formed therein and wherein the mobile frame having the one or more augers mounted thereon is operative to move in and out of the access opening of the railcar.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the one or more augers include a pitch and wherein the ratio of the pitch of the auger to auger diameter is from about 0.05 to about 0.5.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the ratio of the auger pitch to the auger diameter is about 0.1 to about 0.3.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the one or more augers include flights and wherein there is provided cuts formed in one or more of the flights.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the flights include at least one end flight without a cut formed therein.
10. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the augers are driven by a common shaft.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 including a hopper and wherein the one or more conveyors extend between the hopper and the one or more compression augers.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the one or more conveyors for feeding bulk material to the one or more augers includes a conveyor that is operative to fill a void in the railcar caused by the movable frame being removed from the railcar.