Articulated connector

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1989-05-01

1990-10-16

Basinger, Sherman D.

Railway draft appliances

Couplings

Glass table

105 41, B61D 1500

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049628615

ABSTRACT:
An articulated rail car connector for joining the adjacent ends of rail car platforms which are supported on a common truck bolster, the connector including in one preferred embodiment a pair of nested center plates which support the adjacent car platforms upon such a truck bolster and which are longitudinally slideable with respect to one another, and a drawbar pivotally connected between the adjacent car platforms to transmit longitudinally directed buff and draft loads therebetween.

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