Railway draft appliances – Couplings – Counterpart
Patent
1980-02-28
1982-01-19
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Railway draft appliances
Couplings
Counterpart
105 3, 105215C, 213200, 280515, B60F 104, B61D 310, B61G 102, B61G 500
Patent
active
043112447
ABSTRACT:
A coupler to connect rail-highway vehicles end to end including a female member at the end of one vehicle into which extends a sensing member, a male member at the end of an adjacent vehicle adapted to enter the female member, the male member including a vertical hole therethrough, and linkage connecting the sensing member with a vertical locking pin so that as the male member approaches its fully inserted position in the female member it contacts the sensing member and actuates the linkage to automatically urge the vertical locking pin through the vertical hole, the assembly being such that the weight of the vertical locking pin cannot retract from the vertical hole and cause an unlocking action to occur. In the uncoupling action, the vertical locking pin is first retracted and upon full withdrawal of the male member, the sensing member re-enters the female member, the entire assembly then being reset for automatic coupling when necessary.
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Cripe Alan R.
Cripe Christopher A.
Hindin Eugene
Beltran Howard
Bi-Modal Corporation
Millman Max R.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
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