Bottom rod safety guard for railway brake rigging

Details Bottom rod safety guard for railway brake rigging Bottom rod safety guard for railway brake rigging

1984-06-08

1986-12-23

Reger, Duane A.

Brakes

Position adjusters

Supports

B61H 1334

Patent

active

046307150

ABSTRACT:
In railway brake rigging wherein a bottom actuating rod extends beneath the bolster, a safety guard is provided to prevent a broken or disconnected rod from falling onto the track structure. The safety guard, which does not require any disassembly of the rigging or special tools, comprises a flexible cable having a pair of strands at each end of predetermined length. The end of one strand is secured to a connector, and the end of the other strand is releasably secured to the connector through a slotted opening. The safety guard is easily installed by looping the strands at both ends of the cable around the brake beam and securing the free strands to the connector.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1841600 (1932-01-01), Haskell
patent: 3092213 (1963-06-01), Nelson
patent: 3965938 (1976-06-01), Baurele et al.
patent: 4135608 (1979-01-01), Adler
"Elastic Hold-Downs" J. C. Whitney & Co., Chicago, IL, catalog No. 420B, 1982, p. 126.

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