Combination railway car draft gear stop and bolster spacer plate

Details Combination railway car draft gear stop and bolster spacer plate Combination railway car draft gear stop and bolster spacer plate

1991-04-12

1992-08-04

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Railway draft appliances

Cushioned

Cooperating parts fixed to car

213 56, 1051994, B61G 710

Patent

active

051351170

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a combination rear draft stop and bolster spacer plate apparatus which includes a rear wall portion, a pair of side wall portions connected along a rear edge thereof to a respective outer edge of the rear wall portion. There is top wall portion formed adjacent the upper edge of each of the rear wall portion and the pair of side wall portions. A first cavity is formed through the top wall portion. A bottom wall portion is formed adjacent a bottom edge of each rear wall portion and the pair of side wall portions. A second cavity is formed through this bottom wall portion. The final essential element is a pair of front wall portions which have an outer surface thereof engageable by a draft gear to limit rearward movement of such draft gear when a buff load is exerted thereon.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1361087 (1920-12-01), Murray
patent: 1458792 (1923-06-01), Wright
patent: 2781919 (1957-02-01), Blattner
patent: 3703239 (1972-11-01), Furniss
patent: 4252068 (1981-02-01), Nolan
Engineering Drawing (Labelled Sketch 1), pre Apr. 1991.
Engineering Drawings (Labeled Sketch 2), pre Apr. 1991.
Engineering Drawing (Labeled Sketch 3), pre Apr. 1991.
1970 edition of "Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia" published by Simmons-Boardman pp. 568-570.

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