Coupler carrier arrangement for railroad cars

Details Coupler carrier arrangement for railroad cars Coupler carrier arrangement for railroad cars

1980-08-04

1982-08-17

Butler, Douglas C.

Railway draft appliances

Cushioned

Cooperating parts fixed to car

213 21, 213 51, 308DIG8, B61G 710

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043445411

ABSTRACT:
A coupler carrier arrangement for railroad cars, in which the car center sill ends are equipped with a striker casting through which the car coupler shank extends for connection to the car center sill, with the striker casting having the familiar cage, in which the coupler carrier is mounted, including an upwardly opening socket on the underside of the casting defining a coupler carrier chamber, in which the coupler carrier itself comprises a body formed from an ultra high molecular weight polymer of dry self lubricating characteristics that replaces both the conventional coupler carrier and the carrier iron, and is shaped to define a horizontally disposed upwardly facing load support surface on which the coupler shank rests, and oppositely facing forward and rearward side walls defining vertically disposed slide surfaces formed for close fitting relation to the coupler carrier chamber inner and outer walls. The coupler carrier load support and side slide surfaces are of integral one piece construction, and are characterized by effecting resurfacing of the coupler shank and striker casting surfaces they engage to make such surfaces effectively resistant against wear.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2718968 (1955-09-01), Metzger
patent: 3240354 (1966-03-01), Williams
patent: 4006051 (1977-02-01), Board, Jr.
patent: 4055254 (1977-10-01), Chierici et al.
1974 Edition of Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia published by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, pp. 58-19.

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