Railway draft appliances – Cushioned – Cooperating parts fixed to car
Patent
1995-06-28
1996-08-13
Le, Mark T.
Railway draft appliances
Cushioned
Cooperating parts fixed to car
213 62R, 213 74, B61G 900
Patent
active
055447678
ABSTRACT:
A slackless drawbar assembly connecting adjacent ends of a pair of freight cars together includes a pair of rear draft stop members and a pair of front draft stop members engageable with and securable to a pair of side wall portions of a center sill member disposed along a longitudinal centerline of such car. Each one of at least one of the pairs of rear and front draft stop members having a substantially flat surface portion. There is an elongated drawbar member having an aperture formed therethrough. A ball member has at least a portion thereof disposed in such aperture and a race assembly is secured to such drawbar member adjacent such aperture and having an inner surface thereof surrounding such at least a portion of such ball member disposed in such aperture. A pair of elongated shaft members extend outwardly from radially opposed sides of such ball member. Each of such pair of shaft members includes at least a portion thereof being wedge shaped. A pair of wedge members engage respective surfaces of such wedge shaped portion of such pair of shaft members and such substantially flat surface portion of each one of such at least one of the pair of rear draft stop members and the pair of front draft stop members. A securing mechanism engages each of the pair of wedge means for securing them to such center sill and thereby securing the assembly to such end of such freight car.
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Le Mark T.
Ray, Jr. J. O.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
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