Railway car rotary coupler

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1979-09-04

1981-05-19

Bertsch, Richard A.

Railway draft appliances

Cushioned

Drawbars

213 62R, 213 69, 213 71, B61G 138

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042679354

ABSTRACT:
A rotary railway car coupler has a shank with a butt end portion for mounting to a coupler yoke and a head end portion on its opposite end portion. A coupler head has a guard arm side portion, a knuckle side portion and a knuckle mounted therewith for cooperative connection with another mating railway car coupler. The shank has on its head end portion a mount for rotatably mounting the coupler head. A mount within the coupler head rotatably connects the coupler head and the coupler shank for rotation of the coupler head relative to the shank.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2727635 (1955-12-01), Blattner
patent: 2869736 (1959-01-01), Wolfe
patent: 2973104 (1961-02-01), Metzger
patent: 2973105 (1961-02-01), Metzger
patent: 3220562 (1965-11-01), Baker
patent: 4093079 (1978-06-01), Cope

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