Releasable stop for a vehicle moving through a conduit

Details Releasable stop for a vehicle moving through a conduit Releasable stop for a vehicle moving through a conduit

1976-11-24

1978-08-22

Hoffman, Drayton E.

Railways

Car stops

Releasable feed

104156, 243 19, B61B 1310, B65G 5130

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041080793

ABSTRACT:
A releasable stop for releasably stopping a vehicle moving through a conduit. A stop gate is supported for pivotal movement into and out of the path of movement of the vehicle. First and second arms are pivotally connected together between the gate and a support and a pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly actuates one arm for moving the gate between a closed and opened position. The pivoting arms are moved into or slightly past a dead center position when the gate is in the closed position whereby the impact of a vehicle engaging the gate will be transmitted to the support instead of to the piston and cylinder assembly. When the gate is closed, the dead center position of the arm maintains the stop gate in a locked position. The stop gate may be sized and shaped to entirely block the conduit to provide a dead end air cushion stop assist. In addition, the gate, the arms and the piston and cylinder assembly may be mounted on a movable support and a shock absorber may be connected to the movable support for resisting movement when heavy loads engage the gate.

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patent: 988520 (1911-04-01), Strauss
patent: 2017392 (1935-10-01), Blake
patent: 3085659 (1963-04-01), Ashmead
patent: 3438337 (1969-04-01), Edwards
patent: 3605629 (1971-09-01), Edwards
patent: 3724690 (1973-04-01), Bates
patent: 3799064 (1974-03-01), Kiruchi et al.

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