Type-E railroad car coupler head

Details Type-E railroad car coupler head Type-E railroad car coupler head

1980-11-24

1982-12-14

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Railway draft appliances

Couplings

Counterpart

213146, B61G 3004

Patent

active

043634141

ABSTRACT:
A railroad car coupler includes a Type-E coupler head which contains a vertical lock chamber. Disposed in the chamber is a lock which may be raised from a lower locking position to an intermediate lockset position. At lockset, a knuckle pivotally carried by the coupler head may swing from a closed position to an open position. At lockset, the lock rests on a knuckle thrower of the coupler head with a lockset seat of the lock engaging a leg lock seat portion of the knuckle thrower. By forming the lockset seat of the lock on a selective lateral slope, the lock may be tilted toward a guard arm side of the coupler head. When the knuckle is swung toward its open position, a sufficient area of a tail portion of the knuckle passes under the lock to insure a proper pick-up of the lock to remove the lock from lockset.

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