Uncoupling lever for rail car with biasing member
AssigneeIreco, Inc.
InventorBrian Maki
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Abstract
An uncoupling lever for a railcar has first, second, and third lever members slidably connected to each other for relative motion along their lengths. The second and third lever members are urged apart from one another along their lengths with a biasing member. The uncoupling lever has a handle configured for manual operation of the uncoupling lever, and a hook configured for actuating a lock of a coupler of the railcar. One of the handle and hook is operatively connected to the first lever member and the other of the handle and hook is operatively connected to the third lever member.
Claims27
An uncoupling lever for a railcar comprising:
- First, second and third lever members, the first and the second lever members being slidably connected to each other for relative motion therebetween along their lengths, and the second and the third lever members being slidably connected to each other for relative motion therebetween along their lengths, the second and third lever members being urged apart from one another along their lengths with a biasing member;
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- a handle configured for manual operation of the uncoupling lever;
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- a hook configured for operating a lock of a coupler of the railcar;
- wherein one of the handle and hook is operatively connected to the first lever member and the other of the handle and hook is operatively connected to the third lever member.
An uncoupling lever for a railcar comprising:
- a first lever member having a housing with a hollow interior;
- a second lever member having an outer surface configured for sliding motion within the hollow interior of the housing of the first lever member, the second lever member having axially opposite first and second ends with the first axial end being extendable from the first lever member housing away from the first lever member;
- a third lever member being telescopically arranged with the second lever member at the second lever member first axial end with the biasing member urging the third lever member away from the second lever member;
- a handle configured for manual operation of the lever;
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- a hook configured for operating a lock of the coupler of the railcar;
- wherein one of the handle and hook is operatively connected to the first lever member and the other of the handle and hook is operatively connected to the third lever member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.