Vehicle draft key wear protector
AssigneeStandard Car Truck Company
InventorsJohn D. Anderson, Walter J. Peach, Brandon Colby Ennis, Benjamin Austin Myers
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Abstract
Various embodiments include a vehicle draft key wear protector including a first arm, a second arm spaced-apart from the first arm, a first connector integrally connected to the first arm and integrally connected to the second arm, and a second connector integrally and detachably connected to the first arm and integrally and detachably connected to the second arm, wherein the railroad car draft key wear protector is configured to be positioned on an uninstalled draft key, and is configured to be positioned on an installed draft key in situ.
Claims17
A vehicle draft key wear protector comprising:
- a first arm;
- a second arm spaced-apart from the first arm;
- a first connector integrally connected to the first arm and integrally connected to the second arm, and the first connector allows the first and second arms to bias outwardly when the first and second arms pass over a draft key;
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- a second connector integrally and detachably connected to the first arm and integrally and detachably connected to the second arm.
A vehicle draft key wear protector comprising:
- a first arm having a first gripping hand;
- a second arm spaced-apart from the first arm and having a second gripping hand, said first gripping hand and said second gripping hand configured to engage a side of a body of a draft key when the first arm and the second arm are mounted on the draft key;
- the first arm and the second arm positioned between a draft key head and a sill or frame component;
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- a first connector connected to the first arm at an end of the first arm opposite the first gripping hand, and connected to the second arm at an end of the second arm opposite the second gripping hand, and the first and second gripping hands have spaced apart inclined surfaces that engage with an installed draft key to bias first and second arm outward.
A vehicle draft key wear protector comprising:
- a first arm including a first elongated section, a first hand connected to and extending from one end of the first elongated section, and a second hand connected to and extending from a second opposite end of the first elongated section;
- a second arm spaced-apart from the first arm, the second arm including a second elongated section, a first hand connected to and extending from one end of the second elongated section, and a second hand connected to and extending from a second opposite end of the second elongated section;
- the first arm and the second arm positioned between a draft key head and a sill or frame component;
- a first connector integrally connected to the first hand of the first arm and integrally connected to the first hand of the second arm;
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- a second connector integrally connected to the second hand of the first arm and integrally connected to the second hand of the second arm and the second connector detachable from the first and second arms to form a gap between the first and second arms,
- wherein the first arm is configured to engage a first side of a body of a draft key, the second arm is configured to engage a second side of the body of the draft key, the first connector is configured to engage a third side of the draft key, and the second connector is configured to engage a fourth side of the draft key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.