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US 11,230,305 B2Granted
Brake beam wear guide
AssigneeStandard Car Truck Company
InventorsRonald D. Golembiewski, Walter J. Peach
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Abstract
Various embodiments provided a railroad car brake beam wear guide for mounting in a brake beam guide bracket of a railroad car truck side frame and including a spacer that partially defines a slide-way for a brake beam lug of a brake beam and that limits lateral movement of the brake beam. In various embodiments, the wear guide can be employed for other uses besides for railroad cars.
Claims15
A railroad car brake beam wear guide, comprising:
- a longitudinally extending first wall;
- a longitudinally extending second wall spaced apart from the first wall;
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- a longitudinally extending end wall monolithically formed with and connecting the first wall and the second wall, the end wall forming a spacer, wherein the first wall, the second wall, and the spacer define a slide-way configured to permit movement of a lug of a brake beam in the slide-way, wherein the spacer is of a same longitudinal length as the first wall and the second wall, wherein the spacer has uniform dimensions along a longitudinal axis of the spacer, and wherein the spacer is configured to limit lateral movement of the brake beam.
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A wear guide, comprising:
- a longitudinally extending first wall;
- a longitudinally extending second wall spaced apart from the first wall;
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- a longitudinally extending end wall monolithically formed with and connecting the first wall and the second wall, the end wall forming a spacer, wherein the first wall, the second wall, and the spacer define a slide-way configured to permit movement of a lug in the slide-way, wherein the spacer is of a same longitudinal length as the first wall and the second wall, and wherein the spacer has uniform dimensions along a longitudinal axis of the spacer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.