End of train coupler mounting device
AssigneeQuantum Engineering, Inc.
InventorsMark E. Kane, James F. Shockley, James F. Brady
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Abstract
A mount base has two movable arms with jaws mounted thereon for engaging the coupler head surface adjacent and interior of the relief or core holes formed in the head. The arms are operated upwardly and downwardly via a pair of scissor links that are opened and closed by way of a threaded rod mounted between the mount base and a link carrier that moves forwardly to open the jaws for engaging the holes and rearwardly to close the jaws for disengaging from the coupler head. The device is designed to engage either of two pairs of the vertically disposed spaced holes. The mount base is adapted to carry signaling and monitoring equipment that is required on the last car of a railroad train.
Claims31
A coupler mounting device for securing signaling and monitoring equipment to a coupler head of a railroad car comprising a base and a pair of engaging means carried by said base for engaging interior and exterior surfaces of each of a respective pair of vertically spaced relief holes formed in a coupler head, and operating means connected to at least one of said engaging means for selectively moving said at least one engaging means vertically toward and away from another said engaging means to removably secure said base to a coupler head.
A coupler mounting device for securing signaling and monitoring equipment to a coupler head of a railroad car comprising a mount base, engaging means carried by said mount base for engaging interior surfaces of each of a respective pair of vertically spaced relief holes formed in a coupler head, operating means connected to said engaging means for selectively moving said engaging means including a pair of movable arms with each said arm having a front portion and a rear portion, means for mounting each said rear portion to said mount base, said front portions of said arms being locatable adjacent respective said relief holes in a coupler head, said engaging means having a pair of jaw members, each said jaw member being mounted to said front portion of respective said arm and movable toward and away from each other and engageable with respective vertically spaced relief holes in a coupler head.
A coupler mounting device for securing signaling and monitoring equipment to the coupler head of a railroad car comprising a mount base and engaging means carried by said mount base for engaging interior and exterior surfaces of shoulders defining a respective pair of vertically spaced relief holes formed in a coupler head, and operating means connected to said engaging means for selectively moving said engaging means, said engaging means having at least one movable arm means, each said arm means having a front portion and a rear portion, said front portion being locatable adjacent respective relief holes in a coupler head, said engaging means further having a pair of jaw members, one said jaw member being mounted to said front portion of at least one movable said arm means and engageable with inner and outer surfaces of a shoulder of a relief hole in a coupler head, said engaging means having another arm means with another said jaw member being mounted thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.