Railroad coupler mount
OwnerGary William Egertoninventor
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Abstract
An improved railroad coupler mount for attaching equipment, such as an end-of-train device (EOT), marker light, test gear, etc., to a railroad coupler. The mount is comprised of a pivoting lever with brace (a V- or U-shaped notch) that grips the rib between vertically spaced coupler coring holes and a lever tip that contacts the inner wall of the coupler top coring hole, a pad that bears against the exterior face of the coupler guard arm side and a mechanism that forcibly pivots the lever tip towards the pad on an axis roughly parallel to the coupler axis.
Claims20
A railroad coupler mount assembly for attachment to a vertical pair of coring holes and intermediate rib on the guard arm face of a railroad coupler, comprising:
- a frame having opposing sides defining an interior and an abutment for bearing against an exterior surface of the railroad coupler;
- a lever pivotally connected at one end to said frame for rotation about an axis, said lever having a brace facing away from said pivotal connection for bearing against said rib, a finger extending away from said pivotal connection for abutting an interior of said vertical pair of coring holes, and a coupling member between said finger and brace;
- an extension/retraction mechanism connected between said frame and the coupling member of said lever for selectively moving said lever between a clamped position in which the lever is fixedly clamped to the vertical pair of coring holes and rib of said railroad coupler by said finger and brace, and an unclamped position in which the lever can be removed from the vertical pair of coring holes and rib of said railroad coupler.
A railroad coupler mount assembly for attachment to a vertical pair of coring holes and rib on a face of a railroad coupler, comprising:
- a frame having opposing sides defining an interior;
- a lever pivotally connected to said frame for rotation about an axis, said lever having a brace facing away from said pivotal connection, and a finger extending away from said pivotal connection;
- an extension/retraction mechanism connected between said frame and the lever between said brace and finger for selectively moving said lever between a clamped position and an unclamped position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.