Railway coupler and draft rigging
AssigneeDresser Industries, Inc.
InventorsWalter C. Dilg, Wilbert G. Glauser
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rapid transit draft rigging for an automatic coupler wherein a draft gear cushioning device is held within a pocket of a housing exterior to a drawbar that will release by a predetermined force to provide long free travel, permitting the coupler and draft gear arrangement to move out of the way so that they are not damaged by an accident that deforms the end of the car.
Claims8
In a draft rigging for a railway car, a longitudinally extending drawbar having a lower beam member with an upper bearing surface, a housing having a pocket for containing a cushioning means disposed below the beam member, the housing having means thereabove for slidably engaging the bearing surface of the beam member, the housing containing cushioning means within the pocket and a yoke passing through the cushioning means and extending forwardly from the housing, the yoke being pivotally connected to a coupler.
A draft rigging for a railway car comprising a drawbar having a forward and rearward end and a lower beam member with an upper bearing surface, a housing having a pocket containing cushioning means disposed near the forward end of the drawbar and below the beam member, the housing having means thereabove for slidably engaging the bearing surface of the beam member, said housing being releasably secured to the beam member with shear means, a yoke passing through the cushioning means within the pocket and extending forwardly from the housing and a coupler pivotally connected to the yoke.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.