Buffer stop
AssigneeDowty Hydraulic Units Limited
InventorDavid E. Bick
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Abstract
A buffer stop comprising an arm capable of being pivotally-mounted at or near one end portion on or adjacent a railway track, and a piston-and-cylinder device. One end portion of the piston-and-cylinder device is pivotally-connectible at or near the other end portion of the arm. The other end portion of the device is capable of being pivotally-mounted on or adjacent the railway track at a distance away from the one end portion of the arm.
Claims11
A buffer stop comprising an arm, capable of being pivotally-mounted at one end portion in the region of a railway track, and a piston-and-cylinder device adapted to act in one mode of operation as an energy-absorbing device and in another mode of operation as an extendible and contractible fluid-pressure-operable device, one end portion of said device being pivotally-connectible to the other end portion of the arm and the other end portion of said piston and-cylinder device being adapted for direct pivotal connection to structure fast with respect to the railway track at a distance away from said one end portion of the arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.