Locking plate holder for railroad bearing end caps
AssigneeRailhead Corporation
InventorHarry G. Robertson
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Abstract
A removable, reuseable holding jig for a locking plate associated with the end cap of a railroad truck bearing in which the locking plate provides a plurality of cap screw head apertures through which the end cap holding screws project when threaded into the axle end cap of the railroad bearing. The holding jig is of the same configuration of such locking plate but of a larger size so as to overlap the edges of such plate and to be confined in the well provided by the axle roller bearings. The holding jig will position, and by a series of lugs engage the sides of the locking plate so as to prevent rotational movement thereof resulting from the rotational torque of the cap screws as they are threaded into the axle bearing.
Claims8
A removable holder for a locking plate of a railroad roller bearing assembly having an end cover providing a receiving well for the locking plate that is to be fastened therein by suitable cap screws torqued to a predetermined degree comprising;
- (a) a holder plate having a configuration corresponding to that of the receiving well of the bearing assembly and of a dimension equal to the inner dimension of the well so as to be secured therein against rotation created by the torque pressure applied to the cap screws, and
- (b) means provided by said holder plate for removably securing the same upon the locking plate as the the locking plate is secured in the receiving well against rotation in the direction of the torque applied to the cap screws fastening the plate to the bearing assembly.
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