Rail skate
AssigneeWestern-Cullen-Hayes, Inc.
InventorJ. Joe Meyer
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Abstract
An improved rail skate intended for mounting on the top of a rail, including an upwardly inclined ramp portion and an entry or toe portion whereby a wheel of an approaching railcar will roll up on top of the entry or toe portion and engage the ramp thereby stopping movement of the wheel relative to the rail skate and thereafter causing the rail skate to slide along the top of the rail until the railcar is ultimately stopped, the rail skate having a shoe element with a substantially V-shaped cross-section including a raised central portion and depending sides.
Claims7
A friction stopping device which is mounted on top of a rail and includes an entry or toe portion onto which a wheel of an approaching railcar will roll, and also a stopping member against which the wheel engages to stop relative motion between the wheel and the stopping device thereby causing the stopping device to slide along a top of the rail with the wheel positioned on top thereof until the railcar is stopped, the improvement comprising, a shoe member including said entry portion, said stopping member being attached to a top of said shoe member at a rear end of said entry portion, said shoe member having a longitudinal linear break, said break forming a line along a center of said shoe member thereof to form a substantially V-shaped cross-section comprising a central high point and depending side portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.