Mounting bracket for railway car coupler
AssigneeNorfolk Southern Railway Co.
InventorRonald L. Kingsbury
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Abstract
A mounting bracket for securing telemetry and other equipment on the railway car coupler of the end train includes a split strap secured about the rectangular coupler shrank and tightened by a screw bolt. The bracket has one or more stabilizing flanges in bearing engagement with surfaces of the coupler knuckle, and the equipment is mounted to one of such flanges.
Claims8
A bracket for mounting equipment to a coupler shaft of substantially rectangular cross-section of a railway car coupler comprising, split strap means adapted to embrace the coupler shaft, means for tightening said strap means in place about the shaft, said strap means having a first flange of arcuate shape adapted to engage a side surface of the car coupler of substantially complementary arcuate shape for stabilizing said strap means when in place about the coupler shaft, said flange having a support surface on which the equipment can be affixed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.