Railroad coupler mount
OwnerGary William Egertoninventor
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Abstract
An improved railroad coupler mount for attaching equipment, such as an end-of-train device (EOT), marker light, test gear, etc., to a railroad coupler. The mount is comprised of a pivoting lever with brace (a V- or U-shaped notch) that grips the rib between vertically spaced coupler coring holes and a lever tip that contacts the inner wall of the coupler top coring hole, a pad that bears against the exterior face of the coupler guard arm side and a mechanism that forcibly pivots the lever tip towards the pad on an axis roughly parallel to the coupler axis.
Claims18
A railroad coupler mount assembly for attachment to a railroad car coupler head comprising a vertical pair of coring holes separated by an intermediate rib having an upper surface, lower surface and exposed edge on a guard arm face of said railroad coupler head, the railroad coupler mount assembly comprising:
- a frame having an abutment for bearing against an exterior surface of the railroad coupler;
- a lever connected at one end to said frame by a first pivotal connection for rotation about an axis, said lever having a brace formed with a flange defining an open furrow facing away from said first pivotal connection, said furrow of said flange being sized to therein receive and capture the exposed edge of said intermediate rib to provide a fulcrum about which said lever rotates, a finger extending a length away from said first pivotal connection for abutting interior of said vertical pair of coring holes, and a coupling section between said finger and brace providing a second pivotal connection, said lever including said brace, said finger and said coupling section;
- an extension/retraction mechanism connected between said frame and the coupling section of said lever for selectively moving said lever between a clamped position in which the lever is fixedly clamped to the vertical pair of coring holes and rib of said railroad coupler by said finger and brace, and an unclamped position in which the lever can be removed from the vertical pair of coring holes and rib of said railroad coupler.
A railroad coupler mount assembly for attachment to a vertical pair of coring holes and rib on a face of a railroad coupler, said rib having an upper surface, lower surface and exposed edge on a guard aim face of said railroad coupler, the railroad coupler mount assembly, comprising:
- a frame;
- a lever connected at one end to said frame by a first pivotal connection for rotation about an axis, said lever having a brace formed with a flange defining an open furrow facing away from said pivotal connection, the furrow of said flange being sized to therein receive and capture the exposed edge of said intermediate rib to provide a fulcrum about which said lever rotates, a finger extending a length away from said first pivotal connection, and a coupling section between said finger and brace providing a second pivotal connection;
- an extension/retraction mechanism connected from said frame to a second pivotal connection located between said brace and finger for selectively moving said lever between a clamped position and an unclamped position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.