Abstract:
A center plate assembly for railway cars including a detachably mounted center filler which may consist of one or more separate sections disposed between a body center plate and a truck bolster center plate bowl of the railway car, the bearing surfaces of the center filler having a hardness greater than the bearing surface of the truck center plate bowl and no less than the hardness of the body center plate to produce a very low rate of wear. Also, means are provided to inhibit relative movement of all bearing surfaces except those required to move.
Abstract:
A housed draft gear for railway vehicles having friction and rubber cushioning units arranged in tandem in an open-fronted cavity of uniform cross section in a housing and held in assembled relation in the cavity, the friction and rubber cushioning units being of improved construction.
Abstract:
A resilient side bearing installable between a truck and body of a railway vehicle containing a housing and a cover, and elastomeric solids disposed in spaced segments within the housing and bearing upon the cover.
Abstract:
A coupling valve actuating mechanism for operating a pilot or interface valve in an automatic coupling system wherein the force required to open the valve upon the depression of a springprojected plunger in a coupling operation is transmitted by either a hydraulic fluid or a flexible push-pull-type cable.
Abstract:
A coupler positioning device is used to position the coupler to achieve ''''face on'''' or ''''in line'''' coupling or as near to this condition as possible. The coupler is not necessarily over the center line of the track but is in the position wherein the center lines of two adjacent couplers of two similar cars are coincident. A mechanical arrangement is provided to be used in conjunction with the truck bolster and fixed sill construction of a long, high capacity freight car. The device has particular utility with ''''end-of-car'''' cushioning devices where space for a positioning device is very limited. Motion of the mechanism is initiated from a bracket or brackets attached to the bolster of the truck. It is transmitted through arm means, lever means and rod means and is applied directly to the shank of the coupler forward of its pivotal connection to the draft rigging.
Abstract:
A yoke for use in draft rigging of railway cars having a compressing means built into the butt of the yoke to facilitate compression of a draft gear contained within the yoke to shorten it for entry into or removal from the draft gear pocket.
Abstract:
Cushion underframe containing a double ended spring with a precompressed compressible material therein adapted for use in a fixed position within the floating sill of a railway car and located substantially centrally of the car for cushioning the forces derived from the couplers at each end.
Abstract:
Double ended spring shock absorber consisting of a cylinder having pistons reciprocable therethrough at each end and a compressible material disposed between the end plugs within the cylinder.