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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141726 | Railroad gondola car structure and mechanism therefor A railroad gondola car has a hopper carried between two trucks. The hopper has convergent end and side slope sheets that feed a bottom discharge. The bottom discharge has a pair of longitudinal doors. The car has a very short draft installation that includes a remov... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7568584 | Draft sill wear liner A liner for use in a draft sill to protect the sill from damage and wear caused by draft gear movement. The draft gear is attached to a coupling to transmit moving forces from the coupling to the car causing. The draft gear is isolated from the side walls of the dra... | 08/04/2009 |
| 6986432 | Common cast draft sill for type E and F draft gear A common E/F type draft sill is provided that accommodates either Type E or Type F draft gear components, including rotary coupler applications. The draft sill is preferably cast, but may also be fabricated. The common E/F draft sill is provided with a fixed, integr... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6305298 | Light weight draft sill The present invention provides a lightweight draft sill end casting for use with railroad cars. The cast draft sill has side walls, front and rear stops, front and rear rib sets and a center plate that are cast as a unit. The draft sill has an open area b... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305561 | Draft sill with locking center pin A draft sill end casting with a locking center pin is disclosed. The draft sill has an open member with an elongate channel aligned with the central aperture of its center plate. A support shelf is within the elongate channel. A center pin has an upper re... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5931101 | Light weight draft sill The present invention provides a lightweight draft sill end casting for use with railroad cars. Weight reductions are achieved and adequate strength is maintained by using a set of front ribs and back ribs, with angled top and bottom ribs. The back rib se... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5115926 | Coupler member retention in a railway vehicle An improved arrangement for retention of a drawbar is provided in which a single retention member of unitary construction extends laterally within the center sill and fits completely about a longitudinal portion of the butt end of the drawbar. A vertical ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4681040 | Railroad car with universal coupling capability A railroad car having universal coupling capability through provision of a coupling arrangement which permits connection to a standard coupler or a drawbar is disclosed. The coupling arrangement includes facing sill side frames which define key slots and ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4573594 | Railway car underframe adapted for use with couple or drawbar construction A railway car underframe includes a sill structure having at one end a cushion pocket disposed rearwardly of a draft structure which is readily adapted to support a drawbar assembly having at its rear end an impact head extending into the pocket and engag... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4555033 | Slackless non-cushioned drawbar arrangement for railway car underframe A railway car underframe center sill includes a drawbar structure which includes a rigid housing structure adapted to fit into the cushion pocket of the sill supporting the cushion. The rigid housing is readily removable if desired and includes a rigid en... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4344541 | Coupler carrier arrangement for railroad cars A coupler carrier arrangement for railroad cars, in which the car center sill ends are equipped with a striker casting through which the car coupler shank extends for connection to the car center sill, with the striker casting having the familiar cage, in... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4343407 | Coupler lubricating bearing wear liner channel shaped support plate A rigidifying arrangement for self lubricating wear plate assemblies employed for supporting the inner end of the vertical yoke used in railroad car coupler draft gear rigging, in which the wear plate is in the form of a support plate of channel shaped tr... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4296868 | Housing for draft gear In a draft gear apparatus, the housing is strengthened to better withstand distortion by draft stress imposed by the yoke on the end of the housing. Strengthening is accomplished by increasing the thickness of the housing side walls at selected areas near... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4264015 | Railway coupler wear member A wear member is provided wherein such wear member is used between relatively movable components of a railway vehicle and wherein the wear member comprises a main body made primarily of a polymeric material, a support for the main body with the support ha... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4261472 | Railway coupler wear member A railway vehicle wear member is provided between a pair of relatively movable components of the railway vehicle, wherein such wear member has a rigid planar supporting portion used to support a polymeric antifriction wear material and an extension which ... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4252068 | Cast draft sill A unitary cast draft sill for welding to the center sill of a railroad car comprises a unitary cast structure with the following elements and features: A horizontal top wall has a pair of side walls depending therefrom with a bottom portion having flanges... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4249664 | Rigidifying arrangement for self lubricating yoke wear plate assemblies A rigidifying arrangement for self lubricating wear plate assemblies employed for supporting the inner end of the vertical yoke used in railroad car coupler draft gear rigging, in which the wear plate is in the form of a planar support plate equipped with... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4159777 | Universal fabricated backstop/buffstop A universal fabricated backstop/buffstop comprising a pair of parallel, juxtaposed side plates, each side plate having a channel therein, a forward transverse member having the ends thereof secured to the pair of side plates and having a slot located in t... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4059192 | Coupler height adjuster for railway cars The coupler height of a railway car is adjustable by means of a shim disposed between the coupler carrier and the wear plate and inserted through an opening provided at one side of the striking casting. An enlarged central portion of the shim extends towa... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4055254 | Self lubricating yoke wear plate arrangement A self lubricating wear plate arrangement for supporting the inner end of the vertical yoke used in coupler draft gear rigging in which the wear plate is in the form of a planar support plate equipped with a special liner for supporting the yoke inner end... | 10/25/1977 |
