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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4327839 | Wear member for railway vehicle and method of making same A wear member for use between a pair of relatively movable components of a railway vehicle and method of making the same are provided wherein the wear member has a support provided with a continuous supporting surface. Polymeric material is attached to th... | 05/04/1982 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4249665 | Railway vehicle wear member A wear member for use between a pair of relatively movable components of a railway vehicle is provided where the wear member comprises a metal support adapted to be supported on one of the pair of components and a liner attached to the metal support where... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4238039 | Railway car coupler wear liner A wear member is provided for use between a pair of relatively movable components of a railway vehicle. The wear member is mounted on a support having a continuous supporting surface, with polymeric material having an antifriction wear surface to support ... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4133434 | Snap-on coupler bearing plate for railroad car coupler carriers A snap-on coupler bearing plate for application to resiliently supported coupler carriers of AAR standard F type interlocking coupler applications, in which the bearing plate is in the form of a channel shaped member formed from an ultra high molecular we... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4120404 | Coupler shank bearing arrangement for supporting railroad car couplers on coupler carriers This invention relates to a coupler shank bearing arrangement for supporting a railroad car coupler on its coupler carrier, and more specifically, to a railroad car coupler support arrangement in which the familiar coupler wear plate that rides on the cou... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4105128 | Wear surface arrangement for coupler carrier assembly A coupler carrier assembly for an F type railroad car coupler utilizing a housing having large area wear plates located and secured by spaced lugs on the front and back walls of the housing. A pair of holes in each of the walls coincident with the plates ... | 08/08/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4032017 | Adjustable bracket assembly for a rail car coupler A rail car coupler, with the shaft thereof bearing against a coupler carrier, is vertically adjustable by means of serrated lock plates intermeshing with similarly serrated coupler carrier brackets. A minimum adjustment is therefore made possible equal to... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4010853 | Draft gear carrier for railway cars A draft gear carrier attached to the lower flanges of a hat shaped center sill comprises a flat steel plate to which are connected first and second slide or wear plates which extend substantially the width of the center sill. The slide plates are substant... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3987907 | Adjustable bracket assembly for a rail car coupler A rail car coupler, with the shaft thereof bearing against a coupler carrier, is adjusted vertically by means of serrated lock plates intermeshing with similarly serrated coupler carrier brackets. Vertically spaced fastener openings in the lock plates are... | 10/26/1976 |
