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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258243 | Arrangement for preventing energy absorbing material degradation on draft gears A draft gear assembly includes a yoke and a coupler follower disposed within the yoke. A front compressible resilient member is disposed intermediate the yoke and the coupler follower. A rear compressible resilient member engages a back wall of the yoke at one end a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7069864 | Railway freight car end sill transition member A transition member for use in a railway freight car is provided. The transition member provides connection between the dissimilar cross sections of the underbody and draft sill of the railway freight car and the center sill of the railway freight car. The transitio... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6971492 | Shock adapter A shock adapter for converting a one-way shock absorber into a two-way shock absorber comprising a housing having a first slideable member located on one end and a second slideable member located on the opposite end with the housing having a chamber therein for rece... | 12/06/2005 |
| 5551581 | Single acting sliding sill cushioning unit A rail car has a sliding sill located within a fixed frame and a shock absorber for absorbing shock. The shock absorber has a housing with inner and outer chambers containing oil and gas. A piston extends from the housing. The housing has an end plate on ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5388711 | Rail car double acting piston shock absorber A shock absorber for use with a sliding center sill rail car utilizes an internal gas type spring. The shock absorber has a housing and a cylinder located in the housing that moves with the center sill. An annular outer chamber surrounds the cylinder with... | 02/14/1995 |
| 4953727 | Piston and shaft assembly of railroad end-of-car cushioning devices and method of repairing same This invention concerns an end-of-car hydraulic cushioning device for use on rail cars and a method of repairing such devices. The cushioning device has a piston and shaft assembly which is subject to train action forces. The piston and shaft are connecte... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4739889 | Railway cushioning apparatus A cushioning apparatus for a railway car includes a housing having a cylinder bore disposed therein with an end plate closing one end of the cylinder bore. A piston assembly includes a shaft extending through the end plate and a piston disposed on the sha... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4364482 | Apparatus for cushioning shock forces acting on the underframe of a railway car A rigid draft and buffing sliding sill includes cushion elements operably attached thereto for absorbing shocks generated during buff or draft operating conditions. The draft and buffing sliding sill extends lengthwise of the underframe of a railway car. ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4345523 | Railway car stabilizer Stabilizing apparatus for preventing derailment of moving railway cars is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of interconnected elongated members that overlie and are secured to a string of coupled cars. In the preferred embodiment, the elongated... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4334624 | Draft gear locking device A lock-out apparatus for shock absorbing draft gear on a railway car which draft gear has a housing adapted to be fixed to one end of the railway car, a shock absorber is provided in the housing to cushion shock on the coupler of a railway car at the one ... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4304338 | Center-of-car cushioning device with gas return A cushion assembly having an outer cylinder and a metering cylinder extending between end caps and defining an annular reservoir therebetween with communication being provided by metering orifices distributed along the length of the metering cylinder. A p... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4232793 | Car coupling arrangement for railway passenger cars A coupler arrangement for rapid transit passenger cars includes a self-centering coupler shank having limited horizontal and vertical swinging movement about a spherical bearing structure. The arrangement includes first and second shock absorbing mechanis... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4146142 | Fabricated backstop/buffstop A fabricated backstop/buffstop comprising a pair of parallel, juxtaposed side plates, each side plate having a central opening therein, a forward transverse member having each end thereof freely positioned in a portion of the central opening of each side ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4026418 | Hydraulic cushioning unit with a gas return This disclosure deals with a hydraulic cushioning unit for a railway car, including a gas return. The unit includes a main reservoir which is precharged with a hydraulic oil and an inert gas. At least one reservoir extension is also provided at the upper ... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3973681 | Transition casting for use in sills of freight cars The invention relates to railway cars having a tubular-like sill in the underframe and a standard Z type draft sill at each end and a transition sill telescoping into and connecting the draft sill to the tubular sill.... | 08/10/1976 |
