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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 |
| 7845288 | Rail road car truck and members thereof A rail road freight car truck has a truck bolster and a pair of side frames, the truck bolster being mounted transversely relative to the side frames. The mounting interface between the ends of the axles and the sideframe pedestals allows lateral rocking motion of t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7699008 | Rail road freight car with damped suspension An auto rack rail road freight car is provided for carrying low density, relatively high value, relatively fragile lading. The car has trucks that have multiple dampers in a four corner arrangement in the sideframes. The dampers may include damper wedges having prim... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7267059 | Rail road freight car with damped suspension An auto rack rail road freight car is provided for carrying low density, relatively high value, relatively fragile lading. The car has trucks that have multiple dampers in a four corner arrangement in the sideframes. The dampers may include damper wedges having prim... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263931 | Rail road car and truck therefor A rail road car truck has side frames mounted to rock on the wheelsets. A bolster is mounted cross-wise on the sideframes, each end of the bolster being seated on a spring group, each spring group being seated in one of the sideframe windows. The bolster has damper ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231878 | Linear steering truck The present invention relates generally to a linear steering truck apparatus comprising a bolster member having two ends, the bolster being located along the transverse axis extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, generally located between and pa... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7143700 | Rail road car truck and fittings therefor A rail road freight car truck has a truck bolster and a pair of side frames, the truck bolster being mounted transversely relative to the side frames. The mounting interface between the ends of the axles and the sideframe pedestals allows lateral rocking motion of t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7004079 | Rail road car and truck therefor An autorack rail road car is provided with a truck that includes a pair of sideframes supported on wheel sets with bearing adapters positioned therebetween. The bearing adapters and the sideframes have associated parts or surfaces with curvatures configured to permi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6874426 | Rail road car truck with bearing adapter and method A swing motion rail road freight car truck is provided that has a truck bolster and a pair of side frames, the truck bolster being mounted transversely relative to the side frames. The side frames have spring seats for the groups of springs. The springs seats may be... | 04/05/2005 |
| 5924366 | Side frame pedestal roof with rocker seats A side frame for a railway car is disclosed comprising a pedestal jaw and an integral crown shaped pedestal jaw roof. A liner matching the shape of the crowned pedestal jaw roof is removably mounted to the pedestal jaw roof. In operation, the crown shaped... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5544591 | Stabilized roller bearing adapter A rail car truck has a pair of side frames, a pair of wheelsets and roller bearing adapters seated on each end of each wheelset and supporting the pedestal of the side frames. Each roller bearing adapter has an upward transverse projection and each side f... | 08/13/1996 |
| 4527487 | Suspension and coupling device between a bogie frame and an axle box Device for ensuring the vertical suspension of the chassis of a bogie and the longitudinal and transverse coupling of each box of the chassis in a driving or carrying railway bogie, comprising a vertical suspension spring through which the bogie frame is ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4512261 | Self-steering railway truck A railway truck having a suspension wherein pivotal suspension links are connected between the pedestal openings of a truck side frame and the bearing adaptor of the bearing received within the respective pedestal opening to suspend the side frame with re... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4510871 | Railroad vehicle bogie A bogie for a railroad vehicle comprises a pair of wheel sets mounted in a frame which is pivotally connected to the vehicle so that it can rotate about a substantially upright axis. The wheel sets are connected to the frame resiliently and by links which... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4483253 | Flexible railway car truck A multiple axle railway truck having side frames with pedestals, roller bearings for the axles received in the pedestal jaws with clearance in a direction fore-and-aft of the vehicle to permit relative yawing motion of the axles. A yielding pad is provide... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4179995 | Snubbed railroad car truck A truck for a railroad car includes two spaced side frames which resiliently support ends of a transversely positioned bolster in a window formed in each side frame. On each side of the bolster is a vertical recess formed having opposing convex-shaped sid... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4109586 | Universally suspended snubbing railway axle truck This invention provides a railway wagon suspension unit comprising a frame mounted over a saddle accommodating an axle journal housing. The saddle can rock laterally relative to the journal housing. Suspension means are disposed between the frame and the ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4058065 | Spring stub axle railway vehicle The railway truck disclosed herein is provided with a split axle composed of two transverse aligned axle members each having mounted on the outer end thereof a rail wheel. The inner ends of the axle members in one embodiment are connected by means forming... | 11/15/1977 |
