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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7562781 | Automatic cut lever apparatus A cut lever apparatus that automatically actuates a lock lift assembly to either lock or unlock a coupler knuckle of a freight car coupler. The apparatus includes a cylinder member having a piston disposed therein. A bracket member is attachable to the freight car c... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7159260 | Multi-purpose trucker's power-puller tool A multi-purpose trucker's power puller tool with a hook rod that slides in the bore of a handle, and a weighted head at an end of the handle. The weighted head provides momentum to the hooked end for yanking free stuck objects, such as a truck's fifth wheel pin. The... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6739464 | Glide element for a telescoping uncoupling lever An elongated tubular glide housing for a telescoping, uncoupling lever for a railroad car. A tubular glide housing includes a rectangular seal enclosure having a top wall, a bottom wall, an outwardly located side wall, and an inwardly located side wall defining a pa... | 05/25/2004 |
| 5927522 | Tightlock coupler locklift assembly A railway Type H tightlock coupler locklift assembly for coupling railway cars comprises a Type H rotary locklift toggle, a Type H rotary locklift lever, and a rivet connecting the rotary locklift toggle to the rotary locklift lever. The Type H rotary loc... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5129529 | Uncoupler lever with a wedge lock An adjustable uncoupling lever with a shiftable wedge lock. The lever includes two longitudinally shiftable rods having parts spaced from one another. The wedge lock is driven between the two rod parts to secure the rods together.... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4544072 | Uncoupling device which complies with AAR specification An uncoupling device (10) is provided with a handle (12) which is pivotably mounted on a bracket at the side of the car. The handle is connected to a bar (16) extending transversely of the car, at a level below a coupler extending out of a center sill. An... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4460099 | Telescoping uncoupling lever for railway car couplers Two side-by-side housings each receive a telescoping member therein. Bearings captivated within each housing engage the telescoping members such that the bearings are free to slide both with respect to the housings and the telescoping members. A handle fo... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4454953 | Telescoping uncoupling lever A three-part telescoping uncoupling lever assembly is disclosed for railroad cars which are equipped with standard draft gear cushioning. The assembly includes a plastic sleeve formed from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (U.H.M.W.) and a pair of u... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4378890 | Telescoping uncoupling lever for railroad cars Two side-by-side housings each receive a telescoping member therein. Bearings captivated within each housing engage the telescoping members such that the bearings are free to slide both with respect to the housings and the telescoping members. A handle fo... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4079842 | Uncoupling device for rotary dump cars An uncoupling device for rotary dump cars in which the car couplers are of the bottom operating type, wherein at each end of the car the uncoupling mechanism is made of the same type, and comprising both the rotary and non-rotary couplers of the car being... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4047619 | Uncoupling device for rotary dump cars An uncoupling device for rotary dump cars in which the car couplers are of the bottom operating type, wherein at each end of the car the uncoupling mechanism is made of the same type, and comprising both the rotary and non-rotary couplers of the car being... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4010854 | Uncoupling lever assembly A railroad car uncoupling lever assembly having a handle member, a lock lifter member, and means for connecting the two members and permitting their relative axial movement in response to lateral and longitudinal movements of the railroad coupler. The con... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3937330 | Uncoupling device for rotary couplers on freight cars An unlocking device for a rotary coupler on a freight car including a bail rotatably mounted adjacent the open end of the car center sill and adapted to be selectively swung from a rest position to an action position in contact with a rotor element on the... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3933252 | Railroad car uncoupling lever with antifriction slideway arrangement An uncoupling lever assembly for railroad cars that includes an uncoupling lever with an improved slideway arrangement for accommodating extension and contraction of the lever assembly, which lever assembly comprises a handle section and a lock lifter sec... | 01/20/1976 |
