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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6095350 | Non-metallic wear plate for railroad car couplers and method of use A non-metallic wear plate assembly for railroad car couplers comprises a wear plate of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene having an upper surface with side edges and a middle portion therebetween, the upper surface of the wear plate sloping downward... | 08/01/2000 |
| 4586620 | Railroad car coupler alignment device An alignment device for railroad car couplers including a central flexible portion with a pair of swivelable end portions connectable between couplers of adjacent cars. Each of the end portions includes a protruding stud adapted to engage an opening prefo... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4569455 | Centering detent A detent apparatus for maintaining a draw bar in a centered position includes an indentation formed in a cylindrical surface of the pivotable taileye of the draw bar structure. A roller is arranged to ride along the surface and into the indentation, the r... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4289247 | Arrangement for arresting and releasing an intermediate buffer coupling An arrangement for horizontal central arresting and releasing of an intermediate buffer coupling has a horizontally swingable coupling rod, a guide member at a rear end of the coupling rod and following the swinging of the latter, two rocking levers pivot... | 09/15/1981 |
