Mounting for caboose replacement signal transmitting unit
First Claim
1. A mounting for a caboose replacement signal transmitting unit comprising a bifurcated mounting bracket having spaced substantially parallel leg portions adapted to straddle the knuckle of a rail car coupling in a front-to-back plane and having a top wall interconnecting said leg portions above the top of the knuckle, releasable means on the mounting bracket and extending near and across the bottom of said knuckle to lock the bifurcated bracket to the knuckle, depending and upstanding stabilizing teeth on said top wall and said releasable means respectively adapted to engage top and bottom surfaces of the knuckle when the releasable means is in a substantially horizontal position locking the bracket to the knuckle, and an extension on the mounting bracket at its top of sufficient length to support a caboose replacement signal transmitting unit at an elevation above the top of a rail car coupling crown.
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Abstract
A bifurcated mounting bracket for a caboose replacement signal transmitting unit straddles the coupling knuckle of a rear train car and is secured to the knuckle by a lower end pivoted hasp which is padlocked to the bracket. Depending and upstanding teeth on the bracket and hasp, respectively, positively engage top and bottom surfaces of the coupling knuckle with minimized metal-to-metal contact. The signal transmitting unit is supported above the elevation of coupling crowns to avoid destruction. The mounting allows the coupling of another car in the train behind the car on which the signal transmitting unit is mounted without destruction of the unit or its mounting.
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- 1. A mounting for a caboose replacement signal transmitting unit comprising a bifurcated mounting bracket having spaced substantially parallel leg portions adapted to straddle the knuckle of a rail car coupling in a front-to-back plane and having a top wall interconnecting said leg portions above the top of the knuckle, releasable means on the mounting bracket and extending near and across the bottom of said knuckle to lock the bifurcated bracket to the knuckle, depending and upstanding stabilizing teeth on said top wall and said releasable means respectively adapted to engage top and bottom surfaces of the knuckle when the releasable means is in a substantially horizontal position locking the bracket to the knuckle, and an extension on the mounting bracket at its top of sufficient length to support a caboose replacement signal transmitting unit at an elevation above the top of a rail car coupling crown.
- 9. A device for mounting a caboose replacement signal transmitting unit on the knuckle of a railway car coupling comprising a bifurcated bracket having spaced substantially parallel legs adapted to straddle a coupling knuckle and a leg connecting top portion adapted to rest on a coupling knuckle supportingly, releasable locking means for the bifurcated bracket resisting upward displacement of the bracket when engaged with a coupling knuckle, depending and upstanding stabilizing teeth on said leg connecting top portion and said releasable locking means respectively adapted to engage top and bottom surfaces of the knuckle when the releasable locking means is in position to resist upward displacement of the bracket, a caboose replacement signal transmitting unit, and an extension support member rising from the top of the bracket and adapted to be connected with and to support a caboose replacement signal transmitting unit at a sufficient elevation above a coupling knuckle to avoid collision of the unit with the crown of another railway car coupling.
- 12. In a device for use with the knuckle component of a railway car coupling having a rear outer curved wall and a foward inner curved wall, the combination with the knuckle component of connector means having portions adapted to respectively engage the rear outer curved wall and forward inner curved wall of the knuckle, releasable locking means connected transversely between said portions to prevent removal of said connector means when engaged with the knuckle, a housing, and means connecting said housing to said connector means at an elevation above said portions which engage the walls of the knuckle.
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