Patent ID: 6776299
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: B61G

Abstract:
An assembly for connecting railway cars comprising a male part connected to a first railway car and a female part connected to a second railway car, said male and female parts capable of being combined into one assembly for the purpose of coupling said first and second railway cars together, said male part further comprisinga vertical shaft connected to a horizontal shaft, said horizontal shaft protruding from said first railway car in the direction of said second railway car, said female part further comprising an anvil, slidably connected to said second railway car, capable of pushing against said vertical shaft of said male part, a knuckle, pivotally connected to said second railway car, together with said anvil, capable of surrounding and restraining said vertical shaft of said male part in a plane perpendicular to said vertical shaft, a receptacle, capable of surrounding and remaining said horizontal shaft of said male part in a plane perpendicular to said horizontal shaft, pivotally and slidably connected to said second railway car on the same vertical axis as said vertical shaft of said male part when said vertical shaft of said male part is surrounded and restrained by said anvil and said knuckle.