Patent ID: 6024233
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B61G

Abstract:
A locking wedge assembly for use in a slackless drawbar assembly, said slackless drawbar assembly being designed to connect together, in a substantially semi-permanent fashion,adjacently disposed ends of a pair of railway cars, said locking wedge assembly comprising:(a) a locking wedge member having a top surface and a bottom surface;(b) a crushable support member having a top surface engageable with at least a portion of said bottom surface of said wedge member;(c) an aperture formed through said crushable support member; and(d) an anchoring means engageable with said locking wedge member and extending through said aperture formed in said crushable support member for securing said locking wedge member in such slackless drawbar assembly, said anchoring means including at least a threaded portion for at least one of receiving a nut thereon and for threadedly engaging a threaded aperture formed in said wedge member adjacent said bottom surface of said wedge member to enable tightening of said locking wedge member in place.