Patent ID: 7458547
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: B65D,B65G

Abstract:
1. An expandable vibrator bracket for attaching a vibrator to a female receptacle attached to a railroad car to be vibrated, said expandable bracket including: a) a vibrator mounting member, a leg member, and a wedge base member, the vibrator mounting member being configured for supporting the vibrator, the wedge base member having a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side; b) a wedge plate having an attaching end, a distal end, an interior side and an exterior side, the attaching end being coupled to the first end of the wedge base member for allowing the distal end to selectively move with respect to the second end of the wedge base member when acted upon by at least one spreader member, and c) wherein the second side of the wedge base member and the exterior side of the wedge plate simultaneously abut opposite interior surfaces of the female receptacle during selective urging by the at least one spreader member for holding the expandable vibrator bracket in the female receptacle and removal of the selective urging by the spreader member allowing removal of the expandable vibrator bracket from the female receptacle.