Patent ID: 6073787
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B61G

Abstract:
A carrier plate 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 carrier plate assembly comprising:(a) a carrier plate member having a top surface and a bottom surface;(b) a crushable support member having a bottom surface engageable with at least a portion of said top surface of said carrier plate member;(c) an aperture formed through said crushable support member; and(d) an anchoring means engageable with said carrier plate member and extending through said aperture formed in said crushable support member for securing a locking wedge member to said carrier plate member in such slackless drawbar assembly, said anchoring means including at least a threaded portion for receiving a nut thereon or for threadedly engaging a threaded aperture formed in said locking wedge member to enable tightening of said locking wedge member to said carrier plate.