Patent ID: 7195217
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
1. A bracket assembly for removable mounting of a vibrator onto a railroad car that includes: (a) a wedge member, a vibrator mounting member, and a pivot pin; the wedge member being shaped and sized for mating with a female bracket attached to a railroad car; (b) the vibrator mounting member being pivotally attached to the wedge member by means of the pivot pin in a hinge arrangement, the vibrator mounting member being selectively movable between at least a first position and a second position; (c) at least one locating pin being sized for selective and removable insertion into at least one locating aperture of the wedge member and either of an aligned first position aperture in the vibrator mounting member for maintaining the vibrator mounting member at the first position or an aligned second position aperture in the vibrator mounting member for maintaining the vibrator mounting member at the second position, the vibrator mounting member further includes at least one intermediate position aperture that is positioned intermediate the first position aperture and the second position aperture for allowing the selective insertion of the locating pin therein for operation of the vibrator attached to the bracket assembly at a position intermediate the first position and the second position and; (d) wherein the selective operation of the vibrator attached to the bracket assembly while being maintained at the first position assists in the seating of the wedge member into the female bracket mounted on the railroad car and selective operation of the vibrator attached to the bracket assembly while being maintained at the second position assists in the loosening of the wedge member from the female bracket mounted on the railroad car for its subsequent removal thereof.