Patent ID: 7900884
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: B61D,B65G

Abstract:
1. An actionable vibrator bracket for coupling a vibrator to a female receptacle attached to a railroad car that is to be vibrated, the female receptacle having an entry end and a second end that is distal to the entry end, said actionable vibrator bracket including: a) a vibrator mounting member, a middle portion and an upper portion, the vibrator mounting member being adapted for mounting the vibrator thereto, the vibrator mounting member including at least one keeper member, the vibrator mounting member further including a tongue portion, the tongue portion being wedge shaped and having an insertion end, a first side, and a second side; the insertion end of the tongue portion projecting a predetermined distance from the middle portion, the middle portion further including at least one flange member, the flange member being arrayed for resting on the entry end of the female receptacle attached to the railroad car while allowing the insertion end of the tongue portion to project a selected distance beyond the second end of the female bracket, the upper portion extending a selected distance from the middle portion in a direction that is distal to the tongue portion and being configured for mounting an urging member thereon and thereto, the urging member being adapted for selective movement to and towards a wall of the railroad car; b) wherein the tongue portion of the vibrator mounting member is sized to be loosely seated interior of the female receptacle while being simultaneously supported on the entry end of the female receptacle by the at least one flange of the middle portion, subsequent selective movement of the urging member to and towards the wall of the railroad car provides for the contact of the first side of the tongue portion with an adjacent rear wall of the female receptacle while simultaneously providing for the abutment of at least one keeper member with the second end of the female bracket for the selective emptying of the railroad car while retaining the vibrator mounting member therein, and selective movement of the urging member away from the wall of the railroad car allows for the removal of the abutment of the at least one keeper member from the second end of the female bracket for the loosening and subsequent easy removal of the vibrator mounting member from the female receptacle.