Patent ID: 6739464
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B61G

Abstract:
An elongated tubular glide housing for a telescoping, uncoupling lever for a railroad car, said tubular glide housing including:a rectangular seal enclosure having a top wall, a bottom wall, an outwardly located side wall and an inwardly located side wall defining a passage extending through said enclosure, said top and bottom walls each have a leading and trailing edges, a circular tool opening formed at each of said outwardly and inwardly located side walls, a pair of elongated, plastic glide elements positioned in said passage extending through said rectangular steel enclosure, each elongated, plastic glide element being of generally L-shaped transverse cross-section and including a first leg and a second leg with said element dimension to fit into said passage, each of said first and second legs having a leading edge and a trailing edge, an outwardly projecting retaining tab formed at said leading and trailing edges of said first leg, and a cylindrical boss formed integrally with said second leg and extending outwardly therefrom, said glide elements positioned in said passage with each glide element having said second leg positioned against one of said side walls with said boss seated in said tool opening and said first leg positioned adjacent one of said top and bottom walls with said retaining tabs engaging said leading and trailing edges of said rectangular enclosure.