Patent ID: 8205510

Claim:
A torque indictor for a hand brake on a freight car, said torque indicator comprising: a first rotatable member having a first end, a second end, a first member cross sectional shape, and a central axis about which said first rotatable member is able to pivot, a second rotatable member having a first end, a second end, a second member cross sectional shape, and a central axis about which said second rotatable member is able to pivot, a coupler engaged with both said first rotatable member and said second rotatable member wherein said coupler indicates a torque between said first rotatable member and said second rotatable member when at least one of said first rotatable member and said second rotatable member is pivoted with respect to the other via said coupler, wherein said coupler has a first end and a second end spaced a distance from said coupler first end and wherein said coupler has a central axis wherein said second rotatable member is pivotable by sixty degrees or less with respect to said first rotatable member and wherein said coupler limits said pivoting between said first and second rotatable members.