Pullman Incorporated

Donald B Yates

Richard L Tuck

Andrew M Kunz

An arrangement for a foundation brake rigging on a railway car includes a dead brake lever anchoring arrangement which comprises a bracket supported in openings extending through the walls of the wheel truck bolster. The bracket includes hook-shaped elements which support a generally horizontal connector rod disposed below the bolster. One end of the connector rod is provided with a hinged linkage arrangement, which includes an eye portion which engages and supports a hook-shaped lower end portion of the dead brake lever.

Dead lever anchoring means for railway car brake rigging

An automatic device for locking and unlocking a hopper door operating mechanism which prevents accidental opening of the hopper doors due to car oscillations and provides a protective lock while the car is in transit but which has a novel lock which is releasable by intuitional actuation of the operating mechanism.

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Park Forest, IL, United States of America

Donald B Yates