Mcconway & Torley, LLC

Shawn A Opfer

Jeffrey D Wurzer

A drawbar for a slackless drawbar coupler assembly which includes a shank portion extending to a truncated butt end portion defining a convex, hemispherical buff load bearing surface adapted to abut against a concave, hemispherical buff load bearing surface on a rear support block. A generally rectangular aperture is provided through the butt end portion at the axis of said hemispherical buff load bearing surface which is adapted to receive a drawbar pivot pin and a three-dimensional bearing block, with the bearing block having a half-cylindrical surface on one side adapted to engage against a cylindrical side surface of the drawbar pivot pin, and a flat, generally rectangular surface opposite the cylindrical surface which is adapted to abut against a flat side of the rectangular aperture, to thereby bias the bearing block against the drawbar pivot pin such that the drawbar is pivotally attached to the pivot pin.

Drawbar for lightweight drawbar assembly

A bearing block for use in combination with a slackless drawbar coupler assembly for joining railway cars, wherein the bearing block is adapted for use in pivotally attaching a drawbar to a drawbar pivot pin and the drawbar is provided with a generally rectangular aperture through which such drawbar pivot pin is inserted, the bearing block comprising, a generally three-sided body having three generally rectangular side surfaces adapted to engage against the side surfaces of the generally rectangular aperture, and includes a fourth surface defining a concave cylindrical surface adapted to engage against a cylindrical side surface of the drawbar pivot pin, such that when properly inserted into the drawbar assembly, the drawbar will bias the cylindrical surface against the pivot pin.

Bearing block for lightweight drawbar assembly

A slackless drawbar coupler assembly for use in combination with a railway car having a center sill wherein the drawbar has a shank portion extending to an enlarged truncated butt end portion defining essentially a convex, hemispherical buff load bearing surface, with an aperture at the axis of the hemispherical buff load bearing surface, and includes a rear support block having a concave hemispherical buff load bearing surface on one side adapted to engage the convex, hemispherical buff load bearing surface on the drawbar. A spool for supporting an end of the drawbar is provided which is a generally rectangular sleeve-like body having a first pair of horizontally disposed and parallel side wall members transverse to a second pair of vertically disposed and parallel top and bottom wall members, such that a drawbar pivot pin is disposed through the aperture in the drawbar, the ends of which are secured within aligned apertures in one of the pair of horizontally disposed and parallel wall members of the spool to permit pivotal motion of the drawbar on the pivot pin, while a support housing securable to the center sill of the railway car is provided for pivotally supporting the spool within rectangular cavity on an axis perpendicular to the drawbar pivot pin.

Lightweight drawbar assembly

A support housing for supporting a slackless drawbar coupler assembly within a center sill of a railway car, in which the slackless drawbar assembly has a drawbar pivotally attached within a spool by a pivot pin, the support housing including a generally rectangular three-dimensional body having a generally rectangular, three-dimensional cavity in an underside surface, a forward end wall and a pair of generally parallel side wall portions with a pair of opposed and axially aligned apertures through the generally parallel side wall portion of the cavity, each aperture adapted to receive a disk pin insertable therethrough and also insertable through one each of a second pair of opposed and axially aligned apertures through parallel side walls of the spool, such that said spool is pivotal within said cavity on the axially aligned disk pins.

Support housing for lightweight drawbar assembly

A spool for supporting an end of a drawbar in a drawbar coupler assembly, having a first pair of vertically disposed and parallel side wall members extending from a second pair of horizontally disposed and parallel top and bottom wall members, a first pair of axially aligned apertures centrally disposed in the first pair of horizontally disposed and parallel side wall members, each adapted to receive an interlocking disk-pin for pivotally connecting the spool to a support housing, a second pair of axially aligned apertures centrally disposed in the second pair of horizontally disposed top and bottom wall members, adapted to receive a drawbar pivot pin for pivotally connecting a drawbar within the spool.

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Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Shawn A Opfer