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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl D McClurg, Lockbourne, OH (US);
Assignee:
Buckeye International, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
213 505 ; 213 69 ;
Abstract
A wear plate is disclosed herein for use in a railway car center sill to prevent or minimize wearing of the upper bearing surface of each of the horizontal key slots, due to the rubbing action of a draft key. The wear plate includes an elongated wear face which is positioned between the upper bearing surface and key and covers the upper bearing surface. At least one upwardly-extending flange is provided for securing the wear plate to the center sill and for maintaining the wear face in position to protect the upper bearing surface.