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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:
Jan. 29, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patricia S Stoller, St. Louis, MO (US);
James C Hammonds, St. Charles, MO (US);
John O Kloepper, Moline Acres, MO (US);
Arnold Schlobohm, Ballwin, MO (US);
Assignee:
ACF Industries, Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ; B61D / ; B65J / ; F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
410 64 ; 280435 ; 410 59 ;
Abstract
In a railway car trailer hitch in which a yoke maintains a pair of jaws in position engaging the trailer king pin in closed position, a pivotably mounted cam assembly is provided which moves the yoke to the open position and a stop is automatically activated when the yoke reaches the open position which maintains the yoke in open position for removal of the trailer from the hitch.