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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1980
Donald L Kleykamp, Springboro, OH (US);
Peter J Neroni, Dayton, OH (US);
Dayco Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A pedestal liner for a pedestal truck of a railway vehicle and method of making same are provided wherein such pedestal liner is of roughly U-shaped configuration having a bight and a pair of parallel legs and comprising a continuous uninterrupted backing material defining the bight and parallel legs, a first antifriction material for the bight fixed against the backing material and adapted to engage a vertically disposed planar guide surface of an associated journal box, a second antifriction material for the parallel legs fixed against the backing material and adapted to engage vertically disposed parallel side surfaces of the journal box which are disposed on opposite sides of the guide surface with the backing material providing optimum structural support for the antifriction materials and the first and second antifriction materials having different wear characteristics determined by the different wear rates to which they are subjected.