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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1980
Franklin P Adler, Michigan City, IN (US);
Rudolph E Nadherny, Naperville, IL (US);
Illinois Railway Equipment Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Cargo carried on freight cars such as flat bed railway cars is secured in place by lading strapping that is tensioned around the cargo so as to compress a snubber unit of an integral, telescoping quick-release device that includes a sleeve slidably mounted in a housing secured directly to the side of the freight car, which sleeve is locked in a collapsed condition within the housing and unlocked to move between the collapsed condition and a telescoping condition, the sleeve having therewithin an anchor rod that telescopes from the sleeve in opposition to bias provided by the snubber unit. Unlocking of the quick-release device substantially reduces tension within the lading strapping before it is removed from the cargo.