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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1992
Ernest W, Lobb, Aurora, IL (US);
Bruce A Robbins, Aurora, IL (US);
David L Depew, Boling Brook, IL (US);
Svedala Industries, Inc., Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A railroad car positioning apparatus for positioning a railroad car along a track. The railroad car positioning device apparatus includes a carriage member and first and second dog members mounted on the carriage member. The apparatus includes a device for positioning the dog members and for extending the dog members from the carriage member to an axle height of a railroad car for contacting one of the axles on opposite sides thereof. The apparatus further includes a plurality of hydraulic cylinders for moving the carriage member in a forward or reverse direction to acquire an axle and for exerting a force between one of the dog members and the acquired axle to position the railroad car along the track.