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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith Young, Naperville, IL (US);
Stephen R Kuhn, Richton Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
ABC Rail Products Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
246382 ; 246274 ; 246275 ; 246276 ; 246387 ; 246389 ;
Abstract
A railroad frog assembly is provided with a spring wing rail latch holdback subassembly that continuously retains the spring wing rail in a spring wing rail fully open position when activated by the wheels of a railcar traversing the frog assembly, and that automatically deactivates the latch holdback subassembly and releases the spring wing rail from retention in an open condition and for complete closing after the last railcar wheel has passed through the frog assembly.