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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1999
David A. Lohr, Summerset, PA (US);
Fred J. Taylor, Florence, KY (US);
William E. Kurtz, Johnstown, PA (US);
Robert H. Dorian, Johnstown, PA (US);
Johnstown America Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A wayside electrical pick-up shoe for operating the discharge, or the like, of a railcar includes a spring biased electrical contact pivotally attached to a base plate with a mechanism for electrically insulating the base plate from the electrical contact. The mechanism for electrically insulating the contact may include insulating material forming at least part of the pivot between the contact and the base plate. The mechanism for electrically insulating the contact may further include insulating material supplied on a spring member which biases the contact.