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B - Operations, Transporting
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B61D 45/00 (2006.01) B60P 3/077 (2006.01) B60T 3/00 (2006.01) B61D 3/18 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2478064
A supplemental restraint for a primary vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which reduces or eliminates movement of the vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The supplemental restraint is adapted to be positioned on a grating between the tire of the vehicle and the primary restraint. One embodiment of the supplemental restraint includes a body and an expander connected to the body. After the primary restraint is locked in place on the grating, the expander of the supplemental restraint is expanded. The expansion causes a more secure engagement between the tire and the primary restraint. This causes a high level of engagement between the tire and the primary restraint system indirectly through the supplemental restraint. The supplemental restraint also maintains a higher contact area on the tire regardless of the position of the primary restraint.
Dispositif d'ancrage supplémentaire pour système de retenue principal d'un wagon porte- véhicules de chemin de fer; ce dispositif réduit ou élimine tout mouvement d'un véhicule à bord d'un wagon porte-véhicules. Le dispositif d'ancrage supplémentaire est adapté de façon à être placé sur un grillage entre le pneu du véhicule et l'ancrage principal. Une version de l'ancrage supplémentaire comprend un corps et un mandrin expansible relié au corps. Après avoir verrouillé en place l'ancrage principal sur le grillage, le mandrin est allongé, ce qui se traduit par un engagement encore plus solide entre le pneu et l'ancrage principal. Il en résulte indirectement une forte solidarisation entre le pneu et l'ancrage principal par le biais du dispositif d'ancrage supplémentaire. Ce dispositif maintient également une surface de contact plus grande sur le pneu, quelle que soit la position de l'ancrage principal.
Anderson John D.
Burke Michael K.
Peach Walter J.
Smart & Biggar
Zeftek Inc.
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