Abstract: A device for mounting third rail engaging equipment on a railway truck comprises a fixed part mounted on and extending outwardly from a side member of a railway truck and a vertically moveable part pivotally mounted on the fixed part and mounting the third rail engaging equipment support, the moveable part being normally latched to the fixed part for maintaining the third rail engaging equipment such as current collectors and sleet scrapers at optimum operating pressure against the third rail, and arranged for automatic release responsive to receipt by the third rail engaging equipment of a predetermined upward impact from the third rail whereby to protect the third rail engaging equipment and its supports from the truck structure against impacts in excess of the predetermined impact, and for automatic gravity-responsive resetting whereby to cause the third rail engaging equipment to continue functioning at its optimum operating pressure.

Abstract: Apparatus for tramming the wheel and axle assemblies of railway trucks having sideframes and a transverse frame member supported on sideframes, the sideframes being supported at their ends on structures carried on the end portions of the axles, including a fixture having apertures defining the trammed positions of the journal boxes, vertical axis cylindrical apertures in the end portions of the sideframes adapted for general vertical alignment with the fixture apertures, cylindrical bushings rotatably mounted in the sideframe apertures and having off center internal apertures, pins rotatably mounted in the bushing internal apertures and having off center internal apertures, pins rotatably mounted in the bushing internal apertures and having an eccentric extension at their lower ends, whereby irrespective of misalignment of the sideframes, the pin extensions are alignable with and insertable in the fixture apertures, said bushings and pins being lockable in the resulting trammed positions and their eccentric e

Abstract: A railway vehicle truck in which the framing consists of sideframes resiliently supported at their ends on the axle bearings and a main frame supported on the sideframes by flat elastomeric pad devices inclined longitudinally of the truck and located at a substantially higher level than the levels of the neutral axes of the sideframe center portions and of the effective lateral reaction points of the resilient supports of the sideframes on the axles, the position and inclination of the pad devices being such that the horizontal component of the resultant force developed by each pad device on the respective sideframe lies along the neutral axis of the sideframe center portion whereby to place the center portion of the sideframe in tension rather than bending and thereby permit use of sideframes of extremely light construction, and separating lateral thrust means between the sideframes and main frame from the vertical springing function of the inclined pad devices to permit optimum placement of the lateral thru

Abstract: A railway motor truck has a pair of wheeled axles, the wheels having profiled treads to effect self-steering and the axles resiliently supporting a truck frame with sufficient yaw freedom to accommodate wheel-induced steering movements, and an interconnection between the axles, comprising a transverse shaft journaled in the truck frame intermediate the axles, normally substantially vertical levers affixed to the end portions of the shaft, and a pair of links respectively connecting the opposite ends of one axle to the upper and lower ends of the respective levers, and a second pair of links respectively connecting the opposite ends of the other axle to the opposite ends of the respective levers.

Abstract: A railway power truck has a rigid frame resiliently supported on its axles and intermediate its axles has a bolster supported on the sides of the rigid frame by longitudinally oppositely inclined elastomeric pads whose normals converge near rail level. At the sides of the truck, the bolster mounts springs which directly support the vehicle body and are yieldable horizontally as well as vertically to accommodate swivel and lateral movements of the body with respect to the truck.

Abstract: A railway vehicle, in particular a locomotive, has three or more trucks with the bolsters of each swivelly supported on the respective truck frames and having means for transmitting longitudinal traction and braking forces to the body underframe. The truck bolsters mount upright body-support spring devices which are yieldable in shear transversely of the locomotive to permit sufficient limited lateral movement of the body with respect to the trucks to prevent the full force of lateral blows and shocks received by the wheels from being communicated to the body and for preventing the momentum of the body from acting with its full lateral force on the truck wheels and rails.

Abstract: A railway truck pedestal has a pedestal tie bar irremovably secured to one of the pedestal legs but arranged for easy movement between open and closed positions. The tie bar is of generally I-shape in plan and it is slidably mounted in channel-shaped saddles secured by their flanges to the bottom of the pedestal feet to provide generally aligned openings extending lengthwise of the pedestal.

Abstract: For supporting equipment which must be maintained at constant height above the rails, such as third rail collection gear, on inside bearing trucks in which the truck frame is spring-supported from journal boxes vertically movably mounted in downwardly open pedestal jaws in the truck frame side members, an equipment support beam extends longitudinally of the truck below the frame side members and the beam or pedestal legs are bifurcated at their ends to clear each other and the pedestal tie bars and the beam end portions are suspended from the bottoms of the respective journal boxes at each side of the truck, such that the equipment support beam is constantly maintained at a fixed distance above the rail whereby to maintain the supported equipment, including the third rail shoes, at a constant level with respect to the third rail.

Abstract: A railway vehicle truck has a rigid frame spring-supported at the ends of the frame side members on the journal boxes inboard of the wheels, with the central portion of the frame side members depressed to a lower level than the ends. A pair of center transoms are formed with extensions upwardly and outwardly of the side members adjacent the depressed center portions thereof, the outer extremities of the extensions being positioned outwardly of the wheels and pivotally supporting depending swing hangers. A spring plank supported from the lower ends of the swing hangers extends transversely of the truck through apertures in the depressed center portions of the frame side members, and springs carried by the outer ends of the spring planks support the ends of a bolster which extends outwardly over the frame side members.

Abstract: A power torque wrench tool for applying tension to trusses of the type used in coal mines, consisting of a pair of parallel rods with their adjacent end portions passing through parallel apertures in a truss rod attaching block and threaded at their ends to permit nuts to be attached to their respective ends at opposite ends of the attaching block for holding the truss rods in tensile relationship with each other at a predetermined tension, comprises an elongated body having a notch at one end to receive the rod adjacent to that on which a nut is to be tightened, a nut receiving socket rotatably journaled in the housing, a rotary hydraulic motor with its rotor rotatably journaled in the housing and operatively connected to the wrench to rotate the same, a pair of handles projecting downwardly from the bottom of the housing and an upwardly inclined extension on the side of the housing remote from the alignment notch for reacting engagement with the roof of the mine during operation of the device, the socket ex

Abstract: For supporting equipment such as third rail collection gear, which must be maintained at constant height above the rails, on inside bearing trucks in which the truck frame is spring-supported from journal boxes vertically movable relative to box section truck frame side members, equipment support beams extend longitudinally of the truck within the respective frame side members and are pivotally supported at their ends from the respective journal boxes.

Abstract: A construction system comprises modules of polygonal shape including elongated rectangles, squares, triangles and trapezoids of stiff sheet material formed with integral interlocking tabs along their margins to permit them to be easily and firmly secured to each other to form three dimension structures. Some of the modules also incorporate interlocking slots for securement to each other. This system is especially adapted to the construction by children of an infinite variety of large structures such as playhouses and the like of sufficient size to permit children to play in them.

Abstract: A machine for vending flat articles, such as newspapers, magazines and the like comprises an enclosed cabinet having a merchandise storage magazine with an inclined bottom wall and an inclined outlet chute substantially aligned with the magazine bottom wall and having a discharge opening communicating with the exterior of the cabinet, a series of connected vertically movable telescoping members forming a bar between the storage magazine and the outlet chute, endless chains extending vertically at both sides of the storage magazine and mounted at their opposite ends on sprockets mounted on shafts journaled in the magazine side walls, the uppermost of said telescoping members being connected at its sides to the respective chains, motor drivingly connected to one of said shafts for lowering the uppermost telescoping member to release individual articles from the storage magazine and permit them to slide over the uppermost telescoping member and onto the outlet chute, coin-actuated command module for energizing t

Abstract: A testing tool for studs and similarly mounted fasteners comprises a cylinder having a base adapted to rest against the surface from which the stud protrudes and a piston axially movable in the cylinder with a hollow piston rod through which an enlarged threaded rod slidably extends, the end of the threaded rod adjacent the base having means to grip a stud when the base of the cylinder is seated against the stud-mounting surface. In one embodiment of the invention, a collar with handles is threadably mounted on the end of the externally threaded rod remote from the base abutting the adjacent end of the piston rod and a hydraulic pressure gauge is attached to the end portion of the cylinder nearest the base so that when the collar is rotated by its handles to apply tension to the stud, it forces the piston downwardly in the cylinder so that the pressure shown on the gauge is proportional to the tension applied to the stud.

Abstract: A single phase induction motor of the capacitor start, capacitor run type, has a rotor and stator of conventional polyphase design and a two phase stator winding comprising a main winding with approximately 70% as many turns as a comparable conventional single phase induction motor and an auxiliary winding in series with the main winding, the auxiliary winding having two branches wound in opposite directions, each branch having substantially the same number of turns as the main winding. One branch of the auxiliary winding is connected in series with a running capacitor and this combination is in turn connected in parallel with the other branch. The series arrangement of the main and auxiliary winding is connected to the supply line and a starting capacitor may be paralleled with the running capacitor during starting for improved starting torque in the conventional capacitor start manner.

Abstract: A machine for vending flat articles such as newspapers, magazines and the like comprises an enclosed cabinet having a merchandise storage magazine with an inclined bottom wall and an inclined outlet chute substantially aligned with the magazine bottom wall and having a discharge opening communicating with the exterior of the cabinet, an upright vertically movable bar between the storage magazine and the outlet chute, power actuated means for lowering the bar to release individual articles from the magazine and permit them to slide over the bar onto the outlet chute, coin actuated means for energizing the power means, and means responsive to movement of a released article across the top of the bar for de-energizing the power means and interrupting downward movement of the bar after each article has passed from the magazine onto the outlet chute.

Abstract: A radial axle railway truck has separate depressed center beam-type side frames mounted at their ends on journal bearing assemblies by means of elastomeric pad devices between downwardly facing surfaces on the side frames and upwardly facing surfaces on the bearing assemblies, the pad devices near the ends of the side frames being at a level higher than the axle centers and laterally inboard of the side frames and those remote from the ends of the side frames being at a level lower than the axle centers and laterally outboard of the side frames, thereby conforming with sloping end portions of the side frames and stabilizing the side frames against tipping transversely. The main frame of the truck has longitudinally extending side members and the side frames mount vertically acting resilient means for supporting the main frame on the side frames.

Abstract: A radial axle railway truck has a pair of depressed center side frames supported at their ends from the axles by horizontal elastomeric pad devices carried on the sides of outboard journal bearing adapters to permit steering movements of the axles, the horizontal pad devices nearest the ends of the side frames being elongated transversely of the truck and the horizontal pad devices remote from the ends of the sideframes being elongated longitudinally of the truck. A transverse truck frame is supported at each side above the depressed center portion of the respective side frames by a pair of generally V-shaped elastomeric pad devices supported on the inclined portions of the side frames connecting the high end portions and the depressed center portions thereof.

Abstract: Sliding door operating means comprises a wall-mounted rack, operating mechanism connected to said door and having a pinion meshing with the rack and means for manually rotating said pinion to move the door between open and closed positions, and an energy-absorbing coupling between the manually actuated means and the pinion for absorbing rotational energy resulting from the inertia of the manually actuated means when the door reaches the end of its travel either to the open or completely closed position.

Abstract: A gasket structure for application to a hopper car door edge comprises an elongated flexible gasket of compressible material having a relatively thick body with a continuous tangentially projecting rib and a plurality of narrow elongated spring clips extending transversely of the gasket and each having a straight end portion underlying the gasket and riveted to the rib thereof, a straight intermediate portion angularly disposed with respect to the straight end portion, and an opposite end portion curved in the opposite direction with respect to the intermediate portion from the angulation of the straight end portion to form a nearly closed loop, the straight end portion being adapted to engage the inner surface of the hopper door web with the intermediate portion engaging the sloping peripheral rim of the hopper door and with the opposite end grippingly engaging the outer surface of the peripheral rim to secure the gasket against the door web.