Abstract: An improved frame assembly for holding radiator heat exchanger core units required for cooling engines such as the locomotive engine. There are specially designed side frames on each side of the cooling core with special push-pad units between the side rail and the core. The push-pads include fixed sections which are fixed with respect to the side frame and movable sections which are movable therewith to provide for unequal expansion of the side frame and the core.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 1984
Date of Patent:
October 28, 1986
Assignee:
Touchstone Railway Supply & Mfg. Co., Inc.