Claims
- 1. A bearing block for use in combination with a slackless drawbar coupler assembly for joining railway cars, said bearing block adapted for use in pivotally attaching a drawbar to a drawbar pivot pin wherein such drawbar is provided with an aperture through which such drawbar pivot pin is inserted, said bearing block comprising; a generally three-dimensional body having a concave, cylindrical surface on a first side adapted to engage against a convex cylindrical side surface of such drawbar pivot pin, and having an opposed, generally flat second side adapted to engage a peripheral side surface of such aperture in such drawbar, such that when properly inserted into such drawbar assembly, such drawbar will bias said concave, cylindrical surface on said bearing block against such drawbar pivot pin, said bearing block further includes a pair of generally flat side surfaces in a rectangular configuration adapted to mate with rectangularly arranged side wall surfaces of such aperture through such drawbar, said pair of generally flat side surfaces each have an upper and lower portion which is slightly sloped to permit some twisting movement of such drawbar against said bearing block.
- 2. A bearing block for use in combination with a slackless drawbar coupler assembly, according to claim 1, in which said sloped portions are sloped at a angle of 5.degree..
- 3. A bearing block for use in combination with a slackless drawbar coupler assembly, according to claim 1, in which said concave, cylindrical surface extends through an arc of less than 180.degree..
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The invention taught in this patent application is closely related to the inventions taught in four co-pending patent applications, namely: LIGHTWEIGHT DRAWBAR ASSEMBLY, Ser. No. 09/154,792, SPOOL FOR LIGHTWEIGHT DRAWBAR ASSEMBLY, Ser. No. 09/156,304, DRAWBAR FOR LIGHTWEIGHT DRAWBAR ASSEMBLY, Ser. No. 09/156,542, SUPPORT HOUSING FOR LIGHTWEIGHT DRAWBAR ASSEMBLY, Ser. No. 09/154,610, all of which are being filed concurrently herewith. These patent applications are assigned to the assignee of this invention, and the teachings therein are incorporated into this application by reference thereto.
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