Rotary dump coupler

申请号 US3613902D 申请日 1969-11-06 公开(公告)号 US3613902A 公开(公告)日 1971-10-19
申请人 AMSTED IND INC; 发明人 ALTHERR RUSSELL G;
摘要 In a rotary coupler assembly, the butt of a coupler is retained within a pocket in a yoke by spaced keys. Spherical surfaces on the butt engage corresponding surfaces on the yoke and keys during rotation of the coupler. A follower plate contacting a draft gear is rotatably engaged with the rear of the butt through mating concave-convex surfaces. Stops on the yoke straps limit forward movement of the follower. Force exerted through the follower in combination with a top spherical surface on the butt that engages a cylindrical surface on the yoke resists drooping of the coupler head.
权利要求
1. In a rotary coupler assembly including a yoke having an upper and a lower strap connected to a head portion, said head portion having a forward opening therein, a front follower between said upper and lower straps, resilient means to force said front follower toward said forward opening, a coupler having a butt portion engaged within said head portion of said yoke, a top portion on said butt facing said upper strap when said coupler is in its normal operative position and a shank projecting outwardly through said forward opening, corresponding forward spherical surfaces on said butt and within said head portion of said yoke in mating engagement, a concave and convex surface on the front of said front follower and the rear of said butt, the concave and convex surfaces being in mating engagement, the improvement comprising split means for retaining said butt within said yoke, a spherical surface on the top portion of said butt, and a cylindrical-shaped retaining surface on the upper strap of said yoke in mating engagement with said spherical surface on the top portion of said butt when said coupler is in a normal operative position, whereby said spherical surface and said retaining surface in cooperation with said other engaging surfaces and said resilient means resist drooping of said coupler when said coupler iS in its normal operative position.
2. The assembly set out in claim 1 wherein said split means for retaining said butt comprise spaced keys within said head portion of said yoke having spherical surfaces corresponding to said forward spherical surfaces within said head portion, said keys being mateably engaged with said forward spherical surfaces of said butt during rotation of said coupler.
3. The assembly set out in claim 1 including stops on said upper and lower straps of said yoke proximate said head portion to limit forward movement of said front follower when the yoke is forced rearward.
4. The assembly set out in claim 1 wherein said concave and convex surfaces are spherical surfaces struck from a center that is located forward of the center of said forward spherical surfaces.
5. The assembly set forth in claim 4 wherein said front follower is spaced from said upper and lower straps.
6. The assembly set forth in claim 4 wherein said spherical surface on the top portion of said butt is struck from the center of said forward spherical surfaces.
7. The assembly set out in claim 6 wherein said retaining surface within said yoke has an axis in line with the centerline of draft of said assembly and said centers of said concave and convex surfaces and said forward spherical surfaces lie on said axis.
8. A rotary coupler assembly comprising a yoke having an upper and a lower strap connected to a head portion, a front follower intermediate said upper and lower straps, a coupler having a butt portion intermediate said straps, surfaces on the front of said butt and within said head portion of said yoke in mating engagement, surfaces on the rear of said butt and the front of said front follower in mating engagement, means to force said front follower into engagement with the rear of said butt, and stops on said upper and lower straps to limit forward movement of said upper and lower front follower when the yoke if forced rearward from its normal operative position.
9. The assembly set out in claim 8 wherein said surfaces on the front of said butt and within said head portion of said yoke are spherical, an upper spherical surface is located on the top of said butt, said upper spherical surface having a center corresponding to the center of said forward spherical surfaces on said butt and within said head portion, and a cylindrical surface is located on the upper strap of said yoke and is in mating engagement with said upper spherical surface, said upper spherical surface and said cylindrical surface in combination with said other engaging surfaces and said means to force resist drooping of said coupler.
10. The assembly set out in claim 9 including spaced keys within said head portion of said yoke having spherical surfaces corresponding to said spherical surfaces within said head portion, said keys being mateably engageable with said spherical surfaces on the front of said butt during rotation of said coupler.
11. The assembly set out in claim 9 wherein said surfaces on said front follower and the rear of said butt are spherical and have a center forward of said center of said spherical surfaces on the front of said butt and within said head portion, both of said centers being located on the centerline of draft of said assembly, and the axis of said cylindrical surface corresponds to said centerline of draft.
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