Positioning means
US4038927A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 1975 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB61J3/12
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A rail-car positioner comprises a carriage on a track running alongside and parallel to the train track and an elongate arm on the carriage is transversely displaceable to enter between a pair of coupled rail-cars of the train and connect the positioner drivingly to the train. The arm is extended substantially axially, from a retracted position on the carriage, in a preferably generally horizontal first direction to introduce an end of the arm between the pair of rail-cars, and said end is then engaged with the rail-cars' coupling by displacing it in a second direction transverse to the first direction.
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