DRAFT SILL ARRANGEMENT FOR HIGH CAPACITY CAR

摘要

This invention relates to an improved lug arrangement used in a draft sill of a railway vehicle for transmission of coupler draft forces to the center sill. Vertical lug members are welded to both a key slot reinforcing member and to reinforcing ribs in such a manner as to more evenly distribute coupler draft forces from the vertical lugs through the reinforcing ribs and into the center sill. Sharp corners in the area of the elongated slot through which the coupler key may move have been eliminated to provide a draft gear key slot and front stop configuration capable of withstanding high forces.