Air brake hose support bracket

摘要

A railway car air brake hose support bracket has an upper portion with first and second attachment members, a lower portion and an air hose connector. The first attachment member enters into and engages a portion of an accessible compartment of an uncoupling mechanism housing below the coupler head, and the second attachment member is secured to an air brake hose support lug of the railway car coupler. The air brake hose connector engages an air brake hose assembly and suspends this hose assembly from the railway coupler at a predetermined distance above the rail bed. A method of installing the hose support bracket includes positioning the first and second attachment members, securing them in place, and attaching one or more railway brake hose units to the air hose connector, either before or after this positioning and securing of the upper portion of the bracket.

主权项

1. A railway car air brake hose support bracket adapted to suspend a railway air brake hose assembly from a railway car coupler, the air brake hose support bracket comprising:
a lower portion that has a grasping feature inward of the railway car with respect to the coupler; an upper portion that includes a first wall and a second wall, each first wall and second wall being upstanding with respect to the lower portion of the bracket; the first wall has a first attachment member that connects to a coupler housing beneath a railway car coupler head; the second wall has a second attachment member that connects to an air brake hose support lug of the railway car coupler head, the first attachment member and the second attachment member being laterally spaced from and positioned with respect to each other into a wrap-around configuration; the wrap-around configuration substantially aligns the first attachment member with the compartment of the coupler housing and substantially aligns the second attachment member with the air brake hose support lug; and an air hose connector that is adapted and structured to engage with an air brake hose assembly, the grasping feature securely engaging the air hose connector to the lower portion, whereby the air brake hose support bracket suspends the air brake hose assembly from the railway car coupler.