A gladhand device for automatically coupling the air brake hose of a railcar to a railcar mover is disclosed herein. The automated gladhand device may comprise a gladhand body that is attached to the end of a railcar mover and configured to receive the gladhand attached to an air brake hose of a railcar. In various embodiments, the gladhand device may comprise a piston housed within a lower portion of the gladhand body that is configured to extend vertically above a top edge of the lower portion of the gladhand body. When air pressure is allowed to enter the gladhand body via an electrically controlled solenoid, the piston presses against the gladhand of the air brake hose and pneumatically seals a coupling between the air brake hose of the railcar and the railcar mover.
AIR HOSE COUPLING IN AUTOMATED GLADHAND SYSTEM
LUFTSCHLAUCHKUPPLUNG IN EINEM AUTOMATISIERTEN GLASSYSTEM
ACCOUPLEMENT DE TUYAU PNEUMATIQUE DANS UN SYSTÈME DE TÊTE D'ACCOUPLEMENT AUTOMATISÉ
2024-12-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61G Kupplungen besonders ausgebildet für Eisenbahnfahrzeuge , COUPLINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES |
AUTONOMOUS GLADHAND WITH LIGHT ASSIST GLADHAND POSITIONING
European Patent Office | 2025
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