A railcar shove light for attachment to a railcar rear coupler, the railcar shove light incorporating a turbine; a turbine case having a compressed air input port and an air output port, the turbine being rotatably mounted within the turbine case; an electrical alternator; a rotary drive linkage interconnecting the turbine and the electrical alternator; an array of electrical light emitters; electrical wires interconnecting the electrical light emitters and the electrical alternator; a light case housing the turbine, the turbine case, the alternator, the drive linkage, and the light emitter; and incorporating a brake line connectable air conduit for supplying and driving the turbine; the light case being mounted to a support post having lower end coupler engaging pin.
Railcar shove light
2016-10-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / B61G Kupplungen besonders ausgebildet für Eisenbahnfahrzeuge , COUPLINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES |
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