RAILWAY TANK CAR Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport. SUBSTANCE: railway tank car has bogies, frame with support placed on bogies, barrel secured on frame and provided with brackets in form of hooks in places of arrangement of supports. Brackets are provided with hinge-mounted T-shaped tie-rods holding end parts of barrel on supports. Cross member of each tie-rod is fitted in bracket hook mounts, and tie-rod proper is connected to support through one-side action clamp. One-side action clamp is made in form of body secured on support and spring-loaded split bushing arranged in body. Bushing enclosed cylindrical surface of tie-rod. Inner surface of body is made conical, and outer surface of bushing engaging with this surface is made spherical. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of fastening of barrel, simplified mounted and prevention of influence of bending stresses. 2 cl, 5 dwg