Draft gear rigging for railroad cars

Claim 1

A RAILROAD CAR, A CENTER SILL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF, A DRAFT RIGGING ADJACENT THE END OF THE CAR INCLUDING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DRAFT YOKES, ONE WITHIN THE OTHER AND EACH YOKE FREE TO MOVE LONGITUDINALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER AND WITH RESPECT TO THE SILL, OPPOSED FOLLOWER BLOCKS ENCLOSED IN, SUPPORTED AND GUIDED BY THE YOKES, A DRAFT CUSHION INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE BLOCKS, ONE OF THE BLOCKS ABUTTING ON ONE OF THE YOKES, THE OTHER BLOCK ABUTTING ON THE OTHER, A SHANK INTEGRAL WITH EACH YOKE, THE SHANKS EXTENDING INWARDLY OF THE CAR FROM THE YOKES, ONE OF THE SHANKS BEING SLOTTED, A KEY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AND HELD AGAINST MOVEMENT THEREIN PERPENDICULAR TO THE YOKE AXIS, THE CENTER SILL BEING SLOTTED TO PERMIT MOVEMENT OF THE KEY AND YOKE LONGITUDINALLY OF THE SILL, DRAFT STOPS IN THE PATH OF THE KEY TO POSITIVELY LIMIT OUTBOARD MOVEMENT OF THE YOKE, MEANS FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE YOKE IN WHICH THE COUPLER SHANK IS SOCKETED TENDING TO MOVE IT TOWARD THE COUPLER SHANK.