Car retarder

Claim 1

A TRAFFIC RETARDER SYSTEM FOR RETARDING THE MOVEMENT OF RAILROAD CARS THERETHROUGH AND FOR APPLYING A RETARDING FORCE PROPORTIONAL TO THE WEIGHT OF THE RAILROAD CAR MOVING THERETHROUGH, SAID SYSTEM INCLUDING A TRAFFIC RAIL FOR SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE WHEEL OF THE RAILWAY CAR PASSING THROUGHH SAID SYSTEM AND FOR BERAING THE WEIGHT OF THE WHEEL AND RAILWAY CAR SUPPORTED THEREBY; A SERIES OF INDEPENDENT LEVERS SPACED ALONG SAID TRAFFIC RAIL AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID TRAFFIC RAIL, EACH OF SAID LEVERS BEING INDEPENDENT OF EVERY OTHER LEVEL, A FIRST INTEGRAL ARCUTATE PORTION ON EACH OF SAID LEVERS DISPOSED BENEATH SAID RAIL FOR ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH TO LIFT SAID RAIL, A PLURALITY OF SHAFT MEANS EACH SUPPORTED ON RAILROAD TIES AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LEVERS, A SECOND INTEGRAL PORTION OF EACH OF SAID LEVERS EXTENDING TO THE SIDE OF SAID TRAFFIC RAIL OPPOSITE ITS PIVOTAL MOUNTING ON SAID SHAFT MEANS, AND MEANS ON SAID SECOND INTEGRAL PORTION ADAPTED TO OVERLIE THE FLANGE OF SAID TRAFFIC RAIL TO LIMIT DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVERS; A FIRST RETARDER RAIL CARRIED BY THE SERIES OF LEVERS ON ONE SIDE OF THE TRAFFIC RAIL, SAID FIRST RETARDER BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID TRAFFIC RAIL TO ENGAGE A SIDE OF THE WHEEL OF THE RAILWAY CAR PASSING OVER SAID TRAFFIC RAIL AND TO CAUSE SAID SERIES OF LEVERS TO LIFT SAID TRAFFIC RAIL AS SAID RAILWAY WHEEL ATTEMPTS TO MOVE SAID RETARDER RAIL, A SECOND RETARDER RAIL CARRIED BY THE SERIES OF LEVERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID TRAFFIC RAIL, SAID SECOND RETARDER RAIL BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID TRAFFIC RAIL TO ENGAGE AND TO ENGAGED BY A SIDE OF THE WHEEL OF THE RAILWAY CAR, SAID FIRST AND SECOND RETARDER RAILS BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF A RAILWAY WHEEL WHEN THERE IS NO RAILWAY WHEEL FORCING SAID RETARDER RAILS TO MOVE APART AND PIVOT SAID SERIES OF INDEPENDENT LEVERS TO LIFT THE TRAFFIC RAIL AS SAID RAILWAY WHEEL PASSES OVER THE TRAFFIC RAIL IN SAID SYSTEM.