Coupler operator for railway cars

Claim 1

A COUPLER OPERATOR FOR RAILWAY CARS HAVING A CENTER SILL CARRYING THE COUPLER AND WHICH IS SLIDABLY RELATIVE TO THE CAR FRAME, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A FIRST ROD HAVING A HOOKED END ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE COUPLER RELEASE LINK, AND EXTENSION FOR SAID FIRST ROD WELDED TO THE OTHER END THEREOF AND HAVING A NONCIRCULAR CROSS SECTION, A TUBULAR OPERATING MEMBER HAVING AN OPEN END AND IN INTERNAL CROSS SECTION SHAPED COMPLEMENTARY TO SAID NONCIRCULAR CROSS SECTION OF SAID EXTENSION AND INTO WHICH SAID EXTENSION TELESCOPES IN A SLIDABLE BUT NONROTATABLE MANNER, AN OPERATING HANDLE HAVING A ROD SECTION WELDED TO THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID TUBULAR OPERATING MEMBER, A SUPPORT BRACKET FORMED WITH A CHANNEL SECTION FIXED TO THE RAILWAY CAR FRAME, SAID CHANNEL SECTION HAVING A PAIR OF FACING SPACED PARALLEL PLATE PORTIONS BETWEEN WHICH SAID HANDLE ROD SECTION EXTENDS, A MEMBER POSITIONED WITHIN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID PARALLEL PLATE PORTIONS AND EMBRACING SAID HANDLE ROD SECTION AND WITH RESPECT TO WHICH SAID ROD SECTION MAY BE ROTATED, MEANS MOUNTING SAID EMBRACING MEMBER TO SAID PAIR OF PARALLEL PLATE PORTIONS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ON AN AXIS NORMAL TO SAID PARALLEL PLATE PORTIONS, AND COOPERABLE STOP MEANS ON SAID HANDLE ROD PORTION AND SAID EMBRACING MEMBER TO LIMIT THE ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDLE ROD PORTION.