End housing assembly for railroad car draft gears

Claim 1

IN A DRAFT GEAR RIGGING FOR RAILROAD CARS, AN END HOUSING HAVING PARALLEL VERTICALLY DISPOSED SPACED WALLS, AN INTEGRAL BASE CLOSING THE INBOARD END OF THE HOUSING, A FLOOR PLATE EXTENDING FROM THE BASE TO THE OUTBOARD END OF THE HOUSING, A DRAFT CUSHION ABUTTING THE BASE, A SLOTTED KEYED FOLLOWER ABUTTING THE DRAFT CUSHION, BOTH SUPPORTED BY THE FLOOR PLATE BETWEEN THE WALLS, A SLOTTED COUPLER SHANK ABUTTING THE OUTBOARD END OF THE KEYED FOLLOWER, A COUPLER KEY IN THE COUPLER SLOT, ONE OF THE WALLS BEING INTERIORLY GROOVED TO RECEIVE ONE END OF THE COUPLER KEY AND THE OTHER WALL THROUGH SLOTTED TO RECEIVE THE OTHER END OF THE KEY, A REMOVABLE PLATE MASKING THE SLOT AND INHIBITING AXIAL MOVEMENT OF THE COUPLER KEY WITH RESPECT TO THE END HOUSING, BOTH WALLS BEING THROUGH SLOTTED IN REGISTER WITH THE SLOT IN THE KEYED FOLLOWER, A RAILROAD CAR CENTER SILL SOCKETED TO RECEIVE THE END HOUSING AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE HOUSING SLIDABLY THEREIN, REINFORCING PLATES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CENTER SILL, THE PLATES AND THE CENTER SILL BEING SLOTTED IN REGISTER WITH THE SLOT IN THE KEYED FOLLOWER AND THE HOUSING WALL, A REMOVABLE KEY EXTENDING THROUGH ALL SAID SLOTS TO LIMIT SLIDABLE MOVEMENT OF THE END HOUSING, DRAFT LUGS CARRIED BY SAID PLATES BOUNDING THE OUTER ENDS OF THE SLOTS IN THE CENTER SILL.