Coupler operating device

Claim 1

AN UNCOUPLING LEVER FOR CAR COUPLERS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PARTS, ONE OF SAID PARTS COMPRISING A PAIR OF PARALLEL RODS, ONE OF SAID RODS HAVING AN EYE FORMED THEREIN PROVIDING MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOUNTING OF SAID PART ADJACENT THE CORNER OF A CAR END, A HANDLE EXTENDING FROM SAID EYE SUBSTANTIALLY NORMALLY TO THE AXIS OF SAID ROD, A COUPLER OPERATING PART HAVING A HOOK AT ONE END FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE LOCK FILTER OF A CAR COUPLER, AND AN ELONGATED EYE AT THE OTHER END, AND AN INTERMEDIATE PART COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED PARALLEL RODS FORMED INTO AN ELONGATED LOOP, THE ENDS OF WHICH LOOP OVERLAP THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE HANDLE PART AND THE COUPLER OPERATING PART, MEANS NON-ROTATABLY AND SLIDABLY CONNECTING THE OVERLAPPED PORTIONS OF THE HANDLE PART AND INTERMEDIATE PART, SAID EYE OF THE COUPLER PART ENCIRCLING THE OVERLAPPED PORTION OF THE INTERMEDIATE PART TO PROVIDE A NON-ROTATABLE SLIDING CONNECTION THERETO ND PERMIT ANGLING OF SAID RESPECTIVE PARTS, THE INNER END OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PART TERMINATING IN MEANS FOR ATTACHMENT TO A COUPLER STRIKER FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAME.