US PATENT SUBCLASS 295 / 36.1
AXLE

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295 /   HD   RAILWAY WHEELS AND AXLES

36.1AXLE {6}
37  DF  .~> Sleeved and fixed wheels
38  DF  .~> Twin middle bearing
39  DF  .~> Coupling {1}
41  DF  .~> Mine car {1}
42.1  DF  .~> Outer axle or housing positioned about axle by roller or ball bearing
42.2  DF  .~> Specified end cap fastening means

DEFINITION

Classification: 295/36.1

AXLE:

(under the class definition) Device comprising a shaft upon which a railway-vehicle wheel is supported for rotation (i.e., a railway-car axle).

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

43, for means for attaching and maintaining a railway-vehicle wheel on a railway-car axle for rotation with the axle.

44+, for means for attaching and maintaining a railway-vehicle wheel on a railway-car axle so as to adapt it to rotate independently of the axle.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

105, Railway Rolling Stock,

218.1+, for railway vehicle truck axle box mountings.

301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles, 124.1+, for axles under that class definition.

384, Bearings, appropriate subclasses for bearings which may support a railway-car axle. See, for example,

459, for radial, railway car journal bearings; subclasses 594 and 595+ for railway truck thrust bearings. See section 2, Note (1) and the Search Notes under the class definition of

Class 384 with regard to the lines between Classes 384 and 295.

464, Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts,

179+, for a rotary torque transmitting shaft.