Truck mounted brake apparatus
US4312428A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 8, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB61H15/00
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Truck mounted brake apparatus comprising a saddle which clamps onto the bolster of a railway car truck and which carries a fluid actuable, piston and cylinder assembly at one side of the bolster. A first lever connected at one end to the piston rod and at the opposite end to a standard brake beam is also connected intermediate its ends to one end of an automatic slack adjuster which passes through the bolster. A second lever is connected at one end to the saddle at the side thereof opposite to the side on which the piston and cylinder assembly is mounted, is connected at its opposite end to another standard brake beam and is connected intermediate its ends to the opposite end of the slack adjuster. The first lever has an extension to which a hand brake may be connected.
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