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7472775 |
A truck mounted brake assembly wherein a brake cylinder assembly and slack adjuster each have a first end connected to a first brake beam, and a second end coupled to each other via a first lever pivotally attached to a second brake beam...
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7165659 |
A block brake device of a bogie of a rail vehicle containing two wheel sets with two wheels respectively as well as two brake beams each assigned to a wheel axle and extending parallel to the latter, which brake beams carry brake blocks ...
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7150343 |
A shoe brake assembly for a rail vehicle including a bogie connected with the rail vehicle. The assembly also includes a wheel having a wheel web and radially inward-facing surfaces on opposite sides of the wheel web. Also included are a...
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6854570 |
An automatic parking brake for a rail vehicle can lock the rail vehicle brakes in an applied position, such as by blocking the brake cylinder piston push rod from moving from an applied position to a release position. A control mechanism...
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6702073 |
In combination with a hand brake system for a railway vehicle including first and second spaced-apart brake beams. First and second transfer levers are pivotally connected at a point intermediate the ends thereof to a respective one of t...
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6397979 |
A method of adjusting the lever ratio of the brake system by adjusting the pivot points of the lever to the beam and the actuator elements to the lever. The brake beams each include a pair of spaced beam members connected by weldments wh...
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6367590 |
The present invention includes a brake beam wear plate or guide for mounting in brake beam guide brackets of railroad car truck side frames and having upper and lower walls which define a slideway for the brake beam lugs. The brake beam ...
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6305504 |
An improved car mounted brake assembly is provided wherein the brake assembly includes a brake cylinder, a slack adjuster and a pair of brake beams mounted at each end of the car mounted brake assembly and actuated by the brake cylinder ...
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6279689 |
A hydraulic parking brake assembly for a railroad vehicle braking system is provided for an automatic application of the parking brake in the absence of an air source. The hydraulic parking brake assembly comprises a hydraulic actuator h...
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6241057 |
A hydraulic parking brake assembly for a railroad vehicle braking system comprising a hydraulic actuator capable of being mounted on or engagable with the braking system and a lever arrangement connected to the hydraulic actuator which m...
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6148966 |
An adapter system for use in railway vehicle braking systems for increasing the height of a slack adjuster with respect to a force transfer lever in the braking system is provided. Increasing the height of the slack adjuster in the syste...
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5806634 |
This invention provides an apparatus for applying proportional forces to at least two brake pads for application to rotating machinery. A member moveable parallel to a first axis has a first pivot connection having a second axis about pe...
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5794739 |
Air pressure actuated and hydraulic applied railway car parking brake system includes air source to actuate. A control valve receives air from source to initiate air communication. Pneumatic to hydraulic pressure intensifier receives air...
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5701975 |
A railway car system includes at least one reservoir containing a predetermined volume of a fluid type media. At least one cylinder is activated in a first direction by such fluid type media and is spring released in an axially opposed s...
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5682964 |
A brake beam wear plate for mounting in brake beam guide brackets of railroad car truck side frames having side walls of varying thicknesses to define a slideway for the brake beam lugs providing a sloppy fit and a path of movement to ob...
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5667040 |
The method includes moving a piston and a force transmitting element connected to the piston to a locking position. The piston and force transmission elements are locked in the locking position which preferably is displaced from the brak...
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5507368 |
Braking apparatus for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels and brake shoes engageable with the wheels which apparatus includes a cylinder and piston assembly including at least two pistons movable in opposite directions by fluid under ...
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5495921 |
A slack adjuster for use in combination with a pneumatic brake actuator cylinder wherein the slack adjuster includes a friction clutch which prevents rotation of the screw for first relative position of the piston and screw while allowin...
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5456337 |
An anti-rotation extension for a railcar braking system. The extension is connected to a brake beam and rides in a frame located guide channel. The channel is preferably oriented offset from the center axis of rotation of the roller whee...
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5421437 |
A unit guide wear plate which aligns the movement of a brake beam end guide within the side frame of a railroad car truck so that the brake shoes can provide the maximum amount of force against the wheels when stopping the railroad car. ...
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5400874 |
A brake system wherein the single actuator is freely mounted to a first brake beam so as to align its force application axis with the axis of a first force transmitting rod connected at its other end to a transfer lever on a second brake...
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5361876 |
Truck mounted brake apparatus includes a bracket assembly which clamps onto the bolster of a railway car truck and which includes a multiplying lever, which is connected to both a pull rod assembly and a hand brake. A truck live lever co...
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5259485 |
A slack adjuster adapted for use in railroad truck car braking mechanisms. The slack adjuster compensates for wear of the truck car brake shoes by automatically adjusting the length of travel of the brake cylinder piston rod as the shoes...
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5216958 |
A brake arrangement for a railroad car having a semi-closed box beam center sill and including a first aperture communicating with the interior of the center sill, a second aperture communicating with the interior of the center sill, a t...
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RE34040 |
An improved single manual brake operating system for connecting the brake equipment of a plurality of wheeled railroad freight car trucks. The system provides for initial rapid takeup of slack in the linkages interconnecting the braking ...
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5069312 |
A handbrake system for use with a truck-mounted, single-cylinder brake rigging including truss-type brake beams, there being a single handbrake pivotal lever supported intermediate its ends by a twisted transfer link that is, in turn, fi...
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5000298 |
A brake beam assembly for railroad cars. The brake beam includes a clevis rotatably connected to a channel member with the clevis having depending tabs which allow the clevis to be positioned in a right hand or left hand orientation. The...
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4905795 |
An improved single manual brake operating system for connecting the brake equipment of a plurality of wheeled railroad freight car trucks. The system provides for initial rapid takeup of slack in the linkages interconnecting the braking ...
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4830148 |
A truss-type brake beam having a bent configuration in which the compression and tension members are bent on opposite sides of a strut member, so that the compression and tension member segments lie in separate planes that intersect to f...
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4805743 |
An improved single manual brake operating system for connecting the brake equipment of a plurality of wheeled railroad freight car trucks. The system provides for initial rapid takeup of slack in the linkages interconnecting the braking ...
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4793446 |
A single-cylinder, truck-mounted brake assembly for a railway vehicle truck in which low-cost, lightweight, truss-type brake beams are employed, with one beam having the single brake cylinder mounted thereon. Force-transfer levers pivota...
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4775035 |
The present invention encompasses a truck mounted brake system for double axle wheel trucks with pneumatic means operable through multiple levers to move the brake beams relative to each other. The lever system includes a double acting s...
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4771868 |
A handbrake arrangement for a single cylinder, truck-mounted, railway car brake assembly comprising a lever system mounted on the body of the single brake cylinder, which is, in turn, mounted on one of a pair of truck brake beams. The le...
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4766980 |
A parallel beam brake apparatus for dual and triple axle trucks and a single beam brake apparatus for single axle trucks each comprise spaced, pivotably mounted bell crank levers which engage a fluid operable actuator between one pair of...
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4613016 |
A single-cylinder, truck-mounted brake assembly for a railway car truck in which low-cost, light-weight, truss-type brake beams are employed, with one beam having an expansible brake actuator in the form of an air bag mounted thereon. Th...
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4573555 |
A brake rigging for a railway vehicle truck including two brake beams and a brake cylinder assembly utilizes two lever assemblies so connected between the end portions of the brake beams and the brake cylinder assembly that actuation of ...
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4534453 |
A brake cylinder lever on a railway car is supported in a substantially vertical orientation by a roller mounted on an inclined ramp to bias the brake system toward a "brake off" or nondrag condition.
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4530422 |
A brake cylinder comprises a brake actuator device having a fluid operable piston and a coaxial adjoining hand brake operable device for axial actuation of a coaxial tubular push rod, there being a slack adjuster for selectively adjustin...
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4519480 |
A lightweight, brake lever-retaining bracket which includes two arms, each of which is equipped with a stiffener to provide extended bearing surfaces for brake lever mounting pins, and a safety platform to prevent loss of brake levers in...
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4508197 |
This disclosure relates to a handbrake system for a railway car, such as an articulated car, having at least first, second and third trucks, each truck having a handbrake mechanism. The system comprises a handbrake and a force distributo...
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4480721 |
A snap-on slide bearing for recessed type guide lugs of unit brake beams for mounting the unit brake beams in their railroad car truck side frame unit brake beam guide brackets, preferably in place of the conventional spring steel wear p...
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4471857 |
A guide bearing for mounting unit brake beams, for application to railroad car truck side frame unit brake beam guide brackets, in place of the conventional spring steel wear plate now generally used, comprising a one piece body formed f...
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4463836 |
A snap-on slide bearing for application to U-section formed sheet metal type guide lugs of unit brake beams for mounting the unit brake beams equipped with such guide lugs in the railroad car truck side frame unit brake beam guide bracke...
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4463835 |
A slide bearing for attachment to U-section formed sheet metal type guide lugs of unit brake beams for mounting the unit brake beams equipped with such guide lugs in the railroad car truck side frame unit brake beam guide brackets, prefe...
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4455946 |
A vehicle truck embodying articulated subtrucks or steering arms having a plurality of wheelsets, with steering arm interconnections establishing coordinated steering motions of the wheelsets, the truck also having elastic restraining de...
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4434877 |
A power cylinder unit, adapted for use in truck mounted, self-aligning railway freight car tread brakes comprises a housing, a bulkhead which seals the housing, and a rigid, but moveable piston rod. The housing includes an annular bearin...
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4422532 |
A railroad car (12) has a set (B1) of brakes acting on wheels (W1) at one end of the car and a set (B2) of brakes acting on wheels (W2) at the opposite end of the car. A mechanism (38) for applying a brake force produced by operation of ...
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4413569 |
A truck for a railroad car has a front and rear wheelset with axle ends rotatively carried in a front and rear steering arm, respectively. The steering arms are carried in pedestal jaws of a right and left side frame with resilient pads ...
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4357999 |
A railroad freight car truck designed for the installation of steering arms for radial tracking in curves and high speed stability, and truck mounted air brake rigging of the standard type utilizing dual push-rods through the bolster to ...
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4346790 |
A handbrake arrangement for railroad freight cars is disclosed that will connect a mechanical handbrake operating mechanism to the brake equipment (brake beams and brake shoes) on 2, 3, or more trucks on the same freight car. It is espec...
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