Adapter system for a railway vehicle braking system

Details Adapter system for a railway vehicle braking system Adapter system for a railway vehicle braking system

1999-03-22

2000-11-21

Butler, Douglas C.

Brakes

Vehicle

Railway

188 33, 188198, 188207, 1882191, B61H 1300

Patent

active

061489662

ABSTRACT:
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 system results in better clearance of the slack adjuster through an opening of the truck bolster through which the slack adjuster extends in single-cylinder, truck-mounted braking systems. The adapter system of the invention comprises a J-shaped member which is engageable with the transfer lever of the braking system. This J-shaped member has a first portion extending above and substantially parallel with at least a portion of the transfer lever, a second portion positioned below an end of the transfer lever, and a third portion positioned adjacent an edge of the end of the transfer lever. The transfer lever is connected between the first and second portions of the J-shaped member. The jaw member portion of the slack adjuster is secured with the first portion of the J-shaped member such that a longitudinally disposed centerline of the slack adjuster is positioned a predetermined distance above a predetermined horizontally disposed plane of the transfer lever.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4613016 (1986-09-01), Hart et al.
patent: 5069312 (1991-12-01), Kanjo et al.

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