Brakes – Elements – Shoe fasteners
Patent
1992-11-16
1997-03-25
Graham, Matthew C.
Brakes
Elements
Shoe fasteners
188211, F16D 6504
Patent
active
056135793
ABSTRACT:
A latch retaining spring with clip for securely locking a brake shoe on a brake head carrier of a disc brake assembly for railway vehicles. The wire clip includes a coiled loop portion having a first straight leg section extending from one end thereof. A reverse turned portion extending from the other end of the coiled loop portion and terminating in a second straight leg portion. The first straight leg portion is inserted into a through hole formed in one of two lugs carried by the brake head carrier and into an aligned through hole formed in a pivotal latch member. The second straight leg portion inserted into a through hole formed in another of the two lugs carried by the brake head carrier.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1335214 (1920-03-01), Whitney
patent: 2711801 (1955-06-01), Super et al.
patent: 3851738 (1974-12-01), Gebhardt et al.
Graham Matthew C.
Sotak James Ray-John
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
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