Railway car brake system

Details Railway car brake system Railway car brake system

1992-11-23

1994-01-18

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Brakes

Position adjusters

Slack

188 47, F16D 6540

Patent

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052793958

ABSTRACT:
An improved brake linkage system for a railway car, especially a hopper car, having an air cylinder actuated to move a cylinder lever. The cylinder lever is directly connected to a floating operating lever by a slack adjuster which can be made substantially shorter, lighter and less expensive than slack adjusters of prior art systems. With respect to the prior art, the present invention permits use of less linkages, shorter linkages and lighter linkages, thus making the overall linkage system lighter, less expensive and more efficient.

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patent: 3420339 (1969-01-01), Karakashian et al.
patent: 4147237 (1979-04-01), Mulcahy
patent: 4479567 (1984-10-01), Pearson

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