Railway car truck mounted brake assembly with multiple piston ai

Details Railway car truck mounted brake assembly with multiple piston ai Railway car truck mounted brake assembly with multiple piston ai

1995-04-10

1996-04-16

Butler, Douglas C.

Brakes

Vehicle

Railway

188153R, 188198, B60T 1110

Patent

active

055073689

ABSTRACT:
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 pressure supplied intermediate the pistons and at least one fixed partition between the pistons. The pistons are connected to the brake shoes at opposite ends of the cylinder and piston assembly by piston rods and levers. When the vehicle has a bolster and two pairs of wheels, the cylinder and piston assembly, which is movable with respect to the bolster, and one pair of wheels are at one side of the bolster and the other pair of wheels is at the other side of the bolster, the brake shoes for the latter wheels being connected to the levers by slack adjusters.

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patent: 3780837 (1973-12-01), Haydu
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