Brakes – Vehicle – Railway
Patent
1981-02-24
1983-02-15
Butler, Douglas C.
Brakes
Vehicle
Railway
188170, B61H 712
Patent
active
043736130
ABSTRACT:
Brake equipment is provided for a vehicle adapted to travel along a path adjacent to an elongated stationary rail the brake equipment comprising a resiliently applied brake member arranged to abut one side of the stationary rail and a pivotally mounted reaction brake member on the opposite side of the stationary rail to the brake member. The reaction brake member is pivotably clear of the stationary rail along sections of the track, for example, point or crossover arrangements, pivotal movement of the reaction brake member being under the action of an abutment member arranged to abut stationary formations associated with the sections of the track.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4014413 (1977-03-01), Monks
patent: 4196798 (1980-04-01), Barsted
patent: 4236608 (1980-12-01), Kobelt
patent: 4308937 (1982-01-01), Johnson
Butler Douglas C.
Coal Industry (Patents) Limited
Wray James C.
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