Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems – Automatic – Equalizing valves
Patent
1991-07-29
1993-05-04
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems
Automatic
Equalizing valves
303 82, 303 86, 303 57, B60T 1134
Patent
active
052074820
ABSTRACT:
A railway car vent valve device having a bleed valve that is selectively operable to disable the vent valve device during a single car test procedure in which the service stability of the car control valve is checked. The bleed valve is automatically reset when the car brake pipe pressure drops below a predetermined value, such as occurs when the single car test apparatus is disconnected from the car brake pipe following completion of the single car test procedure.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1877554 (1932-09-01), Bushnell
patent: 4025126 (1977-05-01), Wilson
patent: 4043604 (1977-08-01), Hart
Hart James E.
Spalding Williard P.
Falce G. J.
Oberleitner Robert J.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Young Lee W.
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