Patent ID: 6116382
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B61H

Abstract:
Braking device for a railroad vehicle including a traction mechanism arranged to apply a braking pad on a braking surface affixed to a wheel of the vehicle, comprising:a reaction member affixed to the structure of the vehicle;at least one lever arranged to cooperate with said reaction member;a connecting device between said traction mechanism and said lever, said braking pad being borne by said lever to be applied on said braking surface by pivoting of said lever under the action of said traction mechanism and of said reaction member;two pad-holding levers;a substantially at a right angle force transfer cylinder with a longitudinal piston connected to said traction mechanism;a transverse piston;one of said pad-holding levers being pivotally mounted at its end opposite the pad on the reaction member, and the other of the pad-holding levers having its end opposite the pad connected to the transverse piston; andsaid pad-holding levers being connected in their central zone by a connecting link.