Patent ID: 6595333
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B61H

Abstract:
A braking system for rail equipment which is arranged to be supported on a pair of rails for movement in a longitudinal direction of the rails, the braking system comprising:a pair of braking components, each having an upper brake black and a side brake block coupled substantially perpendicularly to the upper brake black; a rail equipment mounting mechanism for mounting the braking system on the rail equipment; a braking component mounting mechanism supporting the braking components on the rail equipment mounting mechanism laterally spaced apart for alignment of each said braking component with a respective one of the rails: the braking component mounting mechanism being supported for movement relative to the rail equipment mounting mechanism; a first actuating mechanism for actuating movement of the braking component mounting mechanism relative to the rail equipment mounting mechanism downward and laterally outward from the rail equipment mounting mechanism between an engaged position in which each side brake block faces laterally outward so as to be arranged to engage an inner side of the respective one of said rails and each upper brake block faces downward so as to be arranged to engage a top side of the respective one of said rails and a disengaged position in which the braking components are arranged to be disengaged from the respective rails spaced upwardly in relation to the engaged position; and a second actuating mechanism for selectively urging both the upper and side brake blocks of each said braking component relative to the braking component mounting mechanism downward and laterally outward towards braking engagement with the rails.