Patent ID: 6739438
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B61H

Abstract:
A brake rigging for a railway car, the brake rigging comprising:two support points for mounting the brake rigging to a bogie of the railway car; a driving beam; two driving levers, each lever having first and second ends, wherein the first end of one driving lever is connected to the driving beam at a first location, the first end of the other driving lever is connected to the driving beam at a second location spaced from the first location, and the second end of each driving lever is connected for rotation relative to the bogie of the railway car at one of the support points; a pair of brake heads, each of which is mounted to one of the driving levers; and a drive mechanism for applying a force to the driving beam to rotate the driving levers relative to the support pivots, the driving beam being pushed by the drive mechanism to cause the brake heads to apply a braking force to the railway car and pulled by the drive mechanism to release the braking force applied by the brake heads to the railway car.