Patent ID: 6053069
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A two piece hand brake release handle for a railway car hand brake mechanism, said two piece hand brake release handle comprising:(a) a first lever arm having a first end and a second end, said first end of said lever arm being rotatably attachable to such hand brake mechanism and adapted for rotational movement on an axis of a rotatable hand brake release post extending from such hand brake mechanism and such that rotation of said first lever arm will not cause rotation of such hand brake release post,(b) a second lever arm shorter in length than said first lever arm, said second lever arm having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second lever arm being attachable to such rotatable hand brake release post such that rotation of said second lever arm will cause rotation of such rotatable hand brake release post as necessary to effect a hand brake release within such hand brake mechanism, and(c) an arm engaging abutment extending transversely from one of said first and second lever arms adapted to engage an opposite one of said first and second lever arms at said second end of said second lever arm such that application of a force to said second end of said first lever arm will cause upward manual rotation of said first lever arm in a given rotational direction consequently causing said first and second lever arms to become engaged at said arm engaging abutment such that continued upward rotational movement of said first lever arm in said given rotational direction will cause upward rotational movement of said second lever arm and accordingly, rotational movement of such hand brake release post as necessary to effect a hand brake release within such hand brake mechanism.