Patent Document:

the illustrative embodiment according to fig1 shows a brake arrangement of a rail vehicle ( not represented ), comprising an electrical brake device 1 containing an electronic brake control 2 . connected up to the brake control 2 is an electropneumatic regulator 3 . the electropneumatic regulator 3 has a vent valve 4 and a stop valve 5 . connected up to an output a 1 of the electropneumatic regulator 3 is an input e 1 of a shuttle valve device 6 , which in the represented illustrative embodiment is formed by a double check valve . a further input e 2 of the shuttle valve device 6 is connected by a connecting line to a pneumatic output a 3 of an emergency brake device 8 . the emergency brake device 8 has a pressure reducer 9 , with which an electromagnetic emergency brake valve 10 is arranged in series . this emergency brake valve 10 operates according to the closed - circuit principle , i . e . it is normally constantly loaded with current and hereby keeps the emergency brake valve closed . the emergency brake valve 10 can be actuated via an emergency brake loop current circuit 11 . an output a 2 of the shuttle valve device 6 is connected to a control valve device in the form of a load brake relay valve 12 , to be precise to one input e 3 thereof ; a further input e 4 is pressurized with a load pressure p 1 , so that , in a known manner , a brake cylinder 13 arranged downstream of the load brake relay valve 12 can be subjected to a load - dependent brake pressure . via a further input e 5 , the load brake relay valve 12 is connected in a customary manner through a line r to the so - called r - container , i . e . the compressed air reservoir , which may be shut off from the main container air line with a check valve . as is also shown by fig1 , a pressure sensor 14 of the electropneumatic regulator 3 is connected with its pressure input e 6 to the output a 2 of the shuttle valve device 6 or the input e 3 of the load brake relay valve 12 . via a pressure line 15 , the pressure sensor 14 is thus subjected to a pilot pressure cv . a corresponding current is fed from the pressure sensor 14 via a line 16 to the brake control 2 . in addition , it should also be pointed out that , for monitoring and load registration purposes , a further pressure sensor 17 is connected up with its pressure input to the input e 4 of the load brake relay valve 12 and is connected with its output , via a line 18 , to the brake control 2 . the brake device represented in fig1 operates as follows : in a standard service braking , the emergency brake valve 10 is energized , and hence activated , via the emergency brake loop current circuit 11 . this means that the emergency brake valve is shut off and thus a pressure of 0 bar is present at the input e 2 of the shuttle valve device 6 . if a brake set value signal is generated by the train driver , similarly as in the prior art by a master controller ( not represented ), which signal is evaluated by the vehicle control system , then , via a vehicle bus ( not represented ), an appropriate set value for the electropneumatic regulator 3 is transmitted to the brake control 2 . this hereupon controls the pilot pressure cv at the input e 3 of the load brake relay valve 12 with the aid of the stop valve 5 and the vent valve 4 . the pressure in the brake cylinder 13 can here be increased by the energization of the stop valve 5 and vent valve 4 and maintained by the energization of the stop valve 5 ; the pilot pressure cv is reduced by the de - energization of both valves 4 and 5 . by means of the pressure sensor 14 , the pilot pressure cv is registered and regulated . the load brake relay valve 12 then converts the pilot pressure cv , with allowance for the load pressure p 1 , into the pressure in the brake cylinder 13 . should the brake be released , the stop valve and the vent valve 4 and 5 are no longer energized and the brake cylinder 13 thus becomes pressureless . in the case of an emergency braking , the emergency brake loop current circuit 11 becomes dead , whereby the emergency brake valve 10 drops out , and the emergency brake pressure set by the pressure reducer 9 is let through ; at the input e 2 it acts upon the shuttle valve device 6 , whereupon this relays the emergency brake pressure to the load brake relay valve 12 . in addition , the emergency brake pressure , by way of a back - up , is set by the brake control 2 and the electropneumatic regulator 3 by means of the pressure sensor 14 . any occurring failure of the emergency brake valve 10 , i . e . lingering in the activation setting , can thereby be compensated . moreover , the possibility exists of deliberately performing with the aid of the electropneumatic regulator 3 an overload , i . e . of delivering to the brake cylinder 13 a brake pressure higher than the emergency brake pressure in the event of an emergency braking . in the illustrative embodiment according to fig2 , a direct brake arrangement is likewise at issue . in fig2 , elements corresponding to those according to fig1 are provided with the same reference symbols . contrary to the illustrative embodiment according to fig1 , in the brake arrangement according to fig2 , a relay valve 20 , instead of a load brake relay valve , is used for the control valve device , which relay valve 20 is connected with its input e 20 to the output a 2 of the shuttle valve device 6 . downstream of the relay valve 20 is arranged , in turn , the brake cylinder 13 . an input e 21 of the relay valve 20 is also wired up in the same way as already described above in connection with the description of fig1 . the relay valve 20 converts the small volumetric flow flowing to it from the shuttle valve device 6 into a large volumetric flow , without , however , making an adaptation to the load pressure . in this illustrative embodiment , account is taken of higher load pressure in that the respective load pressure is registered by means of an additional pressure sensor 21 and a corresponding current is fed to the brake control 2 . by means of the electropneumatic regulator 3 , a pressure corresponding to the load pressure is delivered to the shuttle valve device 6 , so that the relay valve 20 then acquires a pressure adapted to the respective weight of the rail vehicle . consequently , a possibly higher brake pressure is then delivered by the relay valve 20 to the brake cylinder 13 . the emergency brake pressure is here set by the pressure reducer 9 such that , when the rail vehicle is empty , for instance , the brake pressure required for the preset deceleration is generated . in an emergency braking situation , in the event of failure of the electropneumatic regulator 3 or another brake control of the rail vehicle , the illustrative embodiment according to fig2 also enables this failure to be compensated , by increasing the brake pressure in another brake control path . the brake arrangement according to fig2 operates in a similar manner to that according to fig1 . if a brake set value is generated by the train driver , then a set value for the electropneumatic regulator 3 is transmitted to the brake control 2 via , for instance , the vehicle bus ( not represented ). the brake control 2 registers the load pressure by virtue of the additional pressure sensor 21 and subsequently calculates the pressure in the pressure cylinder 13 which is required for the set value . after this , the brake control 2 controls the pilot pressure cv with the aid of the stop valve and vent valve 4 and 5 . this pressure is registered and regulated by means of the pressure sensor 14 . the relay valve 20 then converts the pilot pressure cv into the brake pressure for the brake cylinder 13 . only an adaptation of the volumetric flow is carried out . should the brake be released , the stop valve and the vent valve 4 and 5 are no longer energized and the brake cylinder 13 thus becomes pressureless . in the case of an emergency braking also , the brake arrangement according to fig2 operates similarly to that according to fig1 , yet with the difference that , in the event of failure of the emergency brake valve 10 , the emergency brake pressure is adjusted by the brake control 2 and the electropneumatic regulator 3 . in this case , however , the load pressure is registered by the brake control 2 and the emergency brake pressure which is actually required is computed . in the case of a loading of the rail vehicle , with the aid of that pressure of the electropneumatic regulator 3 which has been superimposed by the shuttle valve device 6 the emergency brake pressure is increased to the brake pressure necessary for the deceleration , whereby a load adjustment of the brake pressure is enabled . fig3 shows a brake arrangement according to the invention which acts both as a direct and as an indirect brake . here too , parts corresponding to those according to fig1 and 2 are provided with the same reference symbols . a fundamental difference between the embodiment according to fig3 and that according to fig1 consists in the fact that the shuttle valve device 6 here consists of a first shuttle valve 30 and a second shuttle valve 31 . the first shuttle valve 30 is connected with its input e 301 to the output a 1 of the electropneumatic regulator 3 and with its second input e 302 to the output a 3 of the emergency brake device 8 . the output a 30 of the first shuttle valve 30 is connected to one input e 311 of the further shuttle valve 31 , which with its other input e 312 is connected up to the output a 32 of a control valve 32 which is constituted by a valve as is defined , for instance , in uic leaflets uc541 - 01 , and thus possesses a so - called a - chamber , which stores the maximum pressure in the main air line hl as a reference pressure ; the output of the second shuttle valve 31 forms the output of the shuttle valve device 6 . connected up to the output a 2 of the shuttle valve device 6 are — as already described in connection with fig1 — the pressure sensor 14 and the load brake relay valve 12 . in a further embodiment , the pressure sensor 14 can also be connected up to the output a 1 of the electropneumatic regulator or to the output a 30 of the shuttle valve 30 . in the indirectly operating brake arrangement represented in fig3 , the brake set value , in addition to the electric signals , is distributed in the rail vehicle via the main air line hl . this is described in the pressureless state , i . e . in order to release a brake , in the main air line hl the pressure must normally measure 5 bar . for braking , this pressure is then lowered and , in the event of a pressure differential of 1 . 5 bar , the maximum pressure must be reached in the brake cylinder 13 . in order to convert the signal into a brake pressure , the control valve 32 which has already been described above is used , which control valve stores in its a - chamber the maximum pressure in the main air line hl as a reference value . if a pressure differential is recognized by the control valve 32 due to a braking operation , a control pressure is generated at the output a 32 of the control valve 32 . if the pressure differential measures more than 1 . 5 bar , then 3 . 8 bar are generated as the control pressure , which , by means of the second shuttle valve 31 , is superimposed on the pressure generated by the electropneumatic regulator 3 and pilots the load brake relay valve 12 . this converts the control pressure , in dependence on the load pressure registered by the further pressure sensor 17 , into a brake pressure in the brake cylinder 13 . in addition , an overloading can here be achieved by generation of an increased pressure with the aid of the electropneumatic regulator 3 . for the illustrative embodiment according to fig4 , extensive explanations are no longer necessary with regard to the statements relating to fig1 to 3 , in particular with regard to the description of fig3 , because the indirect brake arrangement represented in fig4 differs from that according to fig3 essentially only inasmuch as , instead of a load brake relay valve as the control valve device , a relay valve similar to the relay valve 20 according to fig2 is used . in this illustrative embodiment , the load pressure is registered with an additional pressure sensor 21 in accordance with fig2 .

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