EMERGENCY BRAKING APPARATUS FOR RAILROAD TRANSPORT Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: railroad transport. SUBSTANCE: braking is realized due to fixation of auxiliary flatcar on ground and smooth braking of rope drum by which flatcar is connected with train. Auxiliary flatcar bears aggregate, that fixes it relatively sleepers, horizontal pneumatic cylinder, that pushes itself off moving train allows quickly reduce speed of flatcar and stop it, using standard brake. Flatcar also has vertical pneumatic cylinder with sharpened end of rod, that penetrates ground by compressed air pressure and making additional fixation of flatcar, that bears mounted on it drum with rope and drum braking mechanism. One end of rope is fixed on train. EFFECT: railroad emergency braking apparatus allows to avoid collision and makes braking load on railroad favorable. 2 cl, 4 dwg