RAIL VEHICLE BRAKE RIGGING Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; brakes of high speed train bogies. SUBSTANCE: brake rigging has pipe 7 installed in parallel with wheelset axles on frame of bogie 1. Pipe 7 accommodates flexible member, for instance, torsion one end of which is secured on frame, and the other, on pipe 7. Levers engaging through shackle 10 with shoes 2 and lever 6, engaging with pneumatic cylinder 4 hinge-mounted on frame of bogie 11, are secured on pipe 7 with rod of cylinder 4 moved, pipe 7 turns around longitudinal axis lowering brake shoes into working position by levers 9. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities, increased reliability of braking. 3 dwg