RAILWAY CAR BRAKE RIGGING Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to design of brake of four-axle tank cars provided with additional reservoir in base space. Railway car brake rigging contains brake cylinders of independent brake drives secured on tank frame, rod of each cylinder being hinge-coupled with horizontal lever hinge connected through shackle with frame and directly connected with end of longitudinal tierod and hinge-coupled by other end with leverage which conveyors force to bogie brake drive. Brake cylinders of independent brake drives are arranged diagonally relative to longitudinal axis of tank and are secured on frame center sill between bolster and front end beams. Leverage conveying force to bogie brake drive is made in form of additional horizontal lever hinge-coupled with longitudinal tie-rod. One end of said lever is hinge-connected with frame through shackle and other end is hinge-connected by shackle through tie-rod and vertical bellcrank with bogie brake drive. Vertical bellcrank is hinge-secured on frame in base space of car and is arranged in vertical plane passing through longitudinal axis of car. EFFECT: provision of compact arrangement of brake equipment in zone over running bogies. 2 cl, 4 dwg