RAIL VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC B61H1/00 

FIELD: railway transport; rolling stock.

SUBSTANCE: proposed rail vehicle includes electromagnetic brake made in form of holders with coils and pneumatic brake consisting of brake main line, spare reservoir, air distributor, brake cylinder and brake shoe control linkage. Holders are provided with tilted surfaces at end faces engaging with brake shoes and are secured on rods additional pneumatic cylinders whose overpiston spaces communicate through pipeline with spare reservoir. Compression spring arranged in underpiston spaces on rods engage at one side with pistons and at other sides, with their housing.

EFFECT: improved safety in operation of rolling stock owing to preventing of its self-moving in case of air leakage from brake cylinder and spare reservoirs.

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