BRAKING CLAMP Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC B61H1/00 F16D69/02 F16D65/04 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to railway transport, namely to braking clamps. Braking clamp comprises composite friction element with wire carcass embedded in its rear and made up of wide and narrow frames jointed together. Each frame is bent from wire to make closed part and jointed to make additional unclosed part. Wire ends in every frame are not jointed. One end of every frame is directed towards clamp outside lateral surface, while the other pone is directed to appropriate face lateral surface. Areas of unclosed parts are selected in compliance with the following relationship: P₁/P₂=0.04÷18; where P₁ is the area of wide frame unclosed part, P₂ is the area of narrow frame unclosed part.

EFFECT: higher reliability and longer life.

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