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US 2014/0174318 A1Published application
Brake beam assembly for a railway car truck
AssigneeAmsted Rail Company, Inc.
InventorsNathan Reese, Brad Myers, Joseph Halford
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Abstract
A brake beam assembly for a railway car truck includes a brake beam mounted between opposed side frames of the railway car truck with opposite right hand and left hand ends. A strut is coupled to the brake beam and has opposite right hand and left hand ends coupled to the brake beam. Brake heads are coupled to the brake beam and struts proximate to the right hand and left hand ends thereof. Each brake head holds a brake shoe configured to engage a wheel of the railway car truck. Paddles extend from the brake heads. The paddles have distal ends configured to be received in wear liners in corresponding side frames of the railway car truck. A separation distance between the distal ends of the paddles is adjustable
Claims20
A brake beam assembly for a railway car truck, the brake system comprising:
- a brake beam configured to be mounted between opposed side frames of the railway car truck, the brake beam having opposite right hand and left hand ends;
- a strut coupled to the brake beam, the strut having opposite right hand and left hand ends coupled to the brake beam proximate to the right hand and left hand ends, respectively, of the brake beam;
- brake heads coupled to the brake beam and struts proximate to the right hand and left hand ends thereof, each brake head holding a brake shoe configured to engage a wheel of the railway car truck;
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- paddles extending from the brake heads, the paddles having distal ends being configured to be received in wear liners in corresponding side frames of the railway car truck, a separation distance between the distal ends of the paddles being adjustable.
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A railway car truck comprising:
- a bolster having laterally opposite ends;
- two side frames transverse to the bolster and supporting the opposite ends of the bolster, each side frame having a pedestal formed on longitudinally opposite ends thereof, each side frame having a pair of guide brackets on an inner side of the side frame;
- wear liners received in corresponding guide brackets on the side frames;
- two brake beam assemblies supported on the bolster and side frames, each brake beam assembly comprising:
- a brake beam mounted between the side frames, the brake beam having opposite right hand and left hand ends;
- a strut coupled to the brake beam, the strut having opposite right hand and left hand ends coupled to the brake beam proximate to the right hand and left hand ends, respectively, of the brake beam;
- brake heads coupled to the brake beam and struts proximate to the right hand and left hand ends thereof, each brake head holding a brake shoe configured to engage a wheel of the railway car truck;
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- paddles extending from the brake heads, the paddles having distal ends received in corresponding wear liners, a separation distance between the distal ends of the paddles being adjustable.
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A railway car truck comprising:
- as bolster having laterally opposite ends;
- two side frames transverse to the bolster and supporting the opposite ends of the bolster, each side frame having a pedestal formed on longitudinally opposite ends thereof, each side frame having a pair of guide brackets on an inner side of the side frame;
- wear liners received in corresponding guide brackets on the side frames;
- a bearing adapter received in each pedestal opening, each bearing adapter comprising a concave opening to receive a bearing and a generally rectangular center section having a top surface generally opposite the concave opening, wherein if the bearing adaptor includes an elastomeric adapter pad mounted on top of the bearing adapter then the railway car truck defines an M-976 railway car truck, and wherein if the bearing adaptor does not include an elastomeric adapter pad mounted on top of the bearing adapter then the railway car truck defines a non-M-976 railway car truck;
- two brake beam assemblies supported on the bolster and side frames, each brake beam assembly comprising:
- a brake beam mounted between the side frames, the brake beam having opposite right hand and left hand ends;
- a strut coupled to the brake beam, the strut having opposite right hand and left hand ends coupled to the brake beam proximate to the right hand and left hand ends, respectively, of the brake beam;
- brake heads coupled to the brake beam and struts proximate to the right hand and left hand ends thereof;
- each brake head holding a brake shoe configured to engage a wheel of the railway car truck;
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- paddles extending from the brake heads, the paddles having distal ends being received in corresponding wear liners, the paddles defining a first separation distance between the distal ends of the paddles for M-976 railway ear trucks and the paddles defining a second separation distance between the distal ends of the paddles for non-M-976 railway car trucks, the first separation distance being greater than the second separation distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.