Railway brakes
AssigneeGirling Limited
InventorAnthony William Harrison
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Abstract
A vehicle brake having a plurality of elongated, laterally supported friction members for engagement with the brake wheel. An adjustable actuating mechanism engages the members and includes a screw surrounded by a guide tube of friction material which engages the wheel.
Claims5
A brake for engagement with a rotor, comprising friction material engageable with said rotor, and adjusting means for adjusting the position of said friction material relative to said rotor to compensate for wear of said friction material, said adjusting means comprising an elongate screw member, screw threaded means associated therewith, said screw-threaded means being movable forwardly towards one end of said screw member to adjust the position of said friction material relative to said rotor, and destructible thread protecting means surrounding a forward portion of the thread of said screw member on to which said screw-threaded means passes during adjustment, whereby said protecting means is progressively destroyed as said screw-threaded means passes along said screw member, said forward thread portion being at all times protected by said protecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.