Suspension system for a truck mounted brake assembly

A suspension system for suspending a truck mounted brake assembly within a railway vehicle truck arrangement, such railway vehicle truck arrangement including a pair of truck side frames, a wheel and axle set at each end of such pair of truck side frames and a truck bolster member, such truck mounted brake assembly including a pair of brake beams, a strut member securable with each of such brake beams and a brake head attachable to each end of each of such brake beams, each of such brake heads carrying a brake shoe thereon, each of such brake heads being positioned for engagement of a respective one of such brake shoes with each of such wheels during a brake application, said suspension system comprising:

• (a) a first means pivotally connected at a first end thereof with a predetermined portion of such railway vehicle truck arrangement and pivotally connected at a second end thereof to a predetermined portion of such truck mounted brake assembly for suspending such pair of brake beams in such railway vehicle truck arrangement;
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• (b) a second means having at least a portion thereof connected with one of each one of,
• i) such pair of brake beams and,
• ii) each one of such strut members for maintaining each of such brake beams in a predetermined plane during application and release of such railway vehicle brake assembly.