Keyless attachment of brake shoes
AssigneeWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
InventorsBruce W. Shute, Timothy Rumph, Thomas W. McCabe
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Abstract
A brake shoe adapted to engage the tread of a railroad car wheel via which such railroad car is guidably supported on a railed track. The brake shoe comprises a backing plate which has a predetermined configuration and a means disposed on each end of the backing plate for securing such backing plate to a brake head. The brake shoe further includes a brake lining that is affixed to the backing plate and has a braking surface engageable with the wheel tread of a railroad car wheel.
Claims20
A brake shoe adapted to engage the tread of a railroad car wheel via which such railroad car is guidably supported on a railed track, said brake shoe comprising:
- (a) a backing plate having a predetermined configuration;
- (b) a means disposed adjacent each end of said backing plate for securing said backing plate to a brake head;
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- (c) a brake lining affixed to said backing plate and having a braking surface engageable with such wheel tread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.