BRAKE BEAM ASSEMBLY FOR A RAILWAY CAR TRUCK

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...

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Hauptverfasser:	MYERS, BRAD, HALFORD, JOSEPH, REESE, NATHAN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENTS OR DISPOSITIONS OF BRAKES OR OTHER RETARDINGAPPARATUS IN RAIL VEHICLES BRAKES OR OTHER RETARDING APPARATUS PECULIAR TO RAILVEHICLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS RAILWAYS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	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