Amsted Industries Inc.

James A Henkel

Charles Moehling

Otto W Neumann

A bolster having a plurality of flat surfaces on the opposite side thereof arranged to provide a surface on which the saddles of an air brake assembly are fastened.

Bolster with improved brake assembly mounting arrangement

A railway vehicle truck friction shoe pocket including a sloped wedge wall and longitudinally spaced depending walls of which at least one of the inner planar faces is provided with one or more relieved sections.

Bolster friction shoe pocket

A friction shoe particularly adapted for providing improved regulation of movement between a bolster and a side frame of a railroad car truck includes a central body portion and triangular-shaped wings formed on each side thereof. Pairs of these friction shoes are disposed in pockets formed at the ends of the bolster which in turn are resiliently carried in a window formed in each side frame. Each friction shoe wing has a downwardly and outwardly sloped wear surface to form a convex-like seating area. In turn, each bolster pocket has complementarily formed friction surfaces providing a concave-like receiving area. During operation of the truck, the shoe seating area interacts with the bolster pocket receiving area to produce a wedging action. This wedging action in turn insures improved frictional regulation of side frame-bolster movements and maintains such in an aligned relationship.

Growing community of inventors

Park Forest, IL, United States of America

James A Henkel