Knorr-bremse Gmbh

Mathias Schorwerth

Hans Pollinger

Franz Prahl

Xaver Wirth

Eckart Saumweber

Hans Gebhardt

Corneliu Mircea Popescu

A brake lining carrier has a base plate one side of which can be detachably mounted on a brake lining support member and on the other side thereof is a layer of resilient material upon which are positioned a plurality of brake lining elements disposed to define a friction braking surface. A frame is provided on the edge portion of the base plate to enclose the brake lining elements. Each brake lining element is mounted upon a carrier plate which has projecting flange portions on two longitudinal sides of the brake lining element. The flange portions on the outer longitudinal sides are received within a groove formed in the frame and the flange portions on the inner longitudinal side extend into an open central portion of the friction lining block in which there is a clamp exerting a force against the inner flange portions in a direction perpendicular to the friction surface. The brake lining elements are so mounted so as to have a lateral play parallel to the friction braking surface and in the direction of friction force occurring on the friction surface during braking, the brake lining elements can be positioned against each other and can be supported jointly against the frame while mutually supporting each other.

Carrier for brake linings for disk brakes having divided lining elements

A brake disc for an axle of a railway vehicle comprises a friction disc annular element mounted concentrically on a hub by a plurality of clamping sleeves or bolts seated in radially opposed bores in the hub and annular element. A pretensioned resilient retaining member exerts a radially inwardly directed force against the radial outer end of each clamping sleeve or bolt. The retaining member is positioned against stop surfaces disposed radially outwardly of the outer end of the cylindrical or bolt element and formed on the ribs which interconnect a pair of axially spaced friction elements constituting the annular element or on the inner surfaces of the friction elements.

Brake disc for railway vehicles

A brake disc for disc brakes on rail vehicles comprises an intermediate member connected to the inner peripheral surface of an annular element. The intermediate member is spaced radially from a hub and there are a pair of radially opposed annular grooves in the hub and intermediate member with blocks of resilient material in the opposed grooves. The blocks are pre-stressed and completely occupy the widths of the grooves. Heat inhibiting material is provided for inhibiting heat flow from the annular braking element to the resilient blocks.

Brake disc for disc brakes on rail vehicles

In a railway vehicle having two brake discs on the axle of a wheel and axle assembly a disc brake comprises brake shoes on opposite faces of each brake disc and the brake shoes being suspended from the bogie frame. For each brake disc there is a pair of brake levers pivotally connected by pull-rod means with the inner ends of the brake levers being pivotally connected to the brake shoes. One of the remote ends of the outer brake levers is pivotally connected to a displaceably supported brake cylinder and the remote end of the other outer brake lever is pivotally connected to a piston rod extending from the brake cylinder. The remote ends of the two central brake levers are both pivotally connected to fixed points.

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Munich, Germany

Mathias Schorwerth