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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
James G Rees, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
James Hardie Brakes Pty. Limited, Smithfield, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1882 / ; 1882 / ;
Abstract
A railway brake shoe adapted to be mounted on a standard brake head and having a wheel engaging surface with portions having a plurality of radii for matching rail wheels of different diameters. The portion having the smallest radius extends along the entire wheel engaging surface such that during braking the relationship between the brake head and shoe is such that the shoe will not vibrate.