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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1991

Filed:

Jan. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:

Vincent F Troiani, New Florence, PA (US);

Assignee:

Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Wilmerding, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
303 37 ; 303 33 ; 303 38 ; 303 41 ; 303 82 ;
Abstract

An improved freight brake emergency valve device having improved stability against undesired emergency brake applications, without loss of emergency sensitivity. Flow regulator in the form of a valve and choke combination or a choke itself is employed between the quick action chamber and the chamber normally subject to quick action chamber pressure on the side of the emergency piston opposite brake pipe pressure. This has the effect of momentarily reducing the volume of quick action chamber pressure in order to achieve an intensified pressure reduction in response to initial deflection of the piston member sufficient to counteract a momentary, spurious brake pipe pressure fluctuation.


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