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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1992
Roland S Moore, Greenville, SC (US);
Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
A latch retaining spring with clip for securely locking a brake shoe on a brake head carrier of a disc brake assembly for railway vehicles. The wire clip includes a coiled loop portion having a first straight leg section extending from one end thereof. A reverse turned portion extending from the other end of the coiled loop portion and terminating in a second straight leg portion. The first straight leg portion is inserted into a through hole formed in one of two lugs carried by the brake head carrier and into an aligned through hole formed in a pivotal latch member. The second straight leg portion inserted into a through hole formed in another of the two lugs carried by the brake head carrier.