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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wajih Kanjo, Lockport, IL (US);
Michael E. Ring, Crown Point, IN (US);
Scott Natschke, Kankakee, IL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/514 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for operation a railway car vertical wheel hand brake. A hand brake wheel has a hub fixed on an operating shaft. The operating shaft is rotatably mounted on the hand brake. The hand brake wheel further has a reaction member. A brake release mechanism is fixed on a brake release shaft that is rotatably mounted on the hand brake. The reaction member is engageable with the brake release mechanism when the hand brake wheel is rotated, whereby the position of the brake release mechanism will provide a visual indicator of the brake status.