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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Matthew D. Mitsch, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a brake valve handle assembly for use in a brake valve of a railway braking system. The handle assembly comprises a handle for manually adjusting such brake valve to various positions and having a cavity with a predetermined shape and a predetermined width formed in the handle at least adjacent a top surface thereof that is disposed adjacent a slot formed in a housing of such brake valve. The handle assembly further includes a wear pad mounted in the cavity of the handle and a means for securing the wear pad to the handle.