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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Derick Call, Evans Mill, NY (US);
Howard E. Huber, Jr., Black River, NY (US);
Steven R. Newton, Adams, NY (US);
Jeffrey F. Sauter, Lowville, NY (US);
Eric Wright, Evans Mill, NY (US);
Derick Call, Evans Mill, NY (US);
Howard E. Huber, Jr., Black River, NY (US);
Steven R. Newton, Adams, NY (US);
Jeffrey F. Sauter, Lowville, NY (US);
Eric Wright, Evans Mill, NY (US);
New York Air Brake Corporation, Watertown, NY (US);
Abstract
A brake system includes a brake cylinder having a piston rod and a brake lever connecting the piston rod to a brake beam and a slack adjuster. An actuating lever is connected to the brake beam and the brake cylinder. A trigger of the slack adjuster is connected to the actuating lever. The actuating lever is pivotally and rotationally connected to the brake beam and swivelably connected to the brake cylinder. Also, a piston stoke indictor including an indicia positioned on a support structure of a brake cylinder to be adjacent the end of a portion of a brake piston at its extended position.