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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Marc-gregory Elstorpff, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Marc-Gregory Elstorpff, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61H 7/12 (2006.01); B61H 11/00 (2006.01); B61H 7/08 (2006.01); E01H 8/10 (2006.01); B60T 1/04 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B61H 7/00 (2006.01); B61H 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61H 11/00 (2013.01); B08B 7/00 (2013.01); B60T 1/04 (2013.01); B61H 7/00 (2013.01); B61H 7/08 (2013.01); B61H 13/00 (2013.01); E01H 8/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brake control device for a brake system, wherein the brake system has at least one electromagnetic track brake device, which can be supplied with current at variable amperage according to the brake control device to create a braking force, and wherein the brake control device is designed to actuate the at least one electromagnetic track brake device at a cleaning amperage during travel in order to clean a rail. Also disclosed is a brake system having such a brake control device, a rail vehicle, and a method for cleaning a rail by means of an electromagnetic track brake device.