Railway truck mounted brake rigging having raised connection of force-transmitting member with transfer lever

摘要

A railway vehicle truck mounted brake rigging includes spaced apart first and second brake beams, a horizontally disposed first transfer never having a pivotal connection with one brake beam and further having an upturned flange, a link seated horizontally on the shoulder, a horizontally disposed second transfer lever having a pivotal connection with another brake beam, a first force-transmitting member passing through the first opening of the bolster for pivotal connection with each of the link and the second transfer lever, the pivotal connection is offset in a vertical direction from a horizontal plane defined by the first transfer lever, and a second force transmitting member passing through the second opening of the bolster for pivotal connection with opposed ends of the respective first and second transfer levers.