Railway double shoe brake rod linkage - has adjustable lever for regulator collar connected to first brake block

摘要

The double-shoed brake-rod linkage incorporates an activated brake lever, influenced at its upper end by the braking force of a stationary mounting brake cylinder and connected to the first brake block. A secondary brake lever is suspended on the substructure of the vehicle and connected to a second brake block, with a draw-rod running between the lower ends of both brake levers and swivelling on the secondary one. A brake force regulator functions axially and is connected to this draw-rod. There is an adjusting lever (11) to activate an adjusting collar of the brake force regulator (6). This lever is connected to the activated brake lever (3) at the point of connection (5) between this lever and the first brake block (4).