Railway car brake system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5279395
SERIAL NO

07980122

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An improved brake linkage system for a railway car, especially a hopper car, having an air cylinder actuated to move a cylinder lever. The cylinder lever is directly connected to a floating operating lever by a slack adjuster which can be made substantially shorter, lighter and less expensive than slack adjusters of prior art systems. With respect to the prior art, the present invention permits use of less linkages, shorter linkages and lighter linkages, thus making the overall linkage system lighter, less expensive and more efficient.

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ACF INDUSTRIES INCORPORATEDEARTH CITY MO

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  • 1992 Application Filing Year
  • F16D Class
  • 577 Applications Filed
  • 263 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 45.59 % Issued To-Date
Click to zoom InYear of Issuance% of Matters IssuedCumulative IssuancesYearly Issuances1992199319941995199619970255075100

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Deet, William T Pacific, MO 2 21
Krug, John A St. Charles, MO 17 338
Willis, William L Fenton, MO 3 87

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  • 1 Citation Count
  • F16D Class
  • 6.38 % this patent is cited more than
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