A BOGIE BRAKE ASSEMBLY

摘要

A bogie brake assembly comprises two brake beams (1, 2) to be suspended from a rail vehicle bogie and being provided with brake block heads (3) at their respective ends, two knee levers (7) pivotally connected to the first brake beam (1), a pushing brake unit (6) arranged between a respective first arm of each of the two knee levers, and push rods (8) being connected to a respective second arm of each of the two knee levers and to the second brake beam (2) in the vicinity of their brake block heads (3).In this assembly each push rod (8) is pivotally connected to the second brake beam (2) by means of a vertical bolt (18) in a push rod end ear (8´). Spring means (19) between the second brake beam (2) and each push rod (8) are arranged to bias the push rod into a neutral position substantially perpendicular to the second brake beam.