CONTROL VALVE COMPRISING SWITCHING MEANS FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF BRAKE PRESSURE

摘要

The invention relates to a control valve for automatic compressed-air brakes for generating a brake cylinder pressure in at least one connected brake cylinder (4) in accordance with a pressure difference between a pressure (L) in a connected main brake pipe (6) of a train and a stored reference pressure (A), at least comprising a main part (1) and a pipe part (2), wherein the main part (1) comprises a control piston (7) which, on the one hand, is subjected to the reference pressure (A) and, on the other hand, to a control pressure (S) and at least one pressure spring (13), and a compensating piston (8) which is subjected to the pressure (C) of the brake cylinder (4) against at least one pressure spring (19, 20), and wherein for switching between different characteristic curves of brake pressure the pressure spring (19) acting upon the compensating piston (9) can be pretensioned via mechanical switching means (12). According to the invention, the switching means (12) comprise a switching shaft (121) which is accommodated and rotatably mounted in the housing (9) of the main part (2), said switching shaft changing the pretension of the pressure spring (19) via at least one control cam (122).