Abstract: A suspension system for suspending a truck mounted brake assembly within a railway vehicle truck arrangement is provided. The suspension system comprises suspension members, each of the suspension members being pivotally connected at a first end with a predetermined portion of the railway vehicle truck arrangement and pivotally connected at a second end with a predetermined portion of the truck mounted brake assembly for suspending a pair of brake beams in the railway vehicle truck arrangement. At least one maintaining member is provided having at least a portion thereof connected with the truck mounted brake assembly for maintaining each of the brake beams in a predetermined plane during application and release of the railway vehicle brake assembly.

Abstract: A hydraulic parking brake assembly for a railroad vehicle braking system is provided for an automatic application of the parking brake in the absence of an air source. The hydraulic parking brake assembly comprises a hydraulic actuator having a hydraulic piston and a spindle. The spindle is capable of entering a hole provided in the back surface of a pneumatic cylinder of the railroad vehicle braking system. Upon the application of hydraulic fluid within the hydraulic actuator, the hydraulic piston and spindle move in a forwardly direction, causing the spindle to contact the piston within the pneumatic cylinder and apply a force to this pneumatic piston as if pneumatic pressure were applied within the pneumatic cylinder. Such application of force to the pneumatic piston initiates a braking sequence to achieve application of the parking brake to the railroad vehicle eliminating the need to manually apply the parking brake with a hand wheel.

Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly for dispensing a lubricant. The assembly comprises a housing with a cavity and a nozzle member connected to the housing. The housing further includes a lubricant passage connectable to a source of pressurized lubricant and a fluid pressure inlet passage connected to a source of fluid pressure. The assembly further includes a piston member having a predetermined configuration with a first side in fluid communication with the fluid pressure passage and a second side and having a piston cavity formed within. There is a first bore extending through the piston. A retainer member is connected to such first side of the piston member. A valve device is biased by an urging device against the first bore preventing grease from exiting. Another urging device biases the piston to such closed position. A push rod is disposed within the first bore and extends a predetermined distance beyond an end of the second side of the piston.

Abstract: Method of facilitating release of an object caught by one or more closing transit vehicle door(s) in a motorized door system having a two stage lock, the two stage lock having a fully locked position and a pushback lock position. The method includes detecting the presence of the object by the effect of the object on either the position or the velocity of the door(s). The method also includes determining whether the door(s) are in a pushback range between the fully locked position and the pushback lock position. If an object is detected and the door(s) are in the pushback range, then one or more signals are supplied to a motor of the door(s) to move the door(s) in the door opening direction to or toward the pushback lock position.

Abstract: A system reliably communicates brake commands from a master controller on a lead locomotive to the brake equipment on each rail vehicle of a freight train. The system includes a mechanism for detecting whether the brake commands are being successfully communicated over a communications channel that is normally used to convey such commands from the master controller to the brake equipment on each rail vehicle. The system also includes on each rail vehicle a mechanism for communicating the brake commands that is independent of the communications channel. The mechanism for communicating conveys the brake commands from the lead locomotive to the rail vehicles only when the mechanism for detecting determines that communication over the communications channel has failed. The system further includes on each rail vehicle a mechanism for receiving the brake commands from the lead locomotive via the mechanism for communicating.

Abstract: A brake cylinder for use in a railway vehicle braking system is provided. The brake cylinder comprises a cylindrical casing engageable with the railway vehicle braking system, a hollow piston assembly which is mounted for reciprocal movement within the cylindrical casing and having a hollow portion defined by a back wall and at least one sidewall. A small piston assembly is positioned within this hollow portion and includes a first surface facing the back wall of the hollow portion and a peripheral edge portion for sealingly engaging an inner surface of the sidewall of the hollow portion. A first space is defined by the back wall of the hollow portion, at least a portion of the inner surface of the at least one sidewall and the first surface of the small piston.

Abstract: A container is manufactured by means of folding and sealing, and is intended to be used in extremely humid conditions, such as in an autoclave or in a cooling tunnel. The container has at least one liquid absorbing layer and all the cut edges of the container are protected.

Abstract: In a method of IP routing lookup in a routing table, comprising entries of arbitrary length prefixes with associated next-hop information in a next-hop table, to determine where IP datagrams are to be forwarded, a representation of the routing table is stored, in the form of a complete prefix tree (7), defined by the prefixes of all routing table entries. Further, a representation of a bit vector (8), comprising data of a cut through the prefix tree (7) at a current depth (D), and an array of pointers, comprising indices to the next-hop table and to a next-level chunk, are stored. The bit-vector (8) is divided into bit-masks and a representation of the bit-masks is stored in a maptable. Then, an array of code words, each encoding a row index into the maptable and a pointer offset, and an array of base addresses are stored. Finally, the lookup is performed.

Abstract: An elongated support member extends generally vertically upward from a playing surface. An elongated arm extends outward from two opposite sides of the support member in generally perpendicular relationship to the support member. The arm has freedom of rotation about the support member. At least two blocking dummy holders are configured to be suspended from the arm such that at least one each of the blocking dummy holders is positioned on each of the two opposite sides of the support member. Each of the blocking dummy holders has freedom of rotation about the arm, whereby a person on the playing surface who strikes a blocking dummy held by the blocking dummy holder will cause the arm to rotate about the support member and the blocking dummy to rotate about the arm.

Abstract: A cream formulation for topical application to an external portion of a human body. A one ounce preparation of such cream formulation includes active ingredients consisting essentially of a predetermined weight of an aloe vera gel compound present in the topical formulation generally in a weight range of between about 3 grams and about 10 grams. A predetermined weight of a preselected zinc compound present in the topical formulation generally in a weight range of between about 0.4 grams and about 1.5 grams. A predetermined weight, expressed as IU, of vitamin E present in the topical formulation generally in a weight range of between about 200 IU and about 9000 IU. The balance of such one ounce preparation of the topical formulation being made up of water, organic solvents, carriers and emollients.

Abstract: A magnification testing apparatus for testing the suitability of eyeglasses is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of frames for eyeglass lenses, a plurality of pairs of lenses of different magnification secured within the frames, a support means holding the frames for a user of the apparatus to position their face so as to bring each of the frames in turn into a conventional eyeglass-wearing position, and a motif of a first predetermined size that is spaced in use of the apparatus a first predetermined distance from each frame when each frame is in the conventional eyeglass-wearing position.

Abstract: A device for transmitting torque between two rotatable, coaxial shaft members (1, 2) contains a number of alternate clutch discs (5, 6) for counteracting differential rotational speed between the two shaft members. Planetary gear means (11, 15, 16-20) are connected to the first shaft means (1). A pressure plate (7) is connected to the second shaft member (2) and is axially displaceable against the clutch discs (5, 6) for their engagement. Transmission means in the form of rollers (10) are arranged between the gear means and the pressure plate for axially displacing the pressure plate against the clutch discs at a certain rotation differential between the gear means and the pressure plate. Electrical braking means (21-24) connected to the gear means can provide a force to the transmission means for its axial displacement.

Abstract: An improved method is used to control the pressure in the brake pipe of a train. The train is equipped with an automatic brake handle, an equalizing reservoir, a brake pipe control device and a computer for controlling the control device according to position of the handle. The method involves the steps of: moving the handle to a point along its range of motion; and storing in the computer as a setpoint the value desired for the pressure in the brake pipe. At whichever point the handle occupies along its range of motion, there is a particular pressure setpoint corresponding thereto. The method next includes the steps of: directing the computer to command the control device to modify the actual pressure in the equalizing reservoir to the setpoint thereby also causing the actual brake pipe pressure to approach the setpoint.

Abstract: A tire inflation valve stem comprises a stationary, radially outer stem part (3); a movable, radially inner stem part (4) slidable axially within the outer part; a compression reaction spring (20) extending between the core parts; and a flexible barrier (23) extending from one core part to the other to prevent air leakage between the parts. The flexible barrier comprises a thin walled, soft elastomeric tube sealed at its ends to the respective core parts and with an intermediate part curved back on itself in a free rolling manner within a variable length annular space between an external cylindrical surface (19) of the movable core part and an internal cylindrical surface (12) of the stationary part.

Abstract: A hydraulic parking brake assembly for a railroad vehicle braking system comprising a hydraulic actuator capable of being mounted on or engagable with the braking system and a lever arrangement connected to the hydraulic actuator which moves in accordance with activation of the hydraulic actuator and initiates a braking sequence. The lever arrangement is associated with the force transfer lever of the air cylinder such that upon movement of the lever arrangement, a force is applied to this force transfer lever causing this force transfer lever to rotate in a counterclockwise direction to apply the appropriate forces to the push rod within the brake cylinder and to a force transmitting member within the braking system to effect activation of the parking brake assembly.

Abstract: A composition brake shoe for use on a railway vehicle for reconditioning a wheel tread surface during a normal braking application on such railway vehicle is provided. The composition brake shoe includes a backing plate having a stirrup and a brake surface having a predetermined configuration and a predetermined surface area. It further includes a first friction type composition material extending over the surface area of such brake surface of such composition brake shoe. The composition brake shoe further contains a second friction type material, formed as at least one discrete insert, having a predetermined shape and molded into such first friction type composition material. Such second friction type material initially being completely embedded within such first friction type composition material.

Abstract: A retainer member for use in either an articulated coupling arrangement and/or a slackless drawbar arrangement for retaining a spherical member in an operating position within a male connection member for connecting together adjacently disposed ends of a pair of railway vehicles in a semi-permanent manner is provided. The retainer member comprises a one piece circular member which is engageable with at least a portion of an inner surface formed by an aperture in a modified male connection member. The circular member is engageable within this aperture of the male connection member to hold the spherical member within the aperture of the male connection member and to form a substantially spherical surface upon which the spherical member rotates against, enabling the male connection member to rotate with respect to the female or car connection member of the railway coupling device.

Abstract: A two-piece check valve device comprising a rubber sealing element and a plastic carrier member. A through bore in the plastic carrier member receives the sealing element, which is formed with an annular groove in which the carrier member is removably secured. The through bore and annular groove may be correspondingly tapered to facilitate assembly and disassembly of the check valve device.