Combined Wheel Guards Patents (Class 188/237)
  • Railroad brake shoes with separable insert engageable with flange of a wheel
    Patent number: 4020928
    Abstract: An insert for a railroad brake shoe having a support plate engageable complementally with a portion of the shoe back. Shoulders are provided for preventing the lateral and longitudinal displacement of the insert relative to the brake head assembly. A guide is cantilevered from one side of the support plate and so configured to generally complementally fit the flange of the wheel, thereby to guide the shoe into aligned contact with the wheel tread when the brake is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1977
    Assignee: Abex Corporation
    Inventor: Robert H. Beetle