. A textbook on electric lighting and railways. International correspondence schools, Scranton, Pa. v. 1-3, 5 . 11 br ^ they are called brake-beam cast-ings. Fig. 60 shows the generalidea. A is the slide casting,B the beam, and F the truckmember that supports thecasting. Equalizer rods ?, r(see Fig. 59) connect to equal-izer bars E, E and are erro-neously said to equalize thepressure on all brake the most favorablecircumstances, they partiallyequalize the pressures againstthe two wheels on the sameaxle. Each equalizer rod endsin a , to which the equal-izer bars are rigidly con
. A textbook on electric lighting and railways. International correspondence schools, Scranton, Pa. v. 1-3, 5 . 11 br ^ they are called brake-beam cast-ings. Fig. 60 shows the generalidea. A is the slide casting,B the beam, and F the truckmember that supports thecasting. Equalizer rods ?, r(see Fig. 59) connect to equal-izer bars E, E and are erro-neously said to equalize thepressure on all brake the most favorablecircumstances, they partiallyequalize the pressures againstthe two wheels on the sameaxle. Each equalizer rod endsin a , to which the equal-izer bars are rigidly connected,but in which the brake beamsmove freely. Fig. 61 showsthe construction. R is therod; y, the brake jaw; B, thebeam; and E, the equalizerbar. In Fig. 59, links //, Hare connected to the brakelevers Z, L and equalizer barsby means of pins. Links /, /connect the brake lever andbrake beams, i^is a pin aroundwhich L and E can move andF^ is a pin in common to L and />. In the diagram, the brakesare shown to be off and the shoes have been pulled awayfrom the wheels by the release springs. One end of each.
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