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Railway brake pressure monitor

  • US 4,487,060 A
  • Filed: 05/18/1983
  • Issued: 12/11/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A railway brake pressure monitor comprising:

  • a sensor/transmitter unit constructed so as to be mounted on the last vehicle of a railway train and coupled with the brake pipe of the last vehicle, said sensor/transmitter unit including;

    means for providing an output signal proportional to the air pressure within the brake pipe;

    means for repetitively monitoring said output signal to measure the value of said brake pipe air pressure;

    means for storing said brake pipe air pressure value;

    means for transmitting a report including said brake pipe air pressure value as currently stored; and

    , means for enabling the transmission of said report in response to the occurrence of a predetermined event; and

    ,a remote display unit constructed so as to be mounted in the locomotive of the railway train, said remote display unit including;

    means for receiving each said report from said sensor/transmitter unit;

    means for extracting said brake pipe air pressure value from each said report; and

    , means for displaying said brake pipe air pressure value.

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