Arrangement for connecting a test device to a railroad car brake control valve device
First Claim
1. For a railroad car having a brake pipe, an auxiliary reservoir, an emergency reservoir, a brake cylinder, and a control valve device, including a pipe bracket portion, to which the foregoing are connected, there is provided a universal access arrangement via which a pneumatic connector head of a test device may be connected to the control valve device to test the railroad car brakes, said universal access arrangement comprising:
- (a) said control valve device having at least one access port and a corresponding passageway interconnected with a respective one of said brake pipe, said auxiliary reservoir, said emergency reservoir, and said brake cylinder device;
(b) pneumatic receptacle means affixed to said railroad car remote from said control valve device for receiving said pneumatic connector head of said test device; and
(c) conduit means between said at least one access port and said pneumatic receptacle means for establishing fluid pressure communication between said corresponding passageway of said control valve device and said test device without interrupting any one of said brake pipe, auxiliary reservoir, emergency reservoir, and brake cylinder connections with said pipe bracket portion of said control valve device.
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Abstract
A pneumatic receptacle adapted to receive a pneumatic connector head of a test device is mounted in a universal location remote from the brake control valve of a railroad freight car. The remotely mounted receptacle may be located on the railroad car body, for example, and is communicated with access ports associated with the control valve via hoses or conduits. In locating the receptacle on the car body, hook-up of the test device can be accomplished conveniently and in a safe manner by railroad personnel in the course of conducting a single car test to check the condition of the car brakes, regardless of the control valve location.
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6 Claims
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1. For a railroad car having a brake pipe, an auxiliary reservoir, an emergency reservoir, a brake cylinder, and a control valve device, including a pipe bracket portion, to which the foregoing are connected, there is provided a universal access arrangement via which a pneumatic connector head of a test device may be connected to the control valve device to test the railroad car brakes, said universal access arrangement comprising:
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(a) said control valve device having at least one access port and a corresponding passageway interconnected with a respective one of said brake pipe, said auxiliary reservoir, said emergency reservoir, and said brake cylinder device; (b) pneumatic receptacle means affixed to said railroad car remote from said control valve device for receiving said pneumatic connector head of said test device; and (c) conduit means between said at least one access port and said pneumatic receptacle means for establishing fluid pressure communication between said corresponding passageway of said control valve device and said test device without interrupting any one of said brake pipe, auxiliary reservoir, emergency reservoir, and brake cylinder connections with said pipe bracket portion of said control valve device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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