B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – H
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
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B61H 7/04 (2006.01) B61H 9/00 (2006.01) B66C 7/16 (2006.01) B66C 9/18 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2658220
A storm brake for a truck assembly supporting a large industrial device, wherein the truck assembly includes a truck chassis having a mount to support the device and a wheel engaging a raceway along which the truck assembly and device are to travel, the storm brake including: a storm brake shoe pivotably mounted to the truck chassis, wherein the storm brake shoe has a first pivot position in which the brake does not engage the raceway and a second pivot position in which the brake engages the raceway, wherein the storm brake shoe pivots in a direction generally aligned with a direction movement of the truck assembly along the raceway; an actuator having an extendable linkage coupled to the storm brake shoe and at an opposite end to a fixed mounting on the truck chassis, wherein extension of the linkage pivots the storm brake from the first position to the second position, and the fixed mounting provides a slidable engagement between the opposite end of the actuator and the truck chassis.
Kopenen Jouko
Lahteenmaki Janne
Andritz Inc.
Bereskin & Parr Llp/s.e.n.c.r.l.,s.r.l.
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