Bsi bs au 005 1963 (2000)

BRITISH STANDARD AUTOMOBILE SERIES BS AU 5 1963 Specification for Dimensions of a “contact” type coupling for vacuum and pressure braking systems on trailers and semi trailers [UDC 629 113 013 3 629 1[.]

Specification for

[ UDC 6 9.1 3.0 3.3:6 9.1 4.3–5 ]

This Bri sh Stan ard, ha ing

b en a pro ed b the Automo ile

In ustry Stan ards Commi e

an en or ed b the Chairman

ofthe Eng ine ring Divisional

Cou cil, was published u der

theauthoriy of the General

Cou cil of the Inst uton on

2 Fe ruary1 6

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relates to the work on this

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Commi e reference AUE/

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Fig ure 3 — Half sectioned g eneral ar ang ement of contact coupl ng 2

This BritishStand ard, which is publ shed u d er the authority of the Automobie

Industry Stand rd s Commit e of the BSI, is b sed upon d ata-she t

SMMT4 :19 8 of the Society of Motor Man facturer and Trad er Ltd It

specifies the form and d imensions for a “ contact ty pe coupl ng for v acu m and

pres ure braking sy stems on trai er and semi traier For the ar ang ement of

hoses, pipes, fixing an self-sealng dev ices se BSAU

1)

an BS AU

2)

This

couplng ma be used as an alternativ e to the “ quick-detacha le” coupl ng s

comply ing with BS AU

3)

and BS AU

4)

The dimensions and g eneral ar ang ements of this “ ontact ty pe couplng shal be

as shown in Fig ure 1, Fig ure 2 and Fig ure 3

N T If i is re uired to conv ert the fig ures in this stan ard fom Bri sh u is into metric u is i

is recommen ed that the conv r ion factor an the ta les contained in BS3 0,“Conver sion factor s

a d ta ble ”, b used Attenton is also drawn to BS2 5 , “Pr ecis conver sion of inch a d metr ic siz es

on en iner in d r awin s”

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Sum mary of pag es

This document comprises a f ont cov er, an insid e font cov er, p g esi andi ,

p g es1 and2 an a b ck cov er

This stand rd has be n up ated ( se copy rig ht d ate) an ma hav e ha

amendments incorporated This wi l be indicated in the amendment ta le on the

inside f ont cov er

1)

BS AU , “B r akin con e tons for ar ticulated vehicle Dir ect sin le-lne vacu m system”

( i cour e of pre araton)

2)

BS AU , “B r akin con e tons for ar ticulated vehicle T o-lne air pr esur e system”

( i cour e of pre araton)

3)

BS AU “Quick d etach ble coupln for us wih sin le-lne vacu m br akin

systems upr ig t) ” ( i coure of pre araton)

4)

BS AU “Quick d etach ble coupln for us wih sin le-lne vacu m br akin systems

(inver ted )” (n cour e of pre araton)

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