Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Elements
Patent
1995-11-28
1997-04-01
Marmor, Charles A.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Elements
74 99A, 180 241, 188 2422, 280279, F16C 110, B62K 2118
Patent
active
056155859
ABSTRACT:
An anti-tangle mechanism includes a first ring element with first tooth elements and a second ring element with second tooth elements which engage with the first tooth elements, a plurality of balls disposed to a top of the first element and an under side of the second ring element, a cap having a first tubular portion for the first ring element mounted thereto and a first flange in which a first groove is defined for receiving the balls of the first ring element, a base having a second tubular portion for the second ring element mounted thereto and a second flange in which a second groove is defined for receiving the balls of the second ring element, the first ring element having a first fixing element extending laterally therefrom for a rear brake cable sheath engaged thereto and the second ring element having a second fixing element extending therefrom for fixedly engaging a distal end of the rear brake cable, an active cable having one end extending through the second tubular portion and being fixed to the first tubular portion, the other end of the active cable connected to a rear wheel brake device of the bicycle, the mechanism mounted to an upper bearing set such that the mechanism can be continuously rotated without winding the rear brake cable.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4616523 (1986-10-01), Jones
patent: 4653768 (1987-03-01), Keys et al.
patent: 4770435 (1988-09-01), Cristie
Klein David I.
Marmor Charles A.
Rodriguez Saul
Rosenberg Morton J.
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