Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
Patent
1987-09-11
1988-09-20
Herrmann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
74488, 745022, 188344, B60T 1116, B62L 302, B62K 2306
Patent
active
047716495
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention refers to a driving means for a bicycle brake, in particular a racing bicycle.
The known devices have the disadvantage of obliging the cyclist to carry out with each finger a different stroke; often the little finger, weaker than the other fingers, has to perform the major effort. Moreover the free end of the lever is one of the main causes which provoke physical damage during falls. Beside that, the levers that are actually found on the market are scarcely aerodynamic. Their driving mechanisms are often irrational, providing, for instance, narrow curves for the control wire, especially when the passage of cables is provided inside the handle bar tube.
Furthermore, in the speed contests, bicycles having a reversed handle bar in comparison to the ordinary racing one are used. This handle bar is indeed turned over, extending itself in a straight line position that facilitates the hand hold and permits the cyclist to assume a more aerodynamic position. In these cases the problem of actuating the braking lever is even more serious. The solutions so far effected are not very efficient; the actuating rod has to traverse exessively narrow curves and this facilitates breakages and makes eventual substitutions long and difficult.
Purpose of this invention is to provide a brake actuating device more confortable for the cyclist, more trustworthy and secure, permitting even simple substitutions of pieces as well as a construction that is on the whole aerodynamic.
Another purpose is that of creating a device that can be adapted to handle bars having upturned ends, handle bars that are used in speed contests.
The proposed driving means achieve the above mentioned aims providing a lever hinged in such way as to rotate around an axis substantially parallel to the hand's supporting axis.
A preferred solution provides that the brake's lever is U shaped and that its ends are hinged on the grip of the handle bar.
Another favorable solution is that of providing for a cavity in the grip to contain the brake driving mechanism.
In this last case it is preferable to let the grip protrude a certain distance over the tube forming the structure of the handle bar, so to obtain at its ends a wide cavity.
Another favourable solution is that of realizing the axis lever support with two tabs parallel to the grip of the handle bar.
The driving mechanism can be both hydraulic and mechanic, providing the passing from one solution to the other by simple substitution of some mechanical piece.
Particularly, the driving mechanism can consist in a pivot joint and a rockerarm that set in action a small hydraulic piston or alternatively the tie rod of a flexible wire control.
The invention will be now better explained with reference to an examplary embodiment that is shown in the enclosed drawings, in wich:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the whole handle bar on which the proposed device is set.
FIG. 2 is a partially sectioned upper view of a handle including the proposed device, also indicating the position of the cyclist's hand;
FIG. 3 is the view of section 3--3 in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is the view of section 4--4 in FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is the schematic view of a variant of the actuating mechanism.
From the drawings it can be seem that the handle bar 10 has a middle portion 11 adapted to be inserted in the bicycle's stem and two braces 12 and 13 that extend towards the front and upper side. At the ends of these braces are foreseen hand grips 14 and 15 including each one a wide cavity 40 and two lateral tabs 16 and 17. Each of these provide a seat 18 in which is inserted a bolt 19 that allows the rotation of levers 20 and 21 around an axis X parallel to the axis Y of handle 14 or 15. These levers are shaped as a U and have their ends provided with a seat 22 for bolt 19 and with a lug 25. This lug 25 is provided with a spherical head 26 on which is engaged an end of the pivot joint 30 whose other end is engaged in another spherical head 31 fast with an arm of an L-shaped rockerarm 32.
The rockerarm 32 is hinged at a fixed point 33 inside the ha
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Herrmann Allan D.
Modolo Adamo & C. S.N.C.
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