Brakes – Vehicle
Patent
1987-09-11
1989-04-11
Halvosa, George E. A.
Brakes
Vehicle
188 21, 188 711, 188 713, 188 727, 188196M, B60T 104, B60T 710
Patent
active
048197670
ABSTRACT:
A hand brake apparatus for installation on wheeled trucks of the type having a load supporting frame and at least two laterally opposed support wheels having a fixed direction supporting the frame for movement over the ground and a handle portion for moving and directing the load supporting frame. One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a singular tubular housing attached to the load supporting frame horizontally between and parallel to the rotational axis of two laterally opposed support wheels having a fixed direction. A pair of opposed extensible wheel engaging members carried within the housing extend outwardly from each end thereof and are provided with a resilient brake disc to engage the sidewall of the stationarily mounted support wheels and thereby prevent rotation of the wheels. A compression spring maintains the extensible wheel engaging members in a normally retracted position spaced inwardly adjacent the wheel sidewall. Alternatively, two smaller housings may be installed adjacent the stationarily mounted wheels and each carries a single extensible wheel engaging member to engage the sidewall of the stationarily mounted support wheels. The extensible members are actuated by a hand grip lever attached to the truck handle.
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Halvosa George E. A.
Roddy Kenneth A.
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