Hand brake device for handtruck

Details Hand brake device for handtruck Hand brake device for handtruck

1993-10-28

1995-02-21

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Tiltable vehicles, stabilized by attendant or article

188 22, 188 77R, 74471R, 745016, B60T 100

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active

053909437

ABSTRACT:
A hand brake apparatus for installation on handtrucks of the type which have a load bearing platform and vertical load supporting frame with at least two fixed parallel wheels. An embodiment of the invention includes a single brake actuating lever which operates the two brake mechanisms simultaneously. The brake mechanisms include a band type brake shoe which acts upon a cylindrical brake drum attached to the hub of each wheel. The brake mechanisms are operated by force applied to one compression cable which extends from the brake actuating handle to a brake actuating lever.

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