Pivoted lever caliper brake

Details Pivoted lever caliper brake Pivoted lever caliper brake

1981-04-09

1983-02-22

Butler, Douglas C.

Brakes

Wheel

Axially movable brake element or housing therefor

F16D 5510

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active

043745520

ABSTRACT:
A caliper brake including a base having a single pole extending therefrom with a pair of identically formed opposed arms pivotally mounted on the pole. On one end of each of the arms is pivotally mounted a brake shoe, and the other ends of the arms have an air bladder interposed therebetween for moving the brake shoes together. Each of the arms carries an adjustable pin engageable with a central stop pin mounted on the base and extending centrally between the arms for orienting the arms relative to a disc positioned between the shoes for braking of the disc. An air bladder is mounted between the other ends of the arms for pivoting the arms and moving the brake shoes together, the bladder having an intrinsic spring return properties which separate the brake shoes when the air bladder is deactivated.

REFERENCES:
patent: 869948 (1907-11-01), Turner
patent: 2911070 (1959-11-01), Seeling
patent: 3103990 (1963-09-01), Wilkinson
patent: 3219153 (1965-11-01), Cadion
patent: 3465849 (1969-09-01), Bernfeld et al.
patent: 3993174 (1976-11-01), Williams et al.
patent: 4193479 (1980-03-01), Quilici

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