J. P. FEGELY.
BRA'KE MECHANISM.
APPLICATION FILED 050.10. 1-920.
1,386,559.
Patented Aug‘ 2, 1921.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN 1?. FEGEL'Y, OF ALLENTOWN', PENNSYLVANIA.
BRAKE 'MECHAN ISM.
Speci?cation of Letters Patent.
1,386,559.
Patented Aug. 2, 1921.
Applicationi?led December 10, 1920. Serial No. 429,752.
gaging the cap is a nut 12 which opera
To all whom it may concern: ‘
Be it known that I, JOHN P. FEGELY, a tively connects the brake rod with this
citizen of the United States, and a resident cap 10.
of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and A rod 13 passes centrally through the cap
' State‘of Pennsylvania, have invented a new 10 at the opposite end of the cylinder and
‘ and useful Brake Mechanism, of which the projects within the latter. Held between
following is a speci?cation.
This invention relates to
nisms.
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brake mecha
jam nuts 14 and mounted on the rod 13 is a
disk 15. Encircling the rod 13 and engag
ing the adjacent cap 10 and the disk 15 is an
The primary object of this invention is to expansible and relatively heavy coil spring
provide a brake or analogous device with 16. The outer end of this rod 13 is thread
means for automatically taking up any slack ed, and in order to regulate the tension of
.or play between the brakes and their operat the spring 16 and to take up slack in the
ing means.
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brake rod, an adjusting nut 17 is thread
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Further, it is an object of the invention to ed thereon. In order to retain the adjusting
provide a brake mechanism wherein the nut 17- in set position, a lock nut 18 is
brake rod may be adjusted in order to take threaded upon this rod 13.
up any slack or play that may occur in the
Threaded on the threaded end of the rod
13 is a yoke or lever connection 19 which is
same.
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nism including an elastic connection between be stated that the connection 19 may be con
the brake operating means and the brake nected with the usual foot lever instead of
proper, thus obviating applying the brakes connecting it with the hand lever, as illus
too strenuously, but which will cause the trated in this instance. An adjusting nut 21
brake proper to‘ gradually engage the rotat is also threaded upon the rod 13 whereby‘ to
ing member.
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retain the yoke or lever connection 19 in ad
justed position.
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advantages 'in mind, the invention consists in
It is to be understood that the form of my
the novel combination of elements, construc invention herein shown and described is to
tion and arrangement of parts and opera; be taken as a preferred example of the same,
tions which will be hereinafter more fully and that various changes in the shape, size
referred to, claimed and illustrated in the ac-_ and arrangement of parts may be resorted to
companying drawing, wherein: '
without departing from the spirit of the in
Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation vention or the scope of the subjoined claims.
of 'a motor vehicle showing the device asso
Having thus described my invention, what
ciated with the motor vehicle brakes;
I claim as new and desire to secure and pro
Fig. 2 is a view, partly in longitudinal tect by Letters Patent of the United States,
cross section and partly in elevation of the
device detached from the brakes; and
1. The combination with a brake recha
Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken nism including a brake band, an operating
on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
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rod operatively connected therewith and a
Referring in detail to the drawing where pivoted operating lever,.of a cylinder open
in like characters. of reference designate like at both ends, caps removably mounted on the
parts throughout the several views, the nu ends of the cylinder, one of which being op
1s:
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Another important object of the invention pivotally connected with the operating lever
resides in the provision of a brake mecha designated at 20. In this connection, it will
Withthe preceding and other objects and
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meral 5 designates a motor vehicle which eratively connected with one end of the
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includes the usual brake band 6 operated by brake rod, a relatively short rod extending
the usual link 7 which, in turn, is operatively through the other cap and into the cylinder
connected with a brake rod 8.
and having one end pivotally connected with
The numeral 9 designates a cylinder the brake lever, an abutment member carried
threaded at its opposite ends, and threaded by the inner end of said rod, and an expan
on these ends are caps 10 the latter being re sible coil spring encircling the rod and en
tained against accidental rotation by set gaging the abutment member and one cap.
screws 11.
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The brake rod 8 passes cen
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2. The combination with a brake mecha 110
trally through one of the caps 10, and nism including a brake band, an operating
threaded upon this end of the rod and en lever and a pivoted operating rod, of a cylin
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der arranged on the operating rod, caps ar
ranged on the ends of the cylinder, the op
erating rod being extended through one of
'the caps, a nut engaged thereon and engag
regulate the length of the latter and to gov
ern the tension of the spring, a lock nut
threaded on the rod for holding the adjust
ing nut in set position, a bifurcated member '
ing said cap, a rod slidably passing through alsothreaded on the rod and having pivotal
connection with the operating lever, and a
the other cap and having one end threaded, second
look nut on the rod for retaining the
an abutment member on the inner end of the
rod, an expansible coil spring engaging the bifurcated member in adjusted position.
latter and the last mentioned cap, an ad
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justing nut threaded on the rod whereby to
JOHN P. FEGELY.
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