Gross + Froelich Gmbh&co. Kg

Gross & Froelich Gmbh & Co.

Hans-Wilhelm Rottenau

Ralph Von Bordelius

The present disclosure relates to a caster, having a housing, having an axle pin which is arranged in a housing opening which is oriented substantially horizontally, and on which at least one wheel is mounted, having, at the top, a pin opening oriented substantially vertically, for receiving a pivot pin, and having a braking device which brakes the at least one wheel, wherein the housing opening for the axle pin allows limited vertical displaceability of the axle pin and the braking device comprises at least one resilient housing part which acts on the axle pin. In order to provide a mechanically reliable braking device, the braking device is additionally provided with at least one spring element which cooperates with the at least one resilient housing part and amplifies the effect of its braking force and/or increases the mechanical load-bearing capacity of the at least one resilient housing part.

Caster with braking device

The invention relates to a castor with at least one wheel (), a housing () carrying the at least one wheel (), and a runner pin () which is arranged so as to be movable to a limited extent in a substantially vertically oriented housing opening () and which serves to connect the castor to an object, wherein the housing () accommodates a brake device which frees the at least one wheel () in a state in which the castor is loaded by a weight via the runner pin () and which acts with a braking effect on the at least one wheel () in a state when not loaded by a weight.

Castor with pin-activated brake

The invention relates to a castor having a brake device with a housing () with a substantially vertically aligned receiving opening () for a runner pin () for connecting the castor to an object to be supported by the castor, and having an axle bolt () which extends through the housing transversely with respect to the receiving opening and which bears at least one wheel ('), with the brake device having a brake slide () which can be moved by an actuating lever () from the outside from a free-running position into a braked position. To provide inter alia a locking facility independently of the rotational position of the wheel, it is proposed according to the invention that the brake slide () bears an elastic brake lining () which faces toward a braking section () of the at least one wheel.

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Hechingen, Germany

Hans-Wilhelm Rottenau