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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Nansin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Iiyama, Inzai, JP;
Yuya Kita, Inzai, JP;
NANSIN CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrical brake mechanism for a caster can reliably brake a caster. A switch is mounted on a target to which a caster is attached and outputting an instruction signal to a brake device, a detector is provided on a rotating shaft of the cam and arranged in correspondence with each of positions of a plurality of cam surfaces, a sensor is provided for detecting abutment between each of the cam surfaces and an operation shaft by the detector, a motor is provided for rotating by an input of the switch and for stopping if the sensor detects the position of the predetermined cam surface, and a gear train is provided for transmitting rotation of the motor to the rotating shaft of the cam.