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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1974
Gerard De Gennes, Senlis, FR;
Societe Anonyme Francaise du Ferodo, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a disc-brake of the kind comprising a fixed support, a disc fast for rotation with a shaft to be braked, two brake-shoes each arranged respectively one on each side of the disc and movable perpendicularly to the plane of the disc and a hydraulic operating unit comprising a blind cylinder with a moving piston acting on a first brake-shoe, the cylinder being associated with the movement of the transfer member for acting on the second brake-shoe and subjected to springs urging the member radially towards the periphery of the disc, the fixed support being provided removably with locking and guiding pins ensuring the radial retention of the transfer member through the operating unit and in contact with which this unit is slidably mounted.