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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1978
Masami Aono, Yokohama, JP;
Tokico Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A brake shoe clearance adjusting device in an internal shoe drum brake including a pair of arcuate brake shoes, and a strut of adjustable length extending between the brake shoes and consisting a first strut part, a second strut part having male screw-thread portion thereon at least a part of which being received slidably in a tubular portion of the first strut part, and an adjusting nut engaging screw-thread portion of the second strut part and abutting with the first strut part, wherein a retaining member extends between one of brake shoes and one end of the strut and engages with one end of a shoe return spring whereby a portion of the force of the shoe return spring acts to pull the strut bodily toward the other brake shoe.