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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1977
Leon R Acre, Ovid, MI (US);
Marquis J Lake, Sr, Corunna, MI (US);
Midland-Ross Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A slack adjuster assembly for brakes includes a slack arm, ratchet wheel and pawl carrier all rotatable about a common axis in unison and relative to one another. The parts rotate in unison during normal operation when the slack arm rotates back and forth in brake apply and brake release directions. When an adjustment is required due to brake wear, the slack arm will overtravel in the brake apply direction. When overtravel occurs, rotation of the pawl carrier with the slack arm and ratchet wheel through the overtravel portion of the stroke is stopped to effect relative rotation between the pawl carrier and the ratchet wheel. Upon return of the slack arm in the brake release direction from an overtravel stroke, the pawl carrier is rotated relative to the slack arm and rotatably drives the ratchet wheel relative to the slack arm.
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