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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1980
Filed:
May. 17, 1978
Shinichi Izumi, Yokohama, JP;
Tokico Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An automatic brake shoe clearance adjusting device includes a first strut member having a threaded stem screw-threadingly engaging with an adjusting nut, a second strut member having a hollow portion for receiving the threaded stem and abutting with the adjusting nut, an adjusting lever mounted on a hand brake lever by a pin and cooperating with the adjusting nut, and a spring acting between the hand brake lever and the adjusting lever for urging the adjusting lever against a stop formed on the hand brake lever. There is provided, at least on a line passing through the center of the pin and the stop, an element for restricting movement of the adjusting lever in the direction of the axis of the pin.