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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger Sweet, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Leonard T Tribe, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Kelsey-Hayes Co., Romulus, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 / ; 1881 / ;
Abstract
An improved slack adjuster used for establishing the running clearance between brake shoes and a brake drum. A brake actuating cam is attached to a worm gear mounted in a slack adjuster housing. When the slack adjuster is rotated through greater than a predetermined increment which establishes the running clearance for the brakes, a worm is rotated to change the angular position between the worm gear and the slack adjuster housing.