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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:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold Hodkinson, Coventry, GB;
Assignee:
Automotive Products Limited, Leamington Spa, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 / ; 1881 / ; 1881 / ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A wear adjuster for an internal shoe drum brake of the kind having a strut extending between one shoe and a handbrake lever pivoted on the other shoe includes a spacer between the strut and the one shoe, a screwing mechanism for adjusting the spacing effect of the spacer having an actuating mechanism responsive to service operation of the brake. The brake shoe pull-off spring serves also as a biassing spring for the actuating mechanism.