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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1989
Herman Brix, Boppard, DE;
Eckart Op den Camp, Koblenz, DE;
Lucas Industries public limited company, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
A drum brake in a motor vehicle, comprising a parking brake which includes a brake cable connected detachably to a hand brake lever arranged in the drum brake by the brake cable being passed through a retaining member which is connected to the hand brake lever an engaging behind the retaining member by a nipple of larger cross sectional dimensions connected to the corresponding free end of the brake cable is characterized in that the brake cable (6) is passed through a guide tube (7) which is fixed to the anchor plate (1) of the drum brake, is exposed to the outside of the drum brake, and terminates at a distance ahead of the retaining means (8), the inner diameter of the guide tube (7) being somewhat greater than the maximum outer diameter of the nipple (9), in that the retaining member (8) has a guide path (10) for the nipple (9) extending from its front face (11) which faces the guide tube (7) to its rear face (12), and in that rear face ( 12) of the retaining member (8) is provided with a locking member (13) for the nipple (9) positioned there.