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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy J Walter, Roscoe, IL (US);
LaVern R McCallips, Roscoe, IL (US);
Assignee:
Atwood Industries, Inc., Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188210 ; 74535 ;
Abstract
A parking brake control in which a spiral spring is loaded between a sector and a pedal and unwinds to take up slack in the cable of a vehicle parking brake and tension the cable when a locking pin is removed following installation of the control and connection of the cable to the sector. A pawl coacts with the same sector to hold the sector in its brake-applied position and to enable release of the brake by pushing on the pedal. A cam is carried by the pedal and acts against the cable to produce a mechanical advantage which progressively increases as the brake is progressively applied.