Patent ID: 6108889
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B21J,B60T,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for removing a brake lining from a brake shoe, the brake lining being riveted to the brake shoe with a plurality of rivets through rivet holes in the brake lining and brake shoe, the apparatus comprising:a frame structure;a brake shoe platform comprising a support base plate, a shaft rotatably attached to the support base plate, a brake shoe support assembly attached to the shaft, and a clamp for removably clamping the brake shoe to said brake shoe support assembly;a rotating mechanism coupled to the shaft;a platform guide for the brake shoe platform, comprising of a plurality of guide posts and at least one spring, said guide posts slidably attached to the support base plate allowing the brake shoe platform to move relative to the frame structure from a first to a second position against the bias of the spring, and to move back from the second to the first position by the spring bias;a punch module mounted on the frame structure comprising a punch block slidably attached in a punch block support slide;a shuttle assembly for moving the punch block along the support slide;a press assembly coupled to the frame structure opposite the punch module; anda programmable control unit connected with the rotating mechanism to control rotation of the brake shoe support assembly, further connected to the shuttle assembly to control reciprocation of the punch block, and further connected to the press assembly to control movement of the press assembly.