Patent ID: 6651782
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: F16C,F16D

Abstract:
A brake cable connecting apparatus for a drum brake, said apparatus comprising:a brake lever for separating brake shoes apart, the brake lever having a cable end insertion groove for permitting a cable end of a brake cable to pass through, the cable end insertion groove being defined by a lever body and a folded wall at a free end thereof; a guiding means for guiding the cable end from an entrance of the cable end insertion groove to a position crossing an exit thereof so as to automatically latch the cable end on the brake lever; and a biasing means for flexibly biasing the brake cable inserted from outside of the drum brake toward the free end of the brake lever while deflecting the brake cable, wherein the guiding means is movably provided between the lever body and the folded wall of the brake lever in a direction toward an opening of the cable end insertion groove adjacent to a tip end of the folded wall or a cross-direction of the brake cable, upon the cable end being fed in a space surrounded by the cable end insertion groove and the guiding means, the guiding means slidably moves in the direction away from a bottom of the cable end insertion groove against an application force of a resilient means so as to permit the cable end to pass through the cable end insertion groove and reach the end surfaces of the guiding means and cable end insertion groove at a cable releasing direction side, the guiding means automatically returns by an action of the resilient means to a rest position so as to latch a backward surface of the cable end with the end surfaces of the cable end insertion groove and the guiding means at a side of a cable releasing direction or an exit side of the cable end insertion groove, thereby causing the brake cable to disengage from the brake lever.