Patent ID: 6464046
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: F16C,F16D

Abstract:
A parking brake actuating mechanism comprising a first lever having a first contact zone adapted to engage a first brake shoe portion, said first lever being pivotally connected with a second lever, the second lever having a second contact zone adapted to engage a second brake shoe portion, pivoting of the first lever relative to the second lever being arranged to increase the effective length of the mechanism between the contact portions thus moving the associated brake shoe portions apart to engage the parking brake, the first lever including an actuating cable abutment formation against which an actuating cable nipple on a free end of the cable is drawn to move the first lever hence operating the mechanism, the first lever also being of hollow form and including a generally longitudinally extending tubular portion defining a guide tube through which the free end of the cable is directed from an aperture in a backplate of the associated brake to a location adjacent to the abutment formation to enable the nipple to be engaged with the formation.