Patent ID: 6419328
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A side brake device wherein a pivot of a lever (5) is pivotally supported rotatably on a fixed plate (3) located at an operators seat side, a side brake wire (2) is fixed to one end of said lever and the one end of an elastic body (7) is fixed to the other end thereof, the lever is energized by said elastic body so that it is always rotated in the direction to apply a side brake by pulling the side brake wire, a side brake lever (1) is installed so that it can be rotated by a fixed amount to which a fitting pin (8) of a holding means can be pulled out by an upward rotation, relative to the lever, a door wire (10) is passed from one end of said side brake lever through the other end of said lever to a position on a door at where the side brake lever can be rotated upward due to the door wire being pulled by the opening of the door, and the lever is rotated downward against the energizing force of the elastic body so as to loosen the side brake wire and release the side brake, the lever is held by a holding means at the lever releasing position, holding by said holding means is released by the opening of the door or upward manual rotating operation of the side brake lever, and the lever is rotated in the direction that the side brake wire is tensed by the energizing force of said elastic body so as to firmly apply the side brake, relating to a side brake device wherein said holding means is installed at one end of said lever with one end passing through a lower end of a vertical portion (12) of the side brake lever, the other end comprising the fitting pin fit into a fitting concave portion (31) provided on the fixed plate, upward rotation of the pivot is impeded due to the fitting pin being fit into the fitting concave portion, and the fitting pin is made to separate from the fitting concave portion by upward rotation of the side brake lever.