Patent GB-1469564-A (GB)
Title: Band brakes
IPC: F16D65/56
Filed: 1974-08-14
Abstract: 1469564 Band brakes; slack-adjusting DEERE & CO 14 Aug 1974 [16 Aug 1973] 35847/74 Heading F2E A band brake 10 includes a control linkage mechanism in which the connection of one end of the band 18 to an actuating lever 56 is by a motion-transfer link 44 comprising an arm and a ratchet 50-54 mounted and movable thereon, and a pawl 74, 80, is normally engaged with a tooth of the ratchet, the pawl and ratchet being relatively movable away from and toward each other to cause the pawl to jump a tooth of the ratchet to shorten the arm on excessive band wear, for at least one direction of rotation of the drum 15. When located at the right-hand side of a vehicle, to apply the brake, Figs. 1 and 2, assuming drum 15 is rotating clockwise, a brake input shaft 66 is rotated clockwise, whereupon crank arm 62 (on 66) rotates actuating lever 56 counter-clockwise, via bifurcated connecting link 58, about a third anchor pin 46 seated against bearing surfaces 48 on a fixed mounting member 28 and pivoted in the opposing walls of lever 56. Thereby a second anchor pin 36 also pivoted in lever 56 and freely carrying a strut 32 moves along opposing slots 40 in mounting member 28, strut 32 urging end member 22 of band 18 rightwards. Resulting band contact with the drum urges band end member 20 rightwards, so a first anchor pin 34 swivelling in corresponding strut 30 is slid along opposing slots 38 in member 28. Motiontransfer link 44 pivoted on first anchor pin 34 and extending through a bore of anchor pin 46 thereupon urges pin 46, via threaded ratchet 50-54, more tightly against surfaces 48. Further rotation of lever 56 about pin 46 tightens band 18 by end member 22. Slack-adjusting.-If movement of arm 62 is excessive as a result of band wear, a pin 64, (connecting 62 and 58), finally contacts the lower end of a slot 76 in pawl 74, 80 whose upper end is engaged by one end 86 of a torsion spring 82 surrounding ratchet 50; pawl 74 is in contact at 80 with teeth 54 on ratchet 50 and now engages another tooth so that on brake release, pawl 74 rotates ratchet 50 in a direction to shorten link 44. Operation for counterclockwise rotation of drum 15 is similar. In Fig. 3, ratchet 50<SP>1</SP> with teeth is operated for slack-adjustment by a pawl lever 106 which is pivoted by a tab (not shown) in an aperture 104 of a bracket 102 fixed to housing 92. Lever 106 is normally urged by a spring 112 so that an upper edge 111 on it engages housing 92. Assuming excessive band wear, slack-adjustment will not be effected for clockwise rotation of drum 15 on either brake operation or release, but for counter-clockwise rotation, adjustment occurs as follows. During operation, ratchet 50<SP>1</SP> is drawn obliquely downwards by pivoting of actuating lever 56<SP>1</SP> about anchor pin 36<SP>1</SP>, and during initial release movement (also about 36<SP>1</SP>) ratchet 50<SP>1</SP>, held tight by band tension against anchor pin 46<SP>1</SP>, in returning upwards, pivots pawl lever 106 counter-clockwise by engagement of its teeth with part 108. On final release movement, the band being no longer under tension, spring 112 restores pawl lever 106 to the rest position shown, during which, lever 106 rotates nut 50<SP>1</SP> by teeth 54<SP>1</SP> to shorten link 46<SP>1</SP>.