Patent GB-1367633-A (GB)
Title: Abutment assembly for internal shoe vehicle drum brakes
IPC: F16D65/09
Filed: 1970-08-14
Abstract: 1367633 Internal shoe drum brakes; adjustment for wear GIRLING Ltd 16 Aug 1971 [14 Aug 1970 9 Nov 1970] 39378/70 and 53105/70 Heading F2E The Specification discloses a number of constructions of an abutment assembly 10 adapted to be interposed between adjacent ends of two brake shoes 11, 12 of a vehicle internal shoe drum brake the other ends of the shoes 11, 12 being connected to a hydraulic actuator; the assembly 10 which is fixed to the back plate of the brake comprises a pair of opposed tappet assemblies for engagement with the respective brake shoes 11, 12, each tappet assembly including a portion constituting a piston and at least one elastically deformable member 25 confined in a chamber whose opposite ends are constituted by the pistons, the member 25 being of uniform cross-section over a part of its length and of progressively decreasing crosssection over another part of its length. As shown in Fig. 1 the assembly 10 includes a housing 13 and a body member 14 with the two tappet assemblies composed respectively of an abutment member or tappet 17 or 18 in engagement with shoes 11, 12 respectively a plunger 19 or 20 and piston 21 or 22, the plunger 19 or 20 being threadably received within the abutment member 17 or 18. The pistons 21, 22 are of different cross-sectional areas and are disposed in corresponding portions of a bore in the body member 14 and engage respective ends of the elastic member 25; the elastic member 25 has engagement with the body member 14 along its longitudinal periphery. While braking during forward rotation of the wheel the shoe 11 is forced into contact with the drum by the actuator and the force transmitted to the shoe 11 by rotation of the wheel is exerted on abutment member 17 and through members 19, 21, 25, 22, 20, 18, to the other shoe 12 to apply the leading edge of that shoe to the drum. The body member 14 is prevented from sliding by a flange 15 and the force transmitted by the assembly is reduced by the deformable member 25 which distributes some of the force to body member 14. In reverse braking, however, the full force from shoe 12 is transmitted through the body member 14 which is freely movable in the leftward direction. The body member 14 is formed with teeth 16 which enable the member 14 and the plunger members 19, 20 to be rotated relative to the abutment members 17, 18 to effect adjustment of the tappet assemblies to compensate for brake lining wear. The teeth 16 are accessible through a hole in the housing 13. Pins 23, 24 mounted in the body member 14 co-operate with flats formed on heads of the plungers 19, 20. Protective boots 26, 27 are provided. In the embodiment of Fig. 2 abutment members 37, 38 are threadably received within plungers 35, 36 and the plungers 35, 36 have gear teeth 53, 54 which mesh with gear teeth 51, 52 on a body member 34 so that wear adjustment rotation of the body member 34 by teeth 46 therein rotates the plungers 35, 36. The elastic member 41 held between pistons 39, 40 has rigid nylon rings 43, 44 at respective ends to prevent extrusion of the member 41 into gaps between the pistons 39, 40 and their working bores. To allow of escape of any air trapped between the pistons there is a small axial bore 42 in the piston 40 which bore 42 is covered by a metal disc 45 to prevent the member 41 entering the bore 42. The rings 43, 44 may be replaced by flat discs. In the embodiment of Fig. 3, the reduction of force through the abutment assembly 60 occurs in both directions of drum rotation. Two body members 63, 64 contain respective elastically deformable members 65, 66 and the larger adjacent ends of the elastic members 65, 66 are separated by a piston 75 while their smaller ends co-operate with identical pistons 73, 74. The body members 63, 64 have gear teeth 81, 82 respectively for co-operation with a wide tooth gear wheel 83 supported on a trunion 84 for wear adjustment. The body members 63, 64 are fixed for rotation with plungers 71, 72 by means of co-operating slots and projections 79, 80. The embodiment of Fig. 5, envisages automatic as well as non-automatic wear adjustment. A body member 92 is formed with quick pitch screw thread which meshes with the thread on the internal surface of a clutch ring 107 which is urged into engagement with a normally stationary ring 108 by a spring 108. The clutch parts are not effected during forward braking but during reverse braking the clutch parts act to allow of adjustment in length of the tappet assemblies. The ring 109 has teeth 110 in mesh with a worm (111) whereby manual adjustment may be effected. In the embodiment of Fig. 7, an elastic member 127 is disposed between plungers 131, 132 which incorporate piston portions in engagement with respective body members 123, 124. Clutching arrangements 123, 135, 137, 139 and 124, 136, 138, 140 allow of automatic adjustment in either direction of drum rotation. The tappet assemblies illustrated in Figs. 2 and 7 may be substituted in the constructions of Figs. 1, 3, 5 and the sealing rings or discs of Figs. 2, 5 may be utilized in the other embodiments.