Patent ID: 8215459

Claim:
A cable operated drum brake having: an internal brake operating lever for connection with a brake operating cable, a cable attachment tube projecting from a backplate of the brake, said operating cable having an inner cable with a latching formation on an end thereof and a cable outer sleeve, a quick-attach device for maintaining the latching formation in connection with the lever, an end portion of the operating cable being slideable towards the backplate within the tube up to a first position at which further movement towards the backplate is stopped by contact between an abutment on the tube and a co-operating abutment on the cable outer sleeve, said first position ensuring that the latching formation has moved passed the quick-attach device, the end portion cable being subsequently moveable away from the backplate within the tube to a second position in which the latching formation on the inner cable is fully connected with the operating lever, and a fastening means to lock the end portion of the cable in said second position relative to the tube to maintain the latching formation fully connected with the operating lever during subsequent operation of the brake.