Patent ID: 6983828

Claim:
A friction brake, comprising: a rotatable brake body; a friction brake lining; and an actuating device with which the friction brake lining can be pressed against the brake body, wherein the friction brake lining ( 10 ) has a band brake ( 34 ), whose brake band ( 36 ) is operatively connected to the actuating device ( 22 ), so that a tensile stress on the brake band ( 36 ) drives the actuating device ( 22 ) in the direction of pressing the friction brake lining ( 18 ) against the brake body ( 14 ), wherein the actuating device has a screw gear ( 22 ) with a rotatable drive element ( 26 ) and with a power takeoff element ( 24 ), displaceable by rotation of the drive element ( 26 ), for pressing the friction brake lining ( 18 ) against the brake body ( 14 ), and wherein one end ( 38 ) of the brake band ( 36 ) eccentrically engages the drive element ( 26 ) of the screw gear ( 22 ).