Patent ID: 7331429

Claim:
A brake for pinching a composite rim without overheating the rim, the composite rim comprising two walls and a bridge, each of the walls comprising a first portion within the bridge, a second portion beside the bridge so that the bridge performs as a heat sink and support for the second portion and a third portion beyond the bridge in order to clamp a tire, the brake comprising: two rockers each defining a slot, with each of the two rockers having a shoe, and with each of the two rockers having a lining mounted on the shoe; the shoe having a front side, a back side spaced from and opposite the front side, a top side between and connecting the front side and the back side and a bottom side spaced from the top side and between and connecting the front side and the back side, with the shoe facially abutting and attached at the back side to one of the two rockers, wherein the shoe comprises a lug formed thereon, with the lug having a top and with the lug extended upward from the top side and attached to one of the two rockers, wherein each lug defines an aperture; an anchor driven into the slot of one of the two rockers through the aperture of the lug of the shoe so that the position of the shoe on one of the two rockers can be adjusted; and the lining attached to the front side of the shoe and releaseably contacting the second portion of the walls, with the aperture intermediate the lining and the top, wherein an extent of the lining from the bottom side is less than an extent of the aperture from the bottom side, with the lug and the anchor completely exposed from the lining, with the anchor being removable from the shoe while the lining is attached to the shoe.