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BOOSTER BRAKE

Filed sept. 21. 1925

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND A. BOWER,-0F'FLIN T, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORKTO GENERAL .MOTORS COR- '
PORATIN, 0F,DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION 0E DELAWARE.
Boosrnn BRAKE.
Application led -September 21, 1923. >Serial No. 664,067.
To all 'u1/om t may concern: c cam which expands a pair of internal shoes
Be it known that I, FERDINAND A._BowER, lagainst the outer drum. This arrangement
a citizen of the United States and aresiv` is one which I consider desirable for motor
dent of Flint, county of Genesee,-and State vehicles in that the entire brake is very
6 of Michigan, have invented certain new and compact and all of the parts are enclosed and 00
useful Improvements inBooster Brakes, of protected against dirt and oil.
. which the following isa full, clear, concise, The above and other objects and features
and lexact descriptlon, such as will enable of the invention, includin various novel
others skilled in the art to which the inv- combinations of parts and esirable particu
10 vention relates to make and use the same, lar constructions, will be apparent from the 05
referencey being made therein to the accom- following description of- the illustrative em
pauying'drawlngs,
this specification.
which form a part of lugs,
bodiment shown in the accompanying
1n which:> -
draw~
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' his invention relates to -boosterbrakesg igure 1 is a section on the line 1-1 of
i'lli i. e. brakes ap lied by power which is Figure 2 showing the _wheel and its axle and 70 ~
manually contro led, and 1s illustrated as the improved brake 1n horizontal section;
embodied in a brake of this character which and , '
acts on the _rear wheel of a> motor vehicle. Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-~2 of
' An object of the invention is to arrange Figure 1 showing the axle and brake drums
2o the parts of such a brake to secune a self- in vertical section and the other parts of 75
contained unit which may be substituted for the brake in side elevation.
a brake of any other type without necessitat- j In the particular embodiment selected for
ing any changes in the operating connections lllustration the brake drums 1() and 12 are
or 'in the vehicleitself. From this point carried by the rear wheel 14 of a motor
25 of view the invention contemplates the use vehicle, which wheel is shown as having a 80
of inner and outer brake drums, which may full~floatmg mounting on the rear axle hous~
be rcarried by [the vehicle wheel and which ing 1.6 and as bv ing driven by the driving.
are .shown as concentric'ally arranged one axle 18. Most of the parts of the brake
Within the other in substantially the same and its connections are enclosed between the
30 (plane, in combination with a pair of braking outer drum 10 and a stationary yplate 20 35' l
evlces or equivalent retardiug means, one of supported on the housing 16. Certain parts
.which devices is controlled by the driver of the brake' are si ported by a. stationary y
and has a limited movement with its drum bracket or support a2 which may, if desired, l
to_ apply the other device to the other drum be integral with the plate, but which is
35 with a power which is a function of the shown as being a separate member; <carried 904
power applied by the driver but which is by the housin' 16. l
greatly in excess thereof. By this arrange- i The inner rum 12l is arranged to be en~
ment the brakes` are .as sensitive to the gagedl by a driven-controlled angularly
4O drivers control as,v the usual manually ap- movable brake~ device shown in the form ofa
plied brakes, while at the same time the ,-contractable band 24, the ends ofA which 05
driver is called on~ for 'very much less et'- are connected to a rock member 26 keyed to a
fort in ap lying thc brakes. _ l spindle 28 carried by a support or bracket
Prefera ly the parts of the brake are eu~ 30 which is mounted to have a limited angu
closed within the outer drum and a plate lar movement _about the axis of the housing.
45 closlng its open end, so that the improved 16. The spindle 28 extends through a 10Q
brakes are not materially different in ex- 32 in the plate 20, and is operated to a '
ternal appearance from an internalex and- the brakev by an arm 34 on its end w ich'
ing brake of any conventional type. III); the is connected by a link S/tr tof connections
arrangement shown in the drawings the con- Operatcd by the service brake pedal or the
uections _from the brake pedal or >lever conf ~emergency brake' lever or any equivalent 195
tract an external band about the inner drum,- driver-controlled operating device. At its
withband
thc moving'angularly
its drum and turning-aits
short
su distance
port or opposite end the bracket 3 ?is provided with
Ul bracket to rock an arm connecte a s aotted
to the by rockjaw
arm3842embracii
which isr keyed
a pin 40
t: acarried
short
5 bracket by a pin-andvslot- joint to turn a shaft 44 journaled in the plate 20 and the 110
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support 22, and to vwhich is secured at ite able into frictions] engagement therewith,
opposite end a rock arm 46 connected by one of said devices having a limited move
a link _48 with an arm 50, which is arranged nient with its drum, driver controlled means 65
i to rock a shaft 52 journaled in the plate 20 for applying the movable braking device to
and which carries a >cam 54 operating to 'its drum, and a connection ope-rated by
expand a pair of shoes _56 and 58 against movement thereof for applying the other
the inside of the outer drum 10. The shoes braking device to thel other drum. '
56 and 58 are shown as being pivotally 2. A vehicle comprising, in combination,
connected at 60, and if desired the pivotal a wheel having inner and outer brake
connections 60 may pass through the plate drums, a cont-ractable band encircling the
20 to form a brake of the scissors type. inner drum nd arranged to have a limited
In. operation, depression of the brake pedal angular movement? therewith, drivel` cou
or manipulation of an equivalent control trolled means for contracting the band into 75
ling device by the driver rocks the member frictional engagement with the drum, an eX
15 26 to contract the band Q4 into trictional en pansi'ble braking device arranged Within the
gagement with the \inner drum 12. Since outer drum, and a connection operated by
the bracket. 30 is tre/0 to move, Within the angular movement of said band for expand
limits detiiied by the arcuate slot 32 and uu ing the braking device into rictionall en
gagement with the outer drum. _, 80
til the friction of the band 24 againsttlie
20 drinn l2 is balanced`by the resistance of cam 3. A vehicle comprising, in combination, a.
5ft to further turning movement, the band Wheel- having inner and outer brake drums,
24 will move with the drum 12 for a short an angularly movable band contracta'le un
distance, turning the support 30 about its der the control ot' the driver into frictional
axis. The slotted portion 38 'if the support engagement vvithlthe inner drum, expansible
25 30 thus rocks the arm 42, operating through brake shoes arranged within the outer drum,
the arm 46 and the link 48 to rock the arm a cam for expanding the shoes, and a oon
50 and the cani 54 to expand the shoes 5G nection operated by angular movement of
and 58 against the outer drum lO. The the band for rocking the cam to expand the 90
brakes niav be so adjusted that the braking slices into frictional engagement with the
ei'ort of tbe band 2l isBsinall as compared outer drum.
With the braking etl'ect ot' the shoes 5G and il .sfr vehicle comprising, in combination,
58, inasmuch as the braking ei'ect of the a Wheel having inner and outer brake drums,
band 2e is not balanced directly against that a Wheel support carrying an angularly mov 95
of the shoes 56 and _58 but is balanced able bracket, a contractable band supported
35 `through power-multiplying leverage connec by the bracket and encircling the inner
tions against tlie resistance ot' the cani 54 to drinn, driver controlled means for contract
turning movement. Thus a powerful brak ing 'the band. a braking device operating on
ing action may be brought about by a coin the outer drum, and a connection for apply 00
parativcly small application of power by ing the braking device to the outer drum
the driver; but this action is nevertheless a including an arm having a pin-and-slot con
function of the power applied by *he driver, nection with the bracket to be operated'by
so that lie may graduate the braking effect angular movement thereof.- .
accurately by varying the power which he 5. A vehicle comprising, in combination,
himself applies. a wheel having inner and outer open ended
45 While I have illustrated yand described one brake drums, a stationarily supported plate
particular embodiment ot my invention, it substantially closing the open ends/oic the
is not my intention to limit its scope to that drums, an angularly movable supportI en
embodiment or Aotherwise than by the terms closed between _the plate and the outer drum, 110
of the appended claims. The term drum a braking device carried by the angularly
50 throughout the specification and claims is movable support, driver controlled /means
intended as a convenient designation of a for applying the device- to the inner drum,l
member 01"' any form having a motion which a braking device movable into irictional en
is to be retarded, except where this terni is gagement with the outer drunnand connec 115
in some Way specifically limited to a iar- tions operated by angular movement of the
55 ticular form of drum. support *for moving the braking device
l. claim: _. againstlhe other drunnsaid connections in
l. A vehicle comprising, in combination, cluding an arm mounted yoiithe late which
A wheel having inner and outer brake drums, has a. pin-and-slot connection Wit i the angu 120
a contractable external braking device en - larly movable support.. -' ` _
60 circling the inner drum, an expansible brak ln testimony whereof I aiiix'iny signature,
--ing device within lthe outer drum and mov FERDNAND A. .50i/VER. `