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US 2003/0163892 A1Published application
Caster
AssigneeRhombus Rollen GmbH & Co.
InventorRoland Kausemann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a caster, for example, a bed caster, appliance caster, heavy-load caster or the like, which have versatile uses in the private and commercial sectors. The inventive caster has a braking device that acts upon the lateral faces of the wheel.
Claims11
A Transport roller with the following features:
- 1.1 a wheel (18), which is carried in a rotary manner on a fixture (10),
- 1.2 a one- or multi-piece bearing block (20), which
- 1.2.1 is fixed to the fixture (10) or is a component of the fixture,
- 1.2.2 two sections (201, 20r) of the bearing block (20) run outside the wheel (18) in its peripheral area on opposite sides of the wheel (18),
- 1.2.3 each section (201, 20r) has a pivot bearing (22), on which a brake lever (241, 24r) is carried,
- 1.3 the brake levers (241, 24r) are connected by a spring (30) at their end (241o, 24ro) running above the pivot bearing (22) in such a way that a spacing of the brake levers (241, 24r) at their ends (241o, 24ro;
- 241u, 24ru) is variable by means of a change in the spring length between the linking points of the spring (30) to the brake levers (241, 24r).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.