Pressure Plate Assembly

A pressure plate assembly for a friction clutch with automatic wear compensation, the assembly comprising:

• a housing which can be attached to a flywheel for rotation in common about an axis of rotation;
• a pressure plate installed in the housing essentially without freedom of rotation but movable axially with respect to the housing;
• an energy storage device supported against the housing and the pressure plate and exerting a force along a support path between the energy storage device and one of the housing and the pressure plate;
• a wear take-up device installed in the support path, the wear take-up device comprising a wear take-up element which is preloaded to move in a wear take-up direction;
• and
• an anti-reset device comprising at least one clamping element which can be blocked to generate clamping contact with the wear take-up element to prevent movement of the wear take-up element relative to said one of the housing and the pressure plate in a direction opposite to the wear take-up direction.