Brake assembly for height-adjustable patient transport apparatus
AssigneeEvolution Technologies Inc.
InventorJulian LIU
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Abstract
There is provided a patient transport apparatus. The apparatus includes a height-adjustable assembly having a longitudinal axis. The apparatus includes a brake cable. The brake cable includes an elongate portion extending along the height-adjustable assembly and includes a slack portion. The apparatus includes a brake cable housing coupled to and axially offset from the height-adjustable assembly. The slack portion of the brake cable is enclosed within a hollow interior of the brake cable housing.
Claims21
A patient transport apparatus, comprising:
- a height-adjustable assembly having a longitudinal axis;
- a brake cable having an elongate portion extending along the height-adjustable assembly and having a slack portion;
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- a brake cable housing coupled to and axially offset from the height-adjustable assembly, the slack portion of the brake cable being enclosed within a hollow interior of the brake cable housing.
A patient transport apparatus, comprising:
- a height-adjustable assembly having a longitudinal axis;
- a brake cable having an elongate portion extending along the height-adjustable assembly in parallel with said longitudinal axis and having a slack portion that extends laterally outwards from the height-adjustable assembly relative to said longitudinal axis;
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- a brake cable housing operatively connected to the height-adjustable assembly and shaped to receive and enclose the slack portion of the brake cable.
A brake cable housing for a patient transport apparatus, the brake cable housing having a rear through which excess portions of a brake cable enter and exit, the brake cable forming an enlarged loop shape within the brake cable housing when the apparatus is in a retracted position and the brake cable forming a reduced loop shape spanning a planar area that is less than that of the enlarged loop shape when the apparatus is in an extended position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.