Caster for Movable Objects
AssigneeAS Rollen GmbH
InventorArnolf Schulte
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Abstract
The invention relates to a caster for movable objects, and more particularly a bed caster, and at least comprises: a running wheel; a fork receiving said running wheel; a guide tube which is designed to be swivelable relative to the fork via at least one bearing; locking means provided on the fork side; and a braking system which can be brought into operative connection with the running wheel and is designed to block rotation of the wheels, characterised in that the braking system includes a brake shoe, a brake spindle, a guide pin and a cup-shaped guide element, wherein the brake spindle has groove-shaped guides, the cup-shaped guide element is provided with projections, and the projections can be brought into operative connection with the guides of the brake spindle in order to form the anti-rotation means.
Claims20
A caster for movable objects comprising at least a running wheel, a fork for receiving the the running wheel, a guide tube adapted and configured to be pivotable relative to the fork via at least one bearing, a lock provided on the fork side, and a brake system adapted and configured to be brought into and out of operative connection with the running wheel, characterized in that the brake system comprises a brake shoe, a brake spindle, a guide pin and a guide cup, the brake spindle having guides comprising grooves, the guide cup being provided with lugs, the lugs being adapted and configured to be brought into operative connection with the guides of the brake spindle in order to prevent rotation about a swivel axis of the caster.
A caster for movable objects comprising a running wheel, a fork for receiving the running wheel, a guide tube adapted and configured to be pivotable relative to the fork via at least one bearing, a lock provided on the fork, and a brake system adapted and configured to be brought into and out of operative connection with the running wheel, characterized in that the brake system comprises a brake shoe, a brake spindle, a guide pin and a guide cup, the brake spindle having guides comprising grooves, the guide cup being provided with lugs, the lugs being adapted and configured to be brought into operative connection with the guides of the brake spindle in order to prevent rotation about a swivel axis of the caster;
- wherein the caster has a braked position and an unbraked position, and wherein the guide pin is positioned within the guide tube and is axially movable within the guide tube to facilitate the transition of the caster between the braked position and the unbraked position;
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- wherein mutually facing end faces of the brake shoe and the brake spindle have teeth, which interlock when the caster is in the braked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.