Caliper brake torque plate
AssigneeThe B. F. Goodrich Company
InventorArthur J. Thrower
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Abstract
A torque plate in the form of a sheet metal disc having a central opening for positioning of the torque plate around a shaft and a peripheral flange on the outer edge of the disc with spaced-apart supporting surfaces for mounting a slider support on which the caliper and friction lining carriers are slidably mounted. The torque plate may have a mounting surface around the opening and a second surface offset from the mounting surface at intermediate positions between the opening and flange.
Claims6
A torque plate for a caliper brake comprising a generally disc-shaped body having a central opening for positioning of said plate around a shaft, a mounting portion extending continuously around said opening having a first surface, a peripheral flange at an outer edge of said body having a peripheral flange surface, said flange extending along at least a portion of said outer edge and being positioned with said flange surface generally perpendicular to said first surface, said flange surface including a pair of spaced-apart rail supporting surfaces on said flange spaced from said mounting portion for mounting supporting brake members on which the caliper and friction lining carriers of said brake are slidably supported, said peripheral flange being positioned at the edge of said mounting portion at a position between said rail supporting surfacesand being continuous therebetween along said edge with said peripheral flange having a substantial width in a direction perpendicular to said first surface at said rail supporting surfaces to provide a long register for the brake supporting rails and a reduced width at said position between said rail supporting surfaces, and second surfaces raised from said first surfaces of said body at positions outward of said mounting portion in the proximity of said rail supporting surfaces.
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