Caliper brake with assembly for rotor attachment to hub
AssigneeSafety Racing Equipment, Incorporated
InventorDonald E. Blunier
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Abstract
A rotor for a caliper brake and rotor therefor is provided with apposed chamfers adapted to seat over a flange on a wheel hub and the rotor is attached to the flange with the flange seated in one or the other of the chamfers. Thus, when the rotor is attached in one position, it is closer to the hub than when it is attached in the other position. A single rotor therefore is adapted to fit a plurality of different caliper brakes.
Claims6
In a caliper brake comprising a hub and a rotor, the combination of a hub having an annular rotor-attaching flange and a rotor having apposed annular chamfers complementary to said annular flange and means for attaching said rotor to said flange with the said flange in one of said chamfers, said chamfers being off center so that when the rotor seated in one chamfer it is closer to the hub than when it is seated in the other chamfer.
A rotor for a caliper brake which comprises a first annular wear face and a second annular wear face, said annular wear faces having the same outside diameter but the first one having a smaller inside diameter than the second and apposed annular chamfers in said first annular wear face, having means therein whereby said rotor can be attached to a hub with the hub seated in one of said chamfers, said chamfers having a diameter less than that of the inside diameter of the second annular wear face, whereby the second annular wear face can pass over the hub to which the first annular wear face is attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.