Control linkage for a band type brake

In a control linkage for a band type brake having an acutating lever provided with a pair of anchor pins, a brake band adapted to be trained about a rotary element to be braked in either direction of rotation and having one end connected to one of said anchor pins, an adjustment bracket connected to the other of said pins, the other end of said band being connected to said adjustment bracket, an anchor bracket having a pair of spaced slots loosely receiving said pins and means for biasing one of said pins towards an end of the slot in which it is received, the improvement comprising additional means resiliently biasing the other pin into engagement with the end of its associated slot and oppositely of said one pin;

• one of said slots opening generally upwardly and having a lower end and the other of said slots opening generally downwardly and having an upper end, said one pin being received in said upwardly opening slot and said other pin being received in said downwardly open slot, said biasing means biasing said one pin toward said lower end and said additional means biasing said other pin toward said upper end, said additional means applying a predominantly vertical force to said other pin;
• said additional means comprising a spring and a separate, bent link directly interconnecting said spring and said other pin.