Grip dimension adjustable brake operating device
AssigneeShimano Industrial Company Limited
InventorToshiyuki Ueda
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Abstract
A brake operating device comprises a lever pivoted to a bracket member which is fixed to a handle bar at a bicycle and a retainer attached to one end of a control wire and supported to the lever. A support having a receiving portion for receiving therein the retainer, is formed and supported in a turnable manner to the lever, and a gap sustainer interposable between a front wall of the bracket member and a front surface of the lever is provided at the support, whereby the grip dimension a distance between a handle bar and lever is made changeable by a turn of the support to control the interposing of the gap sustainer between the front wall of the bracket member and front surface of the surface.
Claims5
A brake operating device for operating a bicycle brake by pulling a control wire comprising:
- a bracket member fixed to a handle bar of the bicycle, said bracket member being provided with a front wall having a through bore through which said wire is inserted;
- a lever pivoted to said bracket member, said lever having a front surface opposite to said front wall of said bracket member;
- a retainer for fixing one end of said wire, the other end of said wire being fixed to said brake;
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- a support turnably supported to said lever and having a receiving portion for receiving therein said retainer, said support having at one side in the turning direction thereof a gap sustainer capable of being interposed between the front wall of said bracket member, and the front surface of said lever when said support is turned to a predetermined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.