Spot-type disc brake

A spot-type disc brake, for automotive vehicles, comprising, in combination:

• a housing furnished with a housing bridge and a brake carrier provided with two parallel arms which are positioned at a distance from each other and with a brake lining slidably guided at the arms in the direction of brake application and furnished with a carrier plate, said brake lining being connected to said arms in a positive locking fit in the direction of the circumferential so that the frictional force occurring at the brake lining is transmitted on both of said arms at least at elevated brake application forces, said arms with surfaces facing each other forming a guide which is open in outward direction and serves to accommodate and guide a brake shoe, at least one of said arms being formed with a groove extending in the direction of brake application and being open outwardly, the housing being arranged axially slidably on pins by means of pin guides and said housing bridge being supported through the carrier plate, wherein a projection of said carrier plate projects into a recessed opening of said housing bridge to centrally support said housing through said carrier plate onto said brake carrier and which constrains circumferential rotation of said carrier plate relative to said housing, and wherein the contour of the brake lining is located outside a swinging range of said housing.