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US 6,634,465 B1Granted
Spring-loaded brake with wear indication
AssigneeTuschen & Zimmermann
InventorAlfred Tüschen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a spring-loaded brake with a first housing part (2) connected to a first brake calliper arm (26) and a second housing part (14) connected to a second brake calliper arm (28) and with an actuation device (18), by means of which the first and second housing part (2, 14) are capable of being moved relative to one another. The air passage as well as the wear of this spring-loaded brake can be monitored reliably and in a simple manner by means of a measuring device (7, 10) which continuously monitors the change in the relative position of the housing parts (2, 14).
Claims14
A spring-loaded brake comprising:
- a. a first housing part connected to a first brake caliper arm;
- b. a second housing part connected to a second brake caliper arm;
- c. an actuation device which moves the first and the second housing relative to one another;
- d. a measuring device, which continuously monitors the position of the housing parts relative to one another and produces measurement signals;
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- e. an evaluation device which receives the measurement signals and compares them to a reference signal, and produces evaluation signals as a function of the difference between each evaluation signal and the reference signal, said evaluation device producing a fault signal when the difference between a measurement signal and the reference signal exceeds a tolerance value.
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