Braking arrangement with a pair of subsequently operated brake initiating means

Claim 1

A BRAKING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, FIRST BRAKE INITIATING MEANS; SECOND BRAKE INITIATING MEANS SPACED FROM SAID FIRST BRAKE INITIATING MEANS IN ONE DIRECTION; OPERATOR CONTROLLED OPERATING MEANS MOVABLE BY THE OPERATOR IN SAID ONE DIRECTION FROM A REST POSITION TO A FIRST OPERATING POSITION FOR ACTUATING SAID FIRST BRAKE INITIATING MEANS AND TO A SECOND OPERATING POSITION FOR ACTUATING SAID SECOND BRAKE INITIATING MEANS WHILE MAINTAINING SAID FIRST BRAKE INITIATING MEANS ACTIVE; FIRST SPRING MEANS ENGAGING SAID OPERATING MEANS AND PERMANENTLY TENDING TO MOVE THE SAME FROM SAID OPERATING TO SAID REST POSITION THEREOF; SECOND SPRING MEANS BIASED TO RESIST MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATING MEANS FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND OPERATING POSITION WHEN CONNECTED TO THE SAME; AND CONNECTING MEANS ARRANGED ON SAID OPERATING MEANS IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID SECOND SPRING MEANS ONLY AT THE MOMENT WHEN SAID OPERATING MEANS HAS BEEN MOVED BY THE OPERATOR FROM SAID REST TO SAID FIRST OPERATING POSITION THEREOF AND TO REMAIN IN SUCH ENGAGEMENT AND CONNECT SAID SECOND SPRING MEANS TO SAID OPERATING MEANS DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATING MEANS BY THE OPERATOR BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND OPERATING POSITIONS, WHEREBY SAID SECOND SPRING MEANS RESISTS MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATING MEANS FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND OPERATING POSITION THEREOF.