Diaphragm and wear shoe assembly for clutch or brake

Claim 1

A DIAPHRAGM AND WEAR SHOE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ANNULAR HOLLOW FLUID-DISTENSIBLE DIAPHRAGM HAVING AN ANNULAR INSIDE CIRCUMFERENTIAL WALL OF RUBBER-LIKE MATERIAL, SAID INSIDE WALL HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED SEGMENTS AT ITS RADIALLY INWARD SIDE, EACH OF SAID SEGMENTS TERMINATING AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS IN CIRCUMFERENTIALLY PROTRUDING INTERLOCK FLANGES WHICH PRESENT RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FACING SHOULDERS, A PLURALITY OF RIGID REINFORCING PLATES EMBEDDED IN SAID SEGMENTS AND RESPECTIVELY EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FROM ONE INTERLOCK FLANGE ON THE RESPECTIVE SEGEMENT TO THE INTERLOCK FLANGE ON THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF, AND A PLURALITY OF WEAR SHOES MOUNTED ON SAID SEGMENTS AT THE RADIALLY INWARD SIDE OF THE LATTER, EACH OF SAID WEAR SHOES HAVING HOOKED OPPOSITE ENDS WHICH SNUGLY ENGAGE SAID SHOULDERS ON THE RESPECTIVE SEGMENTS.