Link-mounted disc brakes

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION A BRAKING DEVICE HAVING AN ANNULAR DISC FIXED BY A SUPPORT ON ONE SIDE TO A WHEEL MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON A NON-ROTATING SUPPORT, AND HAVING A HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED CONTROL CYLINDER BLOCK DEFINING A CYLINDER WITH A PISTON SLIDABLY MOUNTED THEREIN MOUNTED ADJACENT THE UNSUPPORTED SIDE OF SAID DISC, AND HAVING BRAKE LININGS MOUNTED AND DISPLACEABLE IN SAID CONTROL CYLINDER BLOCK FOR ENGAGING BOTH SAID SIDES OF THE ANNULAR DISC, SAID SUPPORT FOR SAID ANNULAR DISC HAVING A VERTICAL ARM AND A HORIZONTAL ARM, SAID HORIZONTAL ARM BEING CONNECTED AT ITS END TO SAID DISC SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY BETWEEN ITS PERIPHERAL EDGES, WHEREBY THE DISC IS SPACED FROM BUT SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE VERTICAL ARM OF SAID SUPPORT, AND AN IMPROVED MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID CONTROL CYLINDER BLOCK COMPRISING: A LINK PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID CONTROL CYLINDER BLOCK ON SAID NON-ROTATING SUPPORT, SAID LINK HAVING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ENDS RESPECTIVELY FORMED WITH, PARALLEL BORES EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID LINK, SAID BORES IN THE OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ENDS RESPECTIVELY REGISTERING WITH BORES PARALLEL TO A CHORD OF SAID ANNULAR DISC AND DEFINED IN SAID CONTROL CYLINDER BLOCK AND IN SAID NON-ROTATING SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY IN THE PLANE OF SAID ANNULAR DISC AND ARTICULATION PINS RESPECTIVELY FITTING IN SAID REGISTERING BORES AND PIVOTALLY SECURING SAID OPPOSITELY DISPOSED LINK ENDS RESPECTIVELY TO SAID CONTROL CYLINDER BLOCK AND TO SAID NON-ROTATING SUPPORT, THEREBY MOUNTING SAID CONTROL CYLINDER BLOCK FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONFORMING TO THE PLANE OF SAID ANNULAR DISC.