Combination automatic adjuster and deflection absorbing mechanism

Claim 1

IN A BRAKE OR THE LIKE, A CYLINDER HOUSING HAVING A BORE THEREIN OPEN AT THE FORWARD END AND CLOSED AT THE REAR END, A PISTON SLIDABLE IN SAID BORE AND HAVING A RECESS OPENING INTO THE REAR FACE THEREOF, AN ELEMENT HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING THEREIN, FIXED STOP MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE CLOSED END OF SAID CYLINDER, AN ELONGATED MEMBER EXTENDING IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID BORE THROUGH SAID CENTRAL OPENING AND INTO SAID PISTON RECESS, RESILIENT MEANS SUPPORTED ON SAID CYLINDER HOUSING AND NORMALLY BIASING SAID ELONGATED MEMBER FORWARDLY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIXED STOP MEANS, SAID PISTON AND ELONGATED MEMBER BEING RELATIVELY SLIDABLE IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION, SAID ELEMENT FRICTIONALLY GRIPPING SAID ELONGATED MEMBER AND DEFINING THE RETRACTED POSITION OF SAID PISTON RELATIVE TO SAID ELONGATED MEMBER AND BORE, MEANS COACTING WITH SAID PISTON AND SAID ELEMENT FOR LIMITING REARWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID PISTON RELATIVE TO SAID ELEMENT AND SAID ELONGATED MEMBER, A LOST MOTION THRUST CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID PISTON AND SAID ELEMENT TO OVERCOME THE FRICTION GRIP OF SAID ELEMENT ON SAID ELONGATED MEMBER TO MOVE SAID ELEMENT FORWARDLY TO A NEW GRIPPING POSITION WHEN SAID PISTON HAS BEEN ACTUATED IN A FORWARD DIRECTION FURTHER THAN THE DISTANCE PERMITTED BY SAID LOST MOTION THUST CONNECTION, SAID PISTON, SAID ELEMENT AND SAID ELONGATED MEMBER MOVING REARWARDLY AS A UNIT AGAINST THE FORCE OF SAID RESILIENT MEANS WHEN SAID PISTON IS DEFLECTED REARWARDLY BEYOND THE RETRACTED POSITION OF SAID PISTON.