Caliper type disc brake

Claim 1

A DISK BRAKE COMPRISING A BRAKE DISK JOURNALLED ON AN AXIS FOR ROTATION RELATIVE THERETO, SUPPORT MEANS STATIONARY WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXIS; ACTUATING MEANS MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS; SAID SUPPORT MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH RESPECTIVE RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OPEN GUIDE CHANNELS AND SAID ACTUATING MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING RADIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID CHANNELS; AT LEAST TWO BRAKE SHOES OPERATIVELY ENGAGED BY SAID ACTUATING MEANS AND DISPLACEABLE THEREBY RELATIVELY TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OPPOSITE SURFACES OF SAID DISK IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE THERETO, SAID ALIGNED OPENING OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID ACTUATING MEANS PERMITTING GENERALLY RADIAL REMOVAL OF SAID BRAKE SHOES THEREFORM, AND GUIDE MEANS RIGID WITH SAID SUPPORT MEANS FOR LINEARLY DIRECTING SAID ACTUATING MEANS WHILE PREVENTING ROTATION THEREOF, SAID ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING A YOKE ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE OF SAID BRAKE SHOES FOR DRIVING IT AGAINST SAID DISK AND A FLUID-OPERATED CYLINDER RIGID WITH SAID YOKE, SAID GUIDE MEANS COMPRISING A SLEEVE SURROUNDING SAID CYLINDER AND HAVING AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THAT OF SAID DISK, SAID SLEEVE BEING FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOT PERPENDICULAR TO SAID DISK, SAID CYLINDER HAVING AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSELY PROJECTING STUD RIGID THEREWITH SLIDABLY RECEIVED IN SAID SLOT.