Automatic shoe retractor

Claim 1

IN A DRUM BRAKE; A SUPPORT, A PAIR OF BRAKE SHOES SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT IN END-TO-END RELATIONSHIP, A STRUT INTERCONNECTING A PAIR OF ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID SHOES, MEANS MAINTAINING SAID PAIR OF ADJACENT ENDS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STRUT, A MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREON TO SUCCESSIVE NEW POSITIONS ON SAID SUPPORT, SAID MEMBER HAVING AN ABUTMENT SURFACE, MEANS PRODUCING OPPOSITION TO MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT, LEVER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID MEMBER ARRANGED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ABUTMENT SURFACE AND BEING BIASED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AWAY FROM SAID ABUTMENT SURFACE BY A FORCE WHICH IS LESS THAN SAID MEANS PRODUCING OPPOSITION TO ROTATION OF SAID MEMBER, SAID STRUT HAVING LEVER ENGAGING MEANS THEREON, SAID LEVER MEANS BEING LOCATED BETWEEN SAID ABUTMENT SURFACE AND SAID LEVER ENGAGING MEANS, SAID LEVER MEANS HAVING A PORTION FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LEVER ENGAGING MEANS ON SAID STRUT, WHEREBY UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID STRUT IN ONE DIRECTION BEYOND SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE DURING BRAKE ACTUATING, SAID STRUT WILL ENGAGE SAID LEVER MEANS WITH SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO OVERCOME THE FORCE OF SAID MEANS OPPOSING MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBER TO MOVE SAID MEMBER TO A NEW POSITION ON SAID SUPPORT AND UPON BRAKE RELEASE, SAID LEVER MEANS WILL RETURN SAID STRUT SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.