Electromagnetic device with resiliently mounted pole unit

Claim 1

IN A DISC BRAKE OR THE LIKE, ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATING MEANS THEREFOR, INCLUDING A MOUNTING PLATE, BRACKET MEANS SECURED TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE IN UPSTANDING RELATION, SAID BRACKET MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSED LEGS, A POLE UNIT LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID LEGS TO PRESENT END SURFACES IN SPACED RELATION TO RESPONSIVE LEGS AND TO PRESENT A MAGNET FACE IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE, A PAD OF RESILIENT DEFORMABLE MATERIAL CONTAINED BETWEEN AND SECURED TO EACH LEG AND A RESPECTIVE END SURFACE OF SAID POLE UNIT, SAID LEGS HAVING FEET SECURED TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE, SAID UNIT BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID LEGS TO EFFECT A SPACING OF SAID MAGNET FACE FROM SAID MOUNTING PLATE, AND AN ARMATURE BETWEEN SAID POLE UNIT AND SAID MOUNTING PLATE ADAPTED TO MOVE TO AND FROM A POSITION OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID MAGNET FACE, SAID PADS HAVING THE FORM OF SOLID MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID END SURFACES AND HAVING A THICKNESS SUBSTANTIALLY TO SPACE SAID POLE UNIT FROM SAID LEGS AND CAPABLE OF YIELDING TO ABSORB VIBRATION AND TO ALLOW SAID POLE UNIT BODILY MOVEMENTS OF ADJUSTMENT FOR FLUSH MATING CONTACT OF SAID MAGNET FACE WITH SAID ARMATURE, SAID SOLID MATERIAL TENDING ALSO TO ABSORB IMPACT FORCES CAUSED BY THE STRIKING OF SAID MAGNET FACE BY SAID ARMATURE.