Spot type disk brake

Claim 1

A DISK BRAKE COMPRISING A ROTATABLE DISK HAVING FRICTION SURFACES ON EACH SIDE THEREOF, A STATIONARY SUPPORT MEMBER LOCATED AT ONE SIDE OF SAID DISK, A FLUID MOTOR HOUSING LOCATED SOLELY ON SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID DISK AND RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, A BORE IN SAID HOUSING THE AXIS ABOUT WHICH IS GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS ABOUT WHICH SAID DISK ROTATES, OPPOSITELY ACTING PISTONS SLIDINGLY AND SEALINGLY MOUNTED IN SAID BORE, ONE OF SAID PISTONS BEING SLIDABLE TOWARD AND THE OTHER PISTON BEING SLIDABLE AWAY FROM SAID FRICTION SURFACE ON SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID ROTOR, A FIRST PAIR OF SPACED EARS EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID HOUSING IN A GENERALLY CHORDAL DIRECTION, A SECOND PAIR OF SPACED EARS EXTENDING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID HOUSING IN AN OPPOSITE CHORDAL DIRECTION FROM SAID FIRST PAIR OF EARS, EACH PAIR OF EARS DEFINING A SLOT THEREBETWEEN, A C-SHAPED FIRST FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER HAVING THE LEGS THEREOF STRADDLING SAID FLUID MOTOR HOUSING, EACH OF SAID LEGS BEING DISPOSED IN A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID SLOTS, SAID C-SHAPED MEMBER BEING LOCATED SOLELY ON ONE SIDE OF SAID ROTOR, A FIRST FRICTION MEMBER LOCATED BETWEEN SAID ONE PISTON AND SAID ROTOR FRICTION SURFACE ON SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID ROTOR, MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST FRICTION MEMBER TO THE LEGS OF SAID C-SHAPED MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST FRICTION MEMBER TOWARD AND AWAY FROM ITS RESPECTIVE ROTOR FRICTION SURFACE, A SECOND FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, THE EDGES OF SAID OPENING EXTENDING ON EACH SIDE OF SAID ROTOR AND TRANSVERSE TO THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID ROTOR, A SECOND FRICTION MEMBER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID ROTOR, SAID EDGES ENCOMPASSING SAID FLUID MOTOR HOUSING AND SAID SSECOND FRICTION MEMBER, MEANS CONNECTING SAID SECOND FRICTION MEMBER TO SAID SECOND FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID FRICTION MEMBER TOWARD AND AWAY FROM ITS RESPECTIVE ROTOR FRICTION SURFACE, SAID TRANSVERSE EDGES OF SAID SECOND FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER BEING RECEIVED IN A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID SLOTS, A PIN SECURED TO EACH PAIR OF EARS AND EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN, AN ELONGATED OPENING IN SAID SECOND FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER ADJACENT EACH TRANSVERSE EDGE RECEIVING A RESPECTIVE PIN THERETHROUGH WHEREBY SAID SECOND FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER IS SLIDABLY SECURED TO SAID FLUID MOTOR HOUSING, AN OPENING IN EACH OF SAID LEGS RECEIVING A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID PINS THERETHROUGH THEREBY SECURING SAID FIRST TRANSMITTING MEMBER TO SAID FLUID MOTOR HOUSING, AN ANCHORING SURFACE ON EACH OF SAID TRANSVERSE EDGES, AN ANCHORING SURFACE ON EACH OF SAID LEGS, AN ANCHORING SURFACE ON EACH OF SAID SIDE OF SAID FLUID MOTOR HOUSING LOCATED BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF SPACED EARS FOR COACTING WITH A RESPECTIVE SAID ANCHORING SURFACE ON EACH OF SAID FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMERS, EACH OF SAID ANCHORING SURFACES ON SAID LEGS AND THE RESPECTIVE ANCHORING SURFACE ON SAID SECOND TRANSMITTING MEMBERS DEFINING ONE COMPONENT AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ANCHORING SURFACE ON SAID MOTOR HOUSING DEFINING THE OTHER COMPONENT OF A RESPECTIVE SET OF COACTING ANCHORING SURFACES, ONE COMPONENT OF SAID COACTING ANCHORING SURFACES OF EACH SET BEING ROUND AND THE OTHER COMPONENT OF SAID COACTING ANCHORING SURFACES OF EACH SET BEING GENERALLY FLAT WHEREBY SAID FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBERS CAN ROCK ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID AXIS OF DISK ROTATION, SAID ONE PISTON BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST FRICTION MEMBER AND SAID OTHER PISTON BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER FOR MOVING SAID FIRST FRICTION MEMBER AND SAID SECOND FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBER IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TO ENGAGE SAID FRICTION MEMBERS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE ROTOR FRICTION SURFACES, SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRICTION MEMBERS TRANSMITTING TORQUE THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE FORCE TRANSMITTING MEMBERS DIRECTLY TO SAID FLUID MOTOR HOUSING.