Exercising machine and brake

Claim 1

AN EXERCISING MACHINE COMPRISING A BODY PORTION, A BRAKE DRUM SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID BODY PORTION, BRAKE DRUM MOUNTED ON AND FIXED TO SAID BRAKE DRUM SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, A BRAKE BAND MEANS DISPOSED ABOUT SAID BRAKE DRUM, ADJUSTABLE MEANS OPERABLY CORRELATED WITH SAID BRAKE BAND MEANS FOR DRAWING SAID BRAKE BAND MEANS TIGHTLY AROUND SAID BRAKE DRUM TO RESIST ROTATION THEREOF COMPRISING A THREADED SHAFT, THREADED MEANS COOPERATIVE WITH SAID THREADED SHAFT AND ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE SIDE OF SAID BRAKE BAND, MEANS FOR CAUSING RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID THREADED MEANS AND SAID THREADED SHAFT FOR MOVING SAID THREADED SHAFT LINEARLY OF ITSELF DURING SUCH RELATIVE ROTATION, AND MEANS ON SAID THREADED SHAFT FOR PREVENTING LINEAR MOTION OF SAID SHAFT WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID BRAKE BAND DURING SAID RELATIVE ROTATION, ARMS SUITABLY FIXED TO BE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID BRAKE DRUM SHAFT FOR IMPARTING ROTATION THERETO, HANDLES DISPOSED AT THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID ARMS, SAID HANDLES EACH BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON RESPECTIVE HANDLE SHAFTS CONNECTED TO SAID ARMS AND EXTENDING IN PARALLELISM WITH SAID BRAKE DRUM SHAFT, WHEREBY AN OPERATOR BY HOLDING SAID HANDLES IN HIS HANDS CAN ROTATE SAID BRAKE DRUM AGAINST SAID RESISTANCE FOR PROVIDING EFFECTIVE EXERCISE, SAID BRAKE BAND MEANS HAVING GENERALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING END PORTIONS AT ENDS OF SAID MAIN BAND PORTION, SAID BRAKE BAND MEANS COMPRISING TWO MAIN PORTIONS, ENDS OF WHICH OVERLAP ON A SIDE OF SAID BRAKE DRUM WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE THE SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ENDS OF SAID BRAKE BAND MEANS, AN ELONGATED HINGE PIN DISPOSED THROUGH THE OVERLAPPING ENDS OF SAID TWO BRAKE BAND SECTIONS, SAID HINGE PIN BEING DISPOSED IN PARALLELISM WITH SAID BRAKE DRUM SHAFT, AND MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BODY PORTION AND RECEIVING ENDS OF SAID HINGE PIN FOR PREVENTING ORBITAL MOVEMENT OF SAID HINGE PIN ABOUT SAID BRAKE DRUM SHAFT, SAID BRAKE BAND MEANS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SAID BAND END PORTIONS BEIG SUFFICIENTLY RIGID AS TO APPLY A CONTINUOUS PRESSURE AGAINST SAID BRAKE DRUM FOR A GIVEN ADJUSTMENT OF SAID ADJUSTABLE MEANS WITHOUT ANY SUBSTANTIAL BENDING OF SAID BRAKE BAND MEANS SUCH AS WOULD CAUSE AN UNEVEN PRESSURE AGAINST SAID BRAKE DRUM, WHEREBY THE PRESSURE ON SAID BRAKE DRUM IS SMOOTH AND CONTINUOUSLY UNIFORM, THE OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ENDS OF SAID BRAKE BAND MEANS AS WELL AS SAID MEANS FOR DRAWING SAID BRAKE BAND MEANS TIGHTLY AROUND SAID BRAKE DRUM ALL BEING UNCONNECTED WITH SAID BODY PORTION EXCEPT THROUGH SAID HINGE PIN, WHEREBY THE PARTS ARE FREE FLOATING WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY PORTION FOR ASSISTING IN THE APPLICATION OF EQUAL PRESSURE ON SAID BRAKE DRUM AT ALL TIMES DURING ROTATION THEREOF.