Anti-skid brake

Claim 1

FLUID CONTROL MECHANISM FOR PREVENTING A SKID OF A VEHICLE HAVING DISC BRAKES, SAID FLUID CONTROL MECHANISM COMPRISING: HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SOURCE MEANS; FIRST MEANS HAVING A DISC SHAPE AND CARRIED BY A VEHICLE WHEEL AND ARRANGED TO ROTATE THEREWITH; FRICTION MEANS RESPONSIVE TO PRESSURE FROM SAID HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SOURCE MEANS TO ENGAGE SAID DISC AND IMPEDE THE ROTATION THEREOF THEREBY PROVIDING A BRAKING MEANS FOR THE VEHICLE; SECOND MEANS PIVOTABLE ON THE AXIS OF THE DISC AND CARRYING SAID FRICTION MEANS, SAID FIRST MEANS ADAPTED TO MOVE ON THE PERIPERY OF THE FIRST MEANS IN AN ARCUATE PATH DURING A BRAKING CONDITION THEREBY GENERATING A FORCE; RESILIENT MEANS MOUNTED TO A FIXED PORTION OF THE VEHICLE RELATIVE TO THE FIRST AND ARRANGED TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND MEANS; THIRD MEANS ENGAGEABLE BY SAID SECOND MEANS ON RETURNING TO A POSITION OF REST AFTER A PIVOTAL MOVEMENT; SAID THIRD MEANS INCLUDING A PIVOTABLE CAM AND CAM FOLLOWER; AND FOURTH MEANS ADAPTED TO CONTROL PRESSURE FROM THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SOURCE MEANS AND INCLUDING A PORTION RESPONSIVE TO SAID CAM PORTION DURING A PIVOTING MOVEMENT THEREOF TO PREVENT A FURTHER PRESSURE RESPONSE OF SAID FRICTION MEANS TO SAID HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SOURCE MEANS AND SEQUENTIALLY RELEASING ANY HYDRAULIC PRESSURE ACTING ON THE FRICTION MEANS AT THAT TIME; SAID SECOND MEANS BEING DRIVABLE IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO WHEEL ROTATION BY SAID RESILIENT MEANS WHEN A CONDITION OF NO RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE FIRST MEANS AND THE SECOND MEANS OCCURS DURING A BRAKING ACTION THEREBY PREVENTING A SKID OF THE VEHICLE WHEEL DUE TO BRAKE LOCK-UP.