Vehicle brake cable tensioning and releasing mechanism

Claim 1

AN EMERGENCY AND PARKING BRAKE CONTROL ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A FRAME AND A TUNNEL COVER WITHIN WHICH SAID ASSEMBLY IS TO BE MOUNTED, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, A BRACKET, A HANDLE MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT ON SAID BRACKET, FORCE MULTIPLIER MEANS HAVING SAID HANDLE AS A FORCE INPUT MEMBER AND AN INPUT FORCE REACTION MEMBER CONNECTED TO A PORTION OF SAID BRACKET AND A TENSION ABLE TAKE-UP CABLE AS AN OUTPUT MEMBER, AN IDLER PULLEY ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON AN AXLE SECURED TO SAID BRACKET AND RECEIVING SAID TAKE-UP CABLE TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF SAID CABLE, CABLE GUIDE MEANS SECURED TO SAID BRACKET AND ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE VEHICLE FRAME FOR MOUNTING SAID BRACKET TO THE FRAME IN FORCE TRANSMITTING RELATION THEREBETWEEN, MEANS FOR GUIDABLY SECURING SAID BRACKET TO SAID TUNNEL COVER ADJACENT SAID HANDLE, SAID BRACKET REACTION MEMBER PORTION AND SAID IDLER PULLEY AXLE AND SAID FORCE TRANSMITTING CABLE GUIDE MEANS BEING POSITIONED TO TRANSMIT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE BRAKE REACTION FORCES GENERATED WHEN TENSIONING SAID CABLE TO SAID GUIDE MEANS FOR TRANSMISSION TO SAID FRAME MEMBER.