Self-energizing caliper type disc brake

Claim 1

A DISC BRAKE, ESPECIALLY FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES, COMPRISING A FIXED SUPPORT, A ROTATABLE DISC HAVING TWO OPPOSED FRICTIONAL AREAS, FIRST AND SECOND FRICTION SHOES ARRANGED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID DISC, A TRANSFER MEMBER MOUNTED FLOATINGLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIXED SUPPORT AND MOVABLE IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE DISC AXIS AND SPANNING THE TWO SHOES, SAID TRANSFER MEMBER DEFINING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER, PISTON MEANS IN SAID CYLINDER ADAPTED TO FORCE THE SHOES AGAINST THE TWO AREAS OF THE DISC, AN INTERMEDIATE MEMBER BETWEEN SAID PISTON MEANS AND THE FIRST SHOE, CONNECTING MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID INTERMEDIATE MEMBER WITH SAID FIRST SHOE, SAID FIXED SUPPORT HAVING A FIRST FACE RIGID THEREWITH AND SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID DISC AREAS, SAID TRANSFER MEMBER HAVING A SECOND FACE RIGID THEREWITH AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID DISC AREAS, SAID INTERMEDIATE MEMBER HAVING A THIRD FACE RIGID THEREWITH AND EXTENDING OBLIQUELY WITH RESPECT TO SAID DISC AREAS, AND A BALANCING MEMBER FREELY DISPOSED IN CONTACT WITH SAID THREE FACES.