Abstract:
A hand-operated bicycle brake assembly includes a pair of complementary, similar, preferably identical, caliper arms having a pre-formed configuration, central supporting structure including a central aperture through the elongated caliper arm and a complementary central aperture through an offset planar portion extending from the central area of the arm, one end of the arm provided with a concave recess and threaded aperture for a locking bolt therein, a brake shoe, a support hub integral therewith and provided with spherical projections at each end for mating with a recess in the caliper arm and a bushing and secured to the caliper arm by a through bolt, the caliper arm being forked and provided with a cable clamp nut and bolt. The cable clamp nut and bolt is in two parts for engaging a cable as passed through a slot in the bolt. The brake assembly further comprises a support head having a mounting bolt for attachment thereof in adjustable fashion to a bicycle frame and a bearing support projection extending therefrom for supporting the complementary pair of caliper arms thereupon by central mounting apertures thereof. Low friction bearing washers and sleeve are provided with a locking bolt for retaining the caliper arms on the support projection and finishing the assembly.
Abstract:
A bicycle wheel rim brake comprises a pair of extensible and retractable brake members mounted in bicycle frame members which straddle the wheel rim. Each brake member is symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of its frame member and is slidably mounted in an opening formed in a support for movements toward and away from the rim. A cover is carried by each support and overlies the associated opening. Springs acting between the covers and the brake members bias the latter away from the rim and hold the covers in place.
Abstract:
A caliper brake for cycles and the like in which a bridge piece secures the caliper brake to the cycle frame and a pair of arms are pivotally mounted and carry brake jaws which press against the cycle wheel when a cable is drawn. According to the invention at least one of the arms and the support are connected by a threaded member and are respectively tapped so as to receive the threaded member as a screw-and-nut connection. A clearance is provided axially to permit the arm to move slightly as it is rotated about the screw member on the latter.
Abstract:
An adjustable shoe mounting structure for bicycle brake device is disclosed. Users may use the first adjusting member of the adjusting assembly to be turned relative to the second adjusting member of the adjusting assembly. That is, the first adjusting member may be pulled inwardly to turn an angle. The first adjusting member uses the elasticity of the spring to move axially and the brake shoe may be adjusted the angle by matching convex teeth with different heights of the first adjusting member and the second adjusting member. It may achieve the efficiency of adjusting brake shoe. Also, it has simple structure and is easy to operate while adjusting.
Abstract:
A rim for a bicycle includes a radially outer tire-engaging portion, a radially inner spoke-engaging portion, a first sidewall and a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall. A brake track is located on the first and second sidewalls including a plurality of grooves formed therein. Each of the plurality of grooves has a radially innermost point and a radially outermost point, wherein the radially outermost point is circumferentially aft of the radially innermost point relative to a forward circumferential travel direction of the rim.
Abstract:
A bicycle brake arm basically has a first branch and a second branch. The first branch includes a cable attachment structure. The second branch extends from the first branch. The second branch includes a brake shoe attachment structure. At least one of the first and second branches includes an interior cavity. The at least one of the first and second branches has a transverse cross-section in which the interior cavity is completely and continuously surrounded by an exterior surface of the bicycle brake arm.
Abstract:
A brake pad obtainable by peroxide cross-linking with a mixture comprising: a polymeric base having from 10 to 40 parts by weight of hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (HNBR); from 90 to 60 parts by weight of a vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene-tetrafluoroethylene terpolymer; and, fibres from 5 to 15 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of polymeric base.
Abstract:
A wheel rim with a brake rotor includes a wheel rim having two retaining walls respectively and annularly formed on two lateral sides thereof. An annular groove is annularly defined between the two retaining walls for adapting to retain a tire. The wheel rim has a plurality of support plates spacedly formed on one retaining wall and extending toward a center of the wheel rim to form a hub hole defined therein. The hub hole is axially located at the center of the wheel rim for adapting to assemble with a wheel hub. A brake rotor is concentrically connected with the wheel rim and mounted with the other retaining wall of the wheel rim for adapting to be clamped by a disc brake.
Abstract:
A novel brake assembly is provided for a bicycle. The assembly is composed of an arrangement of a pair of brake pads each connected to a rod member in turn guided for axial movement by a base fixed on the bicycle frame. A bifurcated control cable actuates wedge members causing movement of the pads against a wheel rim. Return springs on the rod members cause the assembly to return to the original non-braking position in response to release of the control cable.
Abstract:
An adjusting mechanism of the bicycle brake system is composed of a fastening member, a resilient member and an adjusting member. The fastening member is fastened with one of two brake arms of the bicycle brake system and with the bicycle frame. The resilient member has a deformable arcuate section and is fastened at one end thereof with the brake arm. The adjusting member is composed of an adjustment shaft and a tapered block which is movably fastened with the adjustment shaft such that the tapered block can be actuated to move linearly by the adjustment shaft so as to force the arcuate section of the resilient member to deform.