PIVOTED AND REMOVABLE POD MOUNTING FOR BRAKES AND CLUTCHES

摘要

An improvement in a pivoted mounting system for a frictional brake or clutch which facilitates access to working parts for inspection and maintenance. Three sector shaped bodies or pods carry friction members operable to contact relatively rotatable plates. Each of the sector shaped pods is independently outwardly pivotable about either of its ends to expose the working parts. The pivot arrangement includes hooks on each end of each sector shaped pod for rotation about a pivot pin. Each sector shaped pod may alternatively be lifted out of the mechanism entirely by disengagement of the hooks of both ends from their pins.