Annular brake shoe and a method for its manufacture

摘要

The invention relates to an annular brake shoe for arrangement within a brake drum, the said shoe comprising a generally annular body (3) of generally T-shaped cross-section made from an elastically resilient metal with a cut-out (34), the crossweb (32) of the T-shaped cross-section being located at the outer circumference of the annular body (3), the ends of the annular body (3), which define the cut-out (34) being capable of spreading apart and springing back, the brake shoe having a brake lining (40) applied to the crossweb (32) of the T-shaped cross-section. <IMAGE>