SELF RELEASING BRAKE DEVICE

摘要

For a moving element such as a disc. Two brake sub-assemblies are mounted on each side of the element on a support which is slidable in a direction perpendicular to the rubbing surfaces of the moving element. Each sub-assembly comprises a brake pad having a friction surface parallel to the corresponding rubbing surface of the moving element and an opposed inclined surface parallel to a support surface of support means fixed to the support, the inclined surface cooperating with the support surface and actuating means connected to the pad for urging the pad in a direction substantially opposed to the direction of movement of the moving element. The two sub-assemblies are oriented in opposite directions on each side of the moving element. Each sub-assembly includes means for ensuring, in each direction of movement of the moving element, that one of the pads is selectively rendered integral with the support.