Caliper brake with axially elongate cylindrical braking member

摘要

A crown-type caliper brake comprises an axially elongate cylindrical braking member with respectively brake pads inside and outside the braking member and a caliper member operative to apply the brake pads against the braking member. The fixed support for the brake has two legs disposed respectively on opposite sides of an axial gripping plane containing a gripping axis through the central zones of the brake pads radially of the cylindrical braking member. Each of the legs has two fastener apertures for, e.g., a screw fastener and a pin respectively. One of the fastener apertures lies along a circle concentric with the axis of the cylindrical braking member substantially along which lie circumferential bearing surfaces on the legs for the brake pads. Preferably the apertures are disposed chordally of the braking member. A connecting bar may interconnect the legs outside the confines of the cylindrical braking member.