DUAL BRAKE ON DRIVE AND IDLER WHEELS OF INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS

摘要

A brake system for wheeled vehicles, especially lift trucks having one motorized drive wheel and one idler wheel spaced laterally thereof and adjacent the operator's station. The idler wheel may be either a steered wheel or a caster wheel, but in either construction a brake is associated with both the idler wheel and the drive wheel. The drive-steer wheel is braked by a direct acting mechanical brake which acts on the motor shaft through the transmission gear train in order to minimize operator effort and maximize the use of space in packaging the brake in a relatively small space as compared with a brake-in-wheel construction, while the idler wheel is braked by a hydraulic acting brake device operating in the wheel itself.