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Class Number: 188 Class Title: BRAKES Subclass Subclass Number Title 1.11 WITH CONDITION INDICATOR 1.12 TO RETARD ROLLING OF CASTER 2 R VEHICLE 3 R .Train 3 H ..Fluid pressure vehicle 4 R .Wheel and ground 4 B ..Rotary brake member 5 .Ground-engaging 6 ..Sprag 7 ..Anchors 8 ..Sled 9 .Wagon 10 ..Four-wheel 11 ..Divided beam 12 ..Running gear support 13 ...Divided beam 14 ..Hayrack type 15 ..Retreating shoe 16 .Independent wheel 17 .Hub or disk 18 R ..Motor vehicle 18 A ...Disc brakes 19 .Cart 20 .Children's carriages 21 .Truck 22 ..Two-wheel 23 ...Ground-engaging 24.11 .Velocipede (e.g., bicycle, etc.) 24.12 ..Including mechanism for opposed gripping of wheel rim or tire 24.13 ...Wheel rim configured to cooperate with components 24.14 ...Having means to increase braking force (e.g., self-energizing brake, etc.) 24.15 ....Variable leverage actuator 24.16 ....Plural brakes having common actuator 24.17 ...Actuation controlled by back-pedalling 24.18 ...With means to lock brake in actuated position 24.19 ...Having means to adjust spacing between brake component and wheel rim or tire 24.21 ...Having center-pull, cable-type actuator for mechanism 24.22 ...Specific actuator element structure 25 ..Roller 26 ..Hub or disk 27 ..Pivoted wheel 28 .Clasp 29 .Top shoes 30 .One-way 31 .Positive lock 32 .On ground 33 .Railway 34 ..Train 35 ..Wheel and raill 36 ...Chock 37 ....Roller shoe 38 ..Track 38.5 ...Plural abutments selectively engageable by vehicle-carried means, e.g., car spotter 39 ...Rotary shoe 40 ...Slot 41 ..Rail 42 ...Carrier type 43 ...Grippers 44 ....Automatic 45 ....Wheel clamps 46 ..Equalizing series 47 ..Connected trucks 48 ..Maximum traction type 49 ..Four wheel opposing 50 ...Open center 51 ...Divided beam 52 ..Four wheel spreading 53 ...Divided beam 54 ....Locomotive type 55 ....Mine car type 56 ..Clasp 57 ..Top shoes 58 ..Disk on axle 59 ...Side shoes 60 ..Positive lock 61 ..One-way 62 ..On track 63 ...Catchers 2 A .Braking torque regulators 2 D .Bowdin wire-operated 2 F .Wheelchair brakes 64 WHEEL AND STRAND 65.1 STRAND 65.2 .With attaching means 65.3 .Plural brakes 65.4 .Tortuous grip 65.5 ..Adjustable 67 ROD * WHEEL 68 .Frictional and positive 69 .Positive lock 70 R .Axially and transversely movable 70 B ..Self-energizing 71.1 .Axially movable brake element or housing therefor 71.2 ..With clutch between load and brake assemblage 71.3 ..Antipodal, relatively separable brake elements 71.4 ...Annular elements 71.5 ..Plural rotating elements (e.g., "multidisc") 71.6 ..With means for cooling brake 71.7 ..With means to adjust for wear of brake 71.8 ...Self-adjusting means 71.9 ....Including unidirectionally rotating screw 72.1 ..With means for actuating brake element 72.2 ...Self-force-increasing means 72.3 ...And means for retracting brake element 72.4 ...By fluid pressure pistonn 72.5 ....Piston for each of plural elements 72.6 ....And/or mechanical linkage 72.7 ...By inclined surface (e.g., wedge, cam or screw) 72.8 ....Screw or helical cam 72.9 ...By pivoted lever 73.1 ..Structure of brake element 73.2 ...Circumferential or circumferentially spaced 73.31 ..Retainer for brake element 73.32 ...Having means to facilitate changing brake element 73.33 ....By manipulation of brake actuator 73.34 .....Pivotable actuator 73.35 ...Having actuator and means to prevent vibration thereof 73.36 ....Including means to prevent vibration of brake element 73.37 ...Having means to prevent vibration of brake element 73.38 ....Spring 73.39 ...Including torque member supporting brake element 73.41 ...Including actuator pivotable in plane parallel to axis of rotation of wheel 73.42 ....And slidable in that plane 73.43 ...Including actuator slidable in plane parallel to axis of rotation of wheel 73.44 ....On axially extending pin 73.45 .....Plural pins 73.46 ...Including actuator fixed on torque member 73.47 ...Having closed loop type housing 74 .Transversely movable 75 ..Opposing 76 ...Rim grip 77 R ..Strap 77 W ...Wrap band type 78 ..Expanding 79 ...Multiple sets 323 ...Three shoes 324 ....Rotary cam operatively abutting shoe ends 325 ...Two shoes 326 ....Operators at both ends of each shoe 327 ....Anchors adjacent unoperated ends 328 .....Common anchor pivot or abutment 329 ......Rotary cam abutting shoe ends 330 .....Rotary cam abutting shoe ends 331 ....Adjacent ends operatively connected and not anchored to support 332 .....Rotary cam abutting shoe ends 333 .....One end anchored 334 ....Anchors at alternate ends 335 ...Radially guided shoe 336 ...Continuous split band 337 ....Anchored intermediate ends 338 .....Rotary cam operatively abutting band ends 339 ....Rotary cam operatively abutting band ends 340 ...Lateral guide for shoe 341 ...Anchor 342 ...Self-energizing 343 ...Wedge operator 79.51 ..Having wear take up or compensating structure 79.52 ...Temperature responsive 79.53 ...Feeler actuated 79.54 ...Actuated in conjunction with other braking elementt 79.55 ...Actuated by brake operating lever 79.56 ...Having separate adjustment actuator mechanism 79.57 ...Manually operated 79.58 ....Brake operator length adjusted 79.59 ....Mounted between shoe and a support member 79.61 .....Causes direct, simultaneous adjustment of plural shoes 79.62 ...Located on or in an operator 79.63 ...Mounted between shoe and a support member 79.64 ....Between plural supporting shoes 80 .Rotary shoes 82.1 .One-way brakes 82.2 ..Reversible 82.3 ..With disabler 82.34 ...Integral with engager 82.4 ..With hold out 82.5 ..Combined or plural diverse types 82.6 ..Biased flexible band 82.7 ..Pivoting or flexing detent (e.g., pawl) 82.74 ...Axially moving 82.77 ...On rotating member 82.8 ..Dragged wedging member 82.84 ...Rolling 82.9 ..Axially moving 83 .Continuous 84 .Fixed brake 85 .Intermittent 371 PLASTIC DEFORMATION OR BREAKAGE OF RETARDER ELEMENT (E.G., IMPACT ABSORBER) 372 .And subsequent reverse deformation 373 .Element twisted 374 .Element extruded through or around tool 375 .Element severed by cutting tool 376 .Frangible element 377 .Crushable element 378 INERTIA OF DAMPING MASS DISSIPATES MOTION (E.G., VIBRATION DAMPER) 379 .Resiliently supported damping mass 380 ..Supported by mechanical spring 266 INTERNAL-RESISTANCE MOTION RETARDER 267 .Using magnetic flux 268 .Using yieldable or fluent solid or semisolid 269 .Using diverse fluids 270 .Operating against ambient atmosphere 271 .Combined with surface-friction brake 272 .Combined with mechanism retarded by brake 273 ..Restricting exhaust from engine 274 .With heat exchanger 275 .With valved regulator responsive to inertia of valve member 276 .With means compensating for change in temperature of viscosity 277 ..Including thermostatic valve responsive to temperature 278 ...Manually adjustable valve 279 .Resistance responsive to changing condition 280 ..Relative speed of thrust member or fluid flow 281 ..Relative direction of thrust member 282 ...By valved orifice in thrust member 283 ..Position of load-linked valve 284 ..Position of thrust member relative to chamberr 285 ...With means for adjusting responsiveness 286 ...Having orifice in chamber wall 287 ....Plural, successively encountered orifices 288 ...Having varying area of chamber passageway for thrust member 289 ...Having varying area of metering rod extending through orifice in thrust member 290 .Including unidirectionally rotating load member 291 ..With clutch between load and brake assemblage 292 ..Cooperating with peripherally mating jointly rotating member 293 ..Driving relatively moving element which causes flow of brake fluid 294 ...With means for regulating movement of element 295 ...Comprising rectilinearly reciprocating piston 296 ..Driving radial vanes which cause toroidal flow of brake fluid 297 .Including thrust member and variable volume chamber 298 ..Forming flexible wall enclosure for fluid 299 ..With control means remote from chamber 300 ..With means for locking parts together temporarily 301 ..Causing air suction in chamber 302 ..Rectilinear reciprocation of piston caused by arcuately oscillating load member 303 ...Pistons reciprocating oppositely in nonaligned cylinders 304 ...Load member located between dual pistons 305 ...Piston reciprocating along axis of oscillation 306 ..Arcuately oscillating thrust member 307 ...Resilient or radially urged vane 308 ...Causing fluid flow through hub of thrust 309 ....With manually adjusted valve in hub 310 ...With means for manually adjusting fluid flow 311 ..Thrust member reciprocating in enclosed chamber 312 ...Having piston rod extending through ends of chamber 313 ...Causing fluid flow between compartments of chamber 314 ....With reservoir for fluid 315 .....Annular reservoir 316 ....Through or around piston within chamber 317 .....Through orifice in piston 318 ......And passage external to chamber 319 ......With manually regulated valve for orifice 320 ......Tortuous path orifice 321.11 ..Including means connecting thrust member to load 322.11 ..Specific retarder component structure 322.12 ...Including protective shield for retarder 322.13 ...Including valve 322.14 ....Foot valve 322.15 ....Piston valve 322.16 ...Including seal or guide 322.17 ....Between piston rod and cylinder 322.18 ....Between piston and cylinder 322.19 ...Cylinder structure 322.21 ....Having means for filling or recharging 322.22 ...Thrust member structure 322.5 .Using viscosity of fluid medium 381 FRICTIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER * OPERATORS 105 .Multiple 106 R ..Vehicle 107 ...Railway 106 F ...Fluid and mechanicall 106 A ...Inside wheel 106 P ...Plural systems 108 .Vehicle step 109 .Seat 110 .Automatic ..Vehicle 111 ...Trips 112 R ...Train 112 A ....Anti-sway control 113 ...Four-wheel 114 ...Hub ...Auxiliary mechanism on tongue 115 ....Rear wheel 116 .....Divided beam 117 ....Front wheel 118 .....Divided beam ...Movable tongue 119 ....Rising and falling 120 ....Rear wheel 121 .....Divided beam 122 ....Front wheel 123 .....Divided beam ...Railway 124 ....Train 125 .....Drawbar 126 ......Speed-responsive 127 ....Strain release 128 ...Sled 129 ...Rise and fall 130 ....Rotary 131 ...Turning 132 ...Horse pull 134 ..Differential movement 135 ..Momentum 136 ...Wedging shoe 137 ...Electric control 138 ....Vehicle 139 ...Gravity control 140 R ...Vehicle 141 ....Fluid-pressure control 142 ....Draft control 143 ....Wheel and ground 144 ....Railway 145 .....Winding 146 ......Axle 147 .....Train 148 ......Push rod 149 ......Drawbar 150 .......Speed-responsive 140 A ....Servo brake 151 R .Fluid pressure 152 ..Road vehicle 344 ...Velocipede 345 ...With multiple master cylinders 346 ...With friction drag response 347 ...With hydraulic quick-slack-take-up pulsator 348 ...With power quick-slack-take-up 349 ...With front rear brake apportionerr 350 ...With steering gear control 351 ...With hydraulic automatic slack adjuster 352 ...With bleeding or filling device 353 ...With hydraulic lock 354 ...With independent wheel control 355 ...With nonmanual fluid-power source 356 ....Vacuum power 357 .....And manual 358 ....Liquid power 359 .....And manual 360 ....And manual 361 ...Wheel brake operating assembly 362 ....With transversely movable internal brake 363 .....Motor between shoe ends 364 ......Dual opposed piston motor 365 ....Radially acting motor 366 ....Arcuate or annular motor 367 .....Axially acting 368 ....Axially acting motor 369 ....With axially movable brake member 370 .....Spot type 153 R ..Rail vehicle 153 D ...Diaphragm 153 A ...Rim grip type 154 ..Exhaust of propelling motor 151 A ..Safety devices 155 .Fluid current 156 .Electric and mechanical 157 ..Electric motor on staff 158 .Electric 159 ..Dynamic 160 ...Additional current 161 ..Electromagnet 162 ...Rotary motor 163 ...Solenoid 164 ...Magnetic circuit 165 ....Rail-engaging 166 .Spring 167 ..Vehicle 168 ...Draft release 169 ....Wagon 170 ..Fluid-pressure release 171 ..Electric release 173 ...Vehicle 174 .Weight 175 ..Draft control 176 ..Vehicle body 177 ...Inclined 178 ...Longitudinally movable 179 ..Float .Speed-responsive 180 ..Regulators 181 R ...Vehicle 181 A ....Acceleration responsive 181 C ....Comparative 181 T ....Torque-responsive 182 ...Fluid and electric control 184 ...Transversely expandingg 185 ....Radial 186 ...Transversely contracting 187 ...Axially moving 188 ...Strand-engaging 189 ..Stops * POSITION ADJUSTERS 190 .Vehicle body movement 191 ..Radius rod 192 ..Turning 193 ...Railway 194 ...Pivoted wheel 195 .Load 196 R .Slack 197 ..Railway car 198 ...Automatic 199 ....Friction clutch 200 ....Ratchet bar 201 ....Shims 202 ....Screw 203 .....Fluid-operated 196 A ..Fluid 196 C ..Combined 196 F ..Torsional spring 196 M ..Manual 196 P ..Friction 196 B ..Ratchet 196 BA ...Rotatable 196 D ..Frictional rotation 196 V ..Screw, shim or cam 204 R .Equalizers 204 A ..For strap brakes 205 R .Supports 206 R ..Brake element 207 ...Beam 208 ....Road vehicle 209 ....Brackets 210 ....Safety 211 ....Locks 212 ....Parallel motion 213 .....Multiple-point support 214 ....Wear compensation 215 .....Brake shoes 206 A ...Anchor 205 A ..Antirattler 216 .Release mechanism 217 .Brake-thrust distributors * ELEMENTS 218 R .Brake wheels 218 XL ..Disk type 218 A ..Dust guard 219.1 .Beams or beam assemblies 219.6 ..With movable, reversible or adjustable heads 220.1 ...Pivoted head 220.6 ....Lockingly adjustable 221.1 .....Yieldably readjustable 222.1 ..With fixed head or thrust block 222.6 ...Integral head and beam 223.1 ...Trussed beamm 223.6 ....Head or block held by tension element 224.1 .....Tension adjusted by terminal nut 225.6 ..Trussed beam 226.1 ...Integral tension and compression member 228.1 ...Tubular compression member 228.6 ...H, I, L, T, U, V, or X cross section compression member 229.1 ...With strut-type fulcrum 229.6 ....Reversible 231 ..With fulcrum 232 ...Reversible 233 ...Spaced 233.3 ..With guides and/or guards 233.7 ..H, I, L, T, U, V, or X cross section beam 234 .Shoe fasteners 235 ..Locomotive type 236 ..Heads 237 ..Combined wheel guards 238 ..Multiple shoes 239 ...Superposed 240 ...Linear arrangement 241 ....Frangible connection 242 ..Interlocking heads and shoes 243 ...Longitudinal key 244 ...Longitudinal insertion 245 ...Side insertion 246 ...Clamps 247 ..Shoe-back lugs 248 ...Cast in 249 ..Flexible shoes 250 R .Shoes 251 R ..Composite 252 ...Flanged 253 ....Recessed 254 ...Shells 255 ...Cast metal matrix 256 ....Nonmetallic inserts 257 ....Faces 258 ....Backs 259 ...Flexible 251 A ...Materials 251 M ...Metallic surfaces 260 ..Chills 261 ..Recessed 262 ..Rotary 250 A ..Transversely expandable 250 H ..One-piece 250 C ..Multiple web 250 D ..Web and flange connections 250 E ..Slotted shoes and vibration dampers 250 F ..Anchor and operator fittings 250 G ..Surfaces and fasteners 250 B ..Shoe construction 264 R .Cooling and lubricating 264 A ..Air-cooled, axially engaging 264 AA ...Auto wheel type 264 B ..Lubrication 264 D ..Liquid cool 264 E ..Wet friction surface and internal resistancee 264 F ..Operating fluid cooling 264 CC ..Contained coolant 264 G ..Insulators 264 P ..With pump 264 W ..External wheel covers 265 .Locks 382 MISCELLANEOUS