Title: Vehicle shoe drum brakes

Abstract: The invention concerns shoe drum brakes and provides for such brakes, a replaceable shoe lining component which is detachably secured to the shoe platform or backplate, the latter remaining permanently in position in the brake assembly. The lining component preferably comprises a thin carrier plate and a lining of friction material secured to the carrier plate; the shoe platform and the carrier plate having detachably inter-engageable means such as tongues and slots by which they are capable of being securely connected together in the brake assembly.

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Inventors: Newstead, Charles (Walsall, EN)

Application Number: 139822
Filing Date: 1971-05-03
Publication_date: 1976-03-02
Assignee: Girling Limited (Birmingham, EN)
Primary Class(es): 188/250G 192/107T
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1571243	Feb, 1926	Down	188/250.
1682319	Aug, 1975	Bluhm	188/234.
1771595	Jul, 1930	Thompson	188/250.
1857124	May, 1932	Brackett	188/250.
1857125	May, 1932	Brackett	188/250.
1867348	Jul, 1932	Blume	188/250.
2158337	May, 1939	Rasmussen	188/250.
2361307	Oct, 1944	Merritt	188/234.
2631697	Mar, 1953	Bonkowski	188/234.
3181657	May, 1975	Pelich et al.	188/242.

Other Refs: 519,274

Feb, 1931	DT

Primary Examiner: Blix, Trygve M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Scrivener Parker Scrivener and Clarke