. Automotive industries . lined with Ferodo brake lining. Thefoot brakes are unusually large, the drums being in diameter. These drums are provided with coolingflanges % in. deep, cut from the solid, and it is statedthat this brake can be applied for long periods withoutoverheating. All brackets and levers of the brake mechanism aremade of drop forged steel, heat-treated. Both sets ofbrakes are provided with brake equalizers of the differ-ential gear type, neatly inclosed in aluminum housingsmounted on cross tubes on the frame. The foot brake adjustment is, perhaps, the handiestdevice
. Automotive industries . lined with Ferodo brake lining. Thefoot brakes are unusually large, the drums being in diameter. These drums are provided with coolingflanges % in. deep, cut from the solid, and it is statedthat this brake can be applied for long periods withoutoverheating. All brackets and levers of the brake mechanism aremade of drop forged steel, heat-treated. Both sets ofbrakes are provided with brake equalizers of the differ-ential gear type, neatly inclosed in aluminum housingsmounted on cross tubes on the frame. The foot brake adjustment is, perhaps, the handiestdevice of the kind ever put on a car (though by no meansthe simplest) and is covered by a patent. All the opera-tor has to do to adjust the brake is to turn a small hand-wheel at the side of the frame, the adjustment beingself-locking. A sectional view of this mechanism isshown herewith. The handwheel A has the end of itsstem B squared to engage with the cap nut C supported March 17, 1921 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIESTHE AUTOMOBILE 599. i. JJU-^JT- :. : / rr--v—-r
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