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7481302 Apparatus for improving vehicle performance  
There is provided a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, with a flywheel ( 18 ) which rotates counter to the direction of rotation of an associated vehicle wheel ( 10 ). The flywheel ( 18 ) produces a...
7128189 Equipment for engaging a safety braking device for a lift cage  
A tripping device for engaging an elevator lift cage safety brake has actuating levers arranged at a rotary axle for engaging safety brake wedges of the safety braking device. Each actuating lever...
6752246 Speed governor and elevator employing the speed governor  
In a speed governor linkage mechanism that is displaced by centrifugal force acting on rotary weights, a balancing weight is provided in addition to speed adjustment spring for generating balancing...
6209690 Load brake  
A load brake having a load shaft, a flange-like pressure plate fixedly mounted onto the load shaft, and a cogwheel arranged on the load shaft. A tension device produces an axial motion and force in...
6196485 Dual-bearing reel centrifugal braking device  
A centrifugal braking mechanism of a dual-bearing reel for braking under centrifugal force the reel spool fitted rotatively in the body of the reel. The centrifugal braking mechanism achieves...
6086005 Fishing reel with magnetic force spool rotational-speed control during spool free rotational state  
A fishing reel is provided which is capable of preventing noise and rapid change in the rotational speed of the spool which take place when a casting operation is performed, controlling backlash of...
5967443 Speed governor for a rotational drive  
A speed governor for a rotational drive includes a rotor arranged to be driven by the rotational drive and located within a housing having a cylindrical inner side wall and an end wall. Centrifugal...
5934588 Fishing reel with centrifugal brake  
A fishing reel of the multiplier type has a frame, a line spool rotatably mounted in the frame, a brake disk coaxial with the line spool and non-rotatably but axially displaceably arranged in the...
5904229 Brake assembly  
A brake assembly by means of which rotational motion and also linear motion, i.e. faulty motion of lifting platforms, especially dropping, is braked. The assembly comprises a braking gear (20, 21)...
5848781 Balancing hoist braking system  
A pneumatically operated balancing hoist includes a housing forming a gas chamber, an inlet for communicating with the gas chamber, a sliding piston, and a rotatable longitudinally movable cable...
5540306 Adjustable centrifugal brake  
The variable centrifugal brake is used for providing a load and for dissipating energy coming from a power input. The brake comprises a frame provided with a driven hub connectable to the power...
5484043 Speed responsive brake device  
In order to prevent serious damage to a flight control system in a failure mode, a failure protection unit includes an input shaft connected to a shaft of the flight control system with the input...
5295562 Centrifugal brake  
The present invention provides a centrifugal brake which, according to one aspect of the invention, has a center hub from which extend flex members terminating in tabs extending from the flex...
5287950 Fall-arrest apparatus with constant winch braking  
A fall-arrest apparatus comprises a drum (1) which holds a cable (3) for attachment to a load and has a brake (7-11, 13-15) which automatically stops the drum if it exceeds a certain unwinding...
5141085 Hoist load brake  
The invention involves a hoist for raising and lower loads. The hoist includes a drive motor, gearing, a load brake and a cable-winding drum. The drum has an end with a splined annular member...
5137126 Electromechanical control having a centrifugal structure  
The invention concerns an electromechanical control having a centrifugal structure comprising a shaft (22) driven in rotation by an electric motor (20) and defining an axis, at least two flyweights...
4856623 Overspeed brake  
An overspeed brake mounted on an elevator cage includes a shaft that carries a pinion engageable with a rack so that linear movement of the cage produces rotation of the shaft. A carrier rotated by...
4846313 Fall-arrest apparatus  
A fall-arrest apparatus comprises a cable drum (2) and a friction brake including a rotatable brake disc (14) which is pressed against a stationary brake ring (15). In the event that the drum...
4659074 Passive-type treadmill having an improved governor assembly and an electromagnetic speedometer integrated into the flywheel assembly  
A passive treadmill having a governor mounted upon one end of a treadmill roller to adjustably limit the rate of speed of the treadmill belt. Resilient flexible rotating springs flex due to the...
4627519 Hydraulic disk brake having a braking torque-to-hydraulic force converter  
A hydraulic disk brake apparatus especially useful for braking the rotation of a hoisting drum used to support a drill string in a well. The apparatus comprises a hydraulic fluid pump having an...
4610123 Apparatus for covering bales in baling presses  
An attachable apparatus for covering round bales of agricultural harvested goods with a section of a covering inside a molding chamber of a baling press includes a supply roll freely rotatable...
4574924 Rotary shaft speed limiting arrangement  
A fluid controlled rotary shaft speed limiting arrangement has a brake disk secured to the shaft for rotational movement therewith. A braking arrangement exerts a braking force on the brake disk...
4531617 Overspeed safety braking device  
An overspeed safety braking device comprising an input shaft, the speed of which is to be braked when it exceeds a limit value, a rotary friction brake having a fixed part and a rotary part, the...
4482042 Retarder device for moving objects  
A retarder device for applying gradually increasing braking force to a moving object such as a pallet rolling on a gravitationally actuated conveyor system. The device produces a three-stage...
4346793 Motion snubbing device  
A motion snubbing device using an inertia mass, which is disposed within a housing and supported for free rotation on a shaft which is rotated with relative motion of telescoped support members. A...
4257494 Safety brake for elevators and aerial cableways  
A safety brake is provided for elevators, aerial cableways and the like which prevents unchecked downward travel of the cable car or the elevator cabin in case the lifting or drive cable breaks, or...
4216848 Centrifugal braking device  
Centrifugally activated members adapted to project outwardly by centrifugal forces when the rotational speed of a shaft to be braked reaches a predetermined level are brought into contact with a...
4198033 System for transmitting and/or controlling rotary motion  
The machines of the present invention are adapted to brake a rotor or pulley by the action of centrifugal weights or units which are arranged to produce a reactive braking action on the rotor or...
4121702 Emergency brake for rail cars  
An emergency brake mechanism is provided, particularly for small railway cars such as those used for monorail systems, for braking a car released by failure of the motor and main braking system....
4102444 Stepped torque rotary motion brake  
Rotatable discs are splined on a hub member and alternately arranged with stationary discs secured to the brake housing to form a brake disc assembly. The brake operator assembly is a combination...
4095681 Safety braking device for a unit moving along a surface, in particular for a lift car  
The safety braking device comprises a case for mounting on the unit and in which there is journalled a shaft carrying a drive wheel engaged with a surface along which surface the unit moves. Fixed...
4065100 Hoist load brake  
An improved load brake mechanism for hoists allows free movement of load supporting means connected with the hoist. The mechanism will stop the supporting means whenever the means achieves a...
4036331 Vehicle anti-skid brake control apparatus  
A vehicle anti-skid brake control mechanism consisting solely of mechanical components, particularly for use in two-wheel vehicles comprising a first brake device for primarily absorbing vehicle...
3979969 Controlled release mechanism for railway hand brake  
Kinetic energy incident to the trip release and consequent rapid spinning and unwinding of rotating members in a chain operated railway car hand brake mechanism is substantially dissipated by...
3960034 Flywheel with anti-cracking safeguard for protection against overspeed  
Flywheel assembly with anti-cracking safeguard for protection against overspeed, including a frustroconical shaft portion, a flywheel mounted in press-fitting engagement on the shaft portion and...
3927738 Load dependent acting brake for conveyor devices  
A load dependent acting brake arrangement for conveyor devices composed of a brake disk secured to a drive shaft of the conveyor device, at least one brake jaw mounted at brake lever means and...
3844387 BRAKING DEVICE FOR A DRIVEN SHAFT  
A braking device for a driven shaft includes a rotatable disc fixed to a driven shaft, a brake disc journaled concentrically with and adjacent said rotatable disc so as to be movable both in the...
3771628 WHEEL RETARDER  
An automatically operable brake for use on wheeled vehicles such as merchandise carts, baby carriages, wheel chairs, or the like, which is automatically engaged when the speed of the cart exceeds a...
3731767 BRAKING DEVICE INCLUDING ANTI-SKID MEANS  
A wheel braking system including first and second sections rotatable relative to each other and to a wheel support structure about coinciding axes. A first vehicle operator controlled brake...
3700078 SPEED RETARDING DEVICE  
This device for retarding the movement of an object includes a rotatable member mounted for axial adjustment and biased to assume a predetermined axial position. The rotation of the member is...
3695399 OVERSPEED SAFETY BRAKE FOR ELEVATORS  
A safety brake for use on a rotary component of an elevator comprising a plurality of interleaved driving and driven discs which frictionally coact to brake the elevator to a stop at a...
3674119 WINCH BRAKING MECHANISM  
A winch having an inertia responsive brake, and a velocity responsive actuator means also disposed in actuating relation to the said brake, wherein the actuator means is, at least to some extent,...
3581848 AIRCRAFT ARRESTING DEVICE WITH CENTRIFUGAL BRAKE  
An aircraft-arresting device includes a tape reel and a brake for retarding rotation of the reel. The brake includes a rotor and a stator having cooperating braking means thereon. A centrifugally...
3559773 BRAKE AND AUTOMATIC SPEED LIMITER ARRANGEMENT  
This disclosure relates to a combination brake and speed limiting mechanism wherein a manually operated brake operates on a rotatable brake disc to produce selective braking action. The disc is...
3549103 ANTIBACKLASH BRAKE MEANS FOR FISHING REELS  
3504556 SPEED TRIGGERING DEVICE  
3415343 Catch apparatus for the cages of scaffold elevators and the like  
3367598 Fishing reel having improved braking means  
3356192 Automatic variable-speed pressure governor  
3335824 Braking roller  
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