with the end of the brakeshoe. As the spring takes upits normal position under theordinary load of the car, thebrake band is unwrapped fromthe shoe to such a position thatvery little friction occurs, be-cause of the fact that there isonly slight engagement betweenthe brake band and shoe.… … rapidly as the pull on the strap is released, due to theflexure of the spring. The friction between the band anddrum prevents the rapid rebound which would ordinarilyoccur, due to the potential energy in the leaf spring. Asa result, the spring is allowed to return slowly to nor-mal position, the…
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