Braking apparatus and warning triangle deploying the braking apparatus
View Patent ↗A self-applying braking apparatus to prevent wind-blown movement of a mobile device includes a main body, a resisting member, a retaining member, a pushing member, and a mounting member. The braking apparatus is mounted on an application device by the mounting member. The retaining member provides an elastic force to fix the main body on the application device. The resisting member is disposed on the main body and configured to abut the tarmac or ground to prevent the mobile device from moving. The pushing member is disposed on the main body and is configured to push the resisting member to abut the ground when blown by the wind or by turbulence from a passing vehicle in a predetermined direction, when greater than the elastic force. The braking apparatus prevents unwanted wind-blown movement.
1. A braking apparatus comprising:
a main body;
a mounting member configured to mount the main body on an application device;
a resisting member disposed on the main body and configured to abut a ground to prevent the application device from moving;
a retaining member providing an elastic force to fix the main body on the application device, and to hold the main body at a fixed position where the resisting member leaves the ground; and
a pushing member disposed on the main body;
wherein the pushing member is configured to push the resisting member to abut the ground when subjected to an external force in a predetermined direction which is greater than the elastic force.
2. The braking apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the retaining member is a torsion spring, an end of the torsion spring is associated with the application device, and the other end of the torsion spring is associated with the main body, the main body is thus fixed on the application device.
3. The braking apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the main body is provided with a limited post, the other end of the torsion spring is configured to abut the limited post to fix the limited post on the application device, the main body is thus fixed on the application device.
4. The braking apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main body is configured to sleeve on a passive walking device of the application device.
5. The braking apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the mounting member is configured to mount the main body on a shaft around which the passive walking device rotates.
6. A warning triangle comprising:
a supporting rod; and
a braking apparatus comprising:
a main body;
a mounting member by which the main body is mounted on the supporting rod;
a resisting member disposed on the main body and configured to abut the ground to prevent the warning triangle from moving;
a retaining member providing an elastic force to fix the main body on the supporting rod, and to hold the main body at a fixed position where the resisting member leaves the ground; and
a pushing member disposed on the main body;
wherein the pushing member is configured to push the resisting member to abut the ground when subjected to an external force in a predetermined direction which is greater than the elastic force.
7. The warning triangle of claim 6 , further comprising a passive walking device disposed on the supporting rod, wherein the supporting rod is provided with a shaft, the passive walking device comprises a roller, the roller is disposed on the shaft and rotates around the shaft during walking.
8. The warning triangle of claim 7 , wherein the main body is mounted on the shaft by the mounting member, the main body covers the roller and comprises an arcing surface covering a rim of the roller, the resisting member and the pushing member are disposed on the arcing surface and spaced apart from each other.
9. The warning triangle of claim 8 , wherein the pushing member is a fin extending outward from the arcing surface.
10. The warning triangle of claim 8 , wherein the resisting member has a resisting surface, the resisting surface is a concave-convex surface.
11. The warning triangle of claim 7 , wherein the main body is provided with a limited post protruding towards the supporting rod, the retaining member is configured to fix the limited post on the supporting rod, the main body is thus fixed on the supporting rod.
12. The warning triangle of claim 11 , wherein the retaining member is a torsion spring, the torsion spring is sleeved on the shaft, an end of the torsion spring abuts the supporting rod, and the other end of the torsion spring abuts a side of the limited post, and the other side of the limited post away from the torsion spring abuts the supporting rod, the limited post is thus clamped and fixed between the torsion spring and the supporting rod.