Tom Brake (871 bytes)
1: [[Image:Tom_Brake.jpg|right]]
3: '''Thomas Anthony Brake''' (born [[May 6]], [[1962]]) is a politician in ...
9: *[http://www.tombrake.co.uk/ Tom Brake MP] official site
10: ...562,00.html Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle - Tom Brake]
11: ...foryou.com/mp/?pid=10063 TheyWorkForYou.com - Tom Brake MP]

Brake (1601 bytes)
1: ''This article discusses the mechanical brake.''
2: ...the type of '''ferns''' known as brakes, see '''[[brake (fern)]]'''.
3: ...'sheet metal benders''' known as brakes, see '''[[brake (box and pan)]]'''
4: *For the city in Germany, see ''[[Brake, Germany]]''
8: A '''brake''' is a device for slowing or stopping the motion...

Emergency brake (2568 bytes)
2: ...re also known as '''parking brakes''' and '''hand brakes'''.
4: ...n in place to dissuade people from activating the brake without good reason.
6: ...driver. In the central handle configuration, the brake can be activated either by the driver or passenge...
8: ...hat will keep them engaged. On vehicles with [[automatic transmission]]s, this is usually used in conc...
10: ...ts own. This and automatically releasing parking brakes were a deadly combination.

Jake brake (1773 bytes)
1: ... to slow the vehicle. Also known as [[compression brakes]]. The name comes from Jacobs Vehicle Systems.
3: ...fectively aid in slowing the truck. A compression brake uses a [[solenoid]] to open the exhause valve at ...
5: ...n the clutch that will deactivate the compression brake when the clutch is depressed.
7: ...cks that also muffle the sound of the compression brake.
11: [http://www.jakebrake.com Jacobs Vehicle Systems]

Brake fluid (1786 bytes)
1: ...Braking applications produce a lot of [[heat]] so brake fluid must have a high [[boiling point]] to remai...
3: Brake fluid can come in a number of forms, standardized...
5: ==Components of mineral brake fluid==
21: ==Components of silicone brake fluid==
27: *[http://www.carcarecouncil.org/Brakes/brake_fluid.shtml Car care council]

Brake (fern) (1406 bytes)
2: <tr><th align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen>'''Brake'''</th></tr>
26: '''Brakes''' are [[fern]]s of the [[genus]] ''Pteris''. M...
28: ...wo words is uncertain. If they are related, then brake is a diminution of bracken.

Air brake (578 bytes)
1: '''Air brake''' may refer to the following contexts:
3: * '''[[Air brake (aircraft)]]''' &mdash; In [[aeronautics]] these ...
5: ...d vehicle]]s and [[railway]]s this is a type of [[brake]] operated by compressed air.

Vacuum brake (3592 bytes)
1: ... supplanted in the main by [[air brake (rail)|air brakes]].
3: ...ion or the train breaking apart, the brakes are automatically applied.
5: ...train, and the brakes on the [[guard's van]] or [[brake van]] (UK) or [[caboose]] (US) at the back to sto...
7: ...that between atmospheric pressure and a realistic brake-pipe pressure.
11: The brakes themselves are in the form of metal ''shoes'' wh...

Brake (railway) (3291 bytes)
1: Brakes are the devices on railway trains to bring the t...
5: * brakes on the engine.
7: * calling for additional application of handbrakes by whistle signals.
8: * hauling special "brake vans" to assist with the braking effort.
9: * pushing special "brake tenders" ahead of a diesel engine to increase bra...

Muzzle brake (1719 bytes)
1: A '''muzzle brake''' is a device that is affixed to the [[firearm m...
3: Muzzle brakes are simple in concept. One of the simplest desig...
5: ...f period in which the bullet is at the end of the brake, but not yet exited. During this time the gasses ...
7: ...ctive the muzzle brake is, the louder it will be. Brakes often also slightly decrease the accuracy of the...
10: ...ttp://www.chuckhawks.com/muzzle_brakes.htm Muzzle Brakes]

Shooting-brake (478 bytes)
1: '''Shooting-brake''' is a car body style indicating luxury estate c...
3: The body is usually custom built.
4: ...y manufacturer of shooting brakes was [[Albion (automobile)|Albion]] of [[Scotland]].
5: There are existing examples of custom-built [[Bentley]] ''S2'' and [[Mercedes 300]] car...
7: ...r is actually offers a model named ''VGD Shooting Brake''.

Disc brake (7712 bytes)
1: ...age:suspension.jpg|thumb|On [[automobiles]], disc brakes are located within the wheel]]
3: The '''disc [[brake]]''' is a device for slowing or stopping the rota...
6: ..., [[motorcycle]]s, and some [[bicycle]]s use disc brakes.
9: ...nger vehicles, though some retain the use of drum brakes on the rear wheels to keep costs down.
14: [[Image:Disc brake open.png|200px|Disc is free to rotate]]

Drum brake (1438 bytes)
1: A '''drum brake''' is a [[brake]] in which the [[friction]] is caused by a set of...
3: [[image:drumbrake.jpg|right|drum brake]]
5: ...by [[Maybach]] a year earlier. In the first drum brakes, the shoes were mechanically operated with lever...
7: ...heels of cars were gradually replaced with [[disc brake]]s.
9: ...aft. This type of band brake is also used in [[automatic transmission]]s and [[aerobic exercise]] cycl...

Inboard brake (679 bytes)
1: ...ne of the few modern vehicles fitted with inboard brakes, although this addition was likely to accomodate...
3: [[Category:Automotive braking technologies]]

Thomas Brake (375 bytes)
1: '''Thomas Brake''' (born [[May 6]], [[1962]]) is a politician in ...
5: [[Category:1962 births|Brake, Thomas]]

Brake run (4378 bytes)
1: ... [[Train (roller coaster)|roller coaster train]]. Brake runs may be located anywhere along the circuit of...
4: == Trim brakes ==
5: ...ain areas at higher-than-anticipated speeds. Trim brakes are often either added for safety reasons, to lo...
7: == Block brakes ==
8: ...arting a train (after it has been stopped). Block brake sections usually start the train again in one of ...

Brake (box and pan) (1483 bytes)
1: ...so known as a '''bending machine''' or '''bending brake'''.
4: ...g the bend. This clamping action may be manual, automatic or operated using a foot pedal. The front, ga...
12: Brakes come in sizes suitable for light [[aluminium]] o...
15: .../vertical.cfm?ProductID=773 Example of industrial brake - description and photograph]

Air brake (rail) (4153 bytes)
1: ...pped with the Westinghouse Quick-Action Automatic Brake.
3: In the air brake's simplest form, compressed air pushes on a pisto...
5: ...to get enough air to the end of the train, so the brakes apply too slowly
6: ...ing of hoses and pipes, air will leak out and the brakes will no longer work.
7: ...have no brakes at all (locomotives have their own brakes) potentially causing a runaway train.

Air brake (aircraft) (966 bytes)
1: In [[aeronautics]] '''air brakes''' (sometimes called "[[spoiler (aeronautics)|sp...
3: Air brakes differ from spoilers in that air brakes are designed to increase drag while making littl...
5: ...rcarriage, allowing the wheels to be mechanically braked with much less chance of skidding. In addition, ...

Bicycle brake systems (10636 bytes)
1: '''Bicycle brake systems''' are used to [[brake|stop]] a [[bicycle]]. There have been various
6: ... the high wheeled [[penny-farthing]] bikes had no brakes as we would recognize them. As the machines were...
8: ...is was undoubtedly a big improvement on having no brakes at all, but it was not very powerful and had the...
10: ...ntion of the '''rim brake'''. This is the type of brake most commonly used on bicycles today.
12: ==Rim brakes==

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