Land vehicles – Skates – Shoe attaching means
Patent
1996-01-11
1998-03-31
Johnson, Brian L.
Land vehicles
Skates
Shoe attaching means
280618, A63C 9081
Patent
active
057329680
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for the longitudinal adjustment of a ski-binding part, in particular of a front jaw, including a guide rail fastened on the upper side of a ski, and on which the ski-binding part is guided in the longitudinal direction of the ski as a movable jaw unit, and can be fixed in a predetermined slide position on the guide rail by a locking mechanism having a locking part movably guided at a right angle with respect to the guide rail on the jaw unit, with an operating member hinged to said locking part, which operating member can be moved through the force of a spring into a form-locking engagement selectively with one of the complementary locking recesses of the guide rail arranged one behind the other in longitudinal direction of the ski, whereby the operating member has at least two surface sections, of which the second surface section extends relative with respect to the first surface section at an angle, which has the same size or is larger than 90.degree., and whereby the second surface section lies farther from the locking part than the first surface section, and thus the first surface section determines the locked and the second surface section the unlocked position of the locking part.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Such a device is known from the AT-PS 380 639 and has proven to be successful in practice since the locked or unlocked position of the locking part is determined or fixed by two defined end positions of the operating member. The operating member is thereby pivotal about a horizontal axis supported on the jaw unit and the entire locking device is integrated in the front jaw. Thus the space needed for the locking device and the design of the operating member with the two surface sections used for its support must be newly considered for each type of front jaw. This means, however, that an individual construction is required for each jaw type.
An improved embodiment of the above device has become known from the AT-PS 396 432 disclosing that it is possible to not only adjust the front jaw, but also a heel holder through a connecting band in longitudinal direction of the ski by having three defined positions of the operating member determine the position of the locking part. Both the front jaw and also the heel holder are locked in the first position, in the second position is, for example, the heel holder unlocked whereas the front jaw remains locked, and in the third position both the heel holder and also the front jaw are unlocked. Also for this solution it is necessary to newly consider the space needed for the locking mechanism for each type of front jaw.
DE-OS 1 954 512 describes a locking mechanism for ski-binding parts built into an adjusting plate movable on the guide rail, which plate is intended for fastening of a ski-binding part so that various types and sizes of ski-binding parts can be selectively mounted thereon. The locking mechanism consists of a lock transversely movable with respect to the longitudinal axis of the ski, which lock engages one arm of a two-arm lever, the second arm of which is designed as a locking part, whereby the lock is loaded in longitudinal direction of the ski by a spring so that the locking part or rather its teeth are pressed against a row of teeth on the guide rail. If the teeth or rather the tooth gaps of the row of teeth are covered by snow, ice or dirt, an incomplete reciprocal engagement takes place, thus not guaranteeing the locking of the ski-binding part.
A similar locking mechanism has become known from FR-OS 2 683 457, in which the locking mechanism is also integrated into an adjusting plate. A lock, which is movable transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the ski, has two teeth engaging the spaces of a row of teeth of the guide rail. The lock is spring-loaded and has an operating button. A third tooth, arranged offset between the two teeth, is used as a stop for the lock. In order to make sure that the lock is completely unlocked, the button must be completely pressed in an
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Freisinger Henry
Himmetsberger Alois
Janisch Andreas
Luschnig Franz
Stadler Heinz
Avery Bridget
HTM Sport - und Freizeitgeraete Aktiengesellschaft
Johnson Brian L.
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