Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Elements
Patent
1987-08-20
1989-10-31
Lindsey, Rodney M.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Elements
74475, 74489, 745022, 74527, 74531, G05G 506
Patent
active
048769134
ABSTRACT:
In a gear selector for controlling speed gears with a spring-loaded derailleur for sports and racing bicycles, there are associated with the gear selector operating lever (1), mounted rotatable against friction on a pivot (2), a snap-action mechanism controlling a plurality of lever positions with which a like number of positions of correct alignment of the speed gear with the various sprockets of the free wheel correspond, and means for activating and deactivating said mechanism on command. This snap-action mechanism comprises a notched member (4) with notches (18) in different positions, which is immediately interchangeable so as to adapt the gear selector to the control of any type of free wheel and of the most varied combinations of sprockets in free wheels, and at least one pawl for engaging the notches of said member and constructed integrally (5) with the spring which urges it into said engagement.
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Campagnolo S.p.A.
Lindsey Rodney M.
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