US3379448A - Fixing device for vertically adjustable sole holders of ski bindings - Google Patents

Fixing device for vertically adjustable sole holders of ski bindings Download PDF

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Publication number: US3379448A
Authority: US; United States
Prior art keywords: retaining member; sole holder; sole; fixing device; teeth
Prior art date: 1965-10-26
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US585804A

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Adam Gunter

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Marker International Co

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1965-10-26

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1966-10-11

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1968-04-23

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1983-01-24 Assigned to MARKER-PATENTVERWERTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH., A SWISS CORP. reassignment MARKER-PATENTVERWERTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH., A SWISS CORP. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Assignors: MARKER, HANNES

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1988-06-14 Assigned to MARKER INTERNATIONAL COMPANY reassignment MARKER INTERNATIONAL COMPANY ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Assignors: MARKER-PATENTVERWERTUNGSGELLSCHAFT GMBH

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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
- A63C9/00—Ski bindings
- A63C9/005—Ski bindings with means for adjusting the position of a shoe holder or of the complete binding relative to the ski
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
- A63C9/00—Ski bindings
- A63C9/08—Ski bindings yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings
- A63C9/085—Ski bindings yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings with sole hold-downs, e.g. swingable
- A63C9/08535—Ski bindings yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings with sole hold-downs, e.g. swingable with a mobile body or base or single jaw

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FIG. 7 FIXING DEVICE FOR VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE SOLE HOLDERS OF SKI BINDINGS Filed Oct. 11, 1966
FIG. 7
This arrangement for fixing and adjusting the sole holder is preferable to an arrangement in which the sole holder is pivoted by a pivot pin to a pivoted member because in this case the pivot pin must be very strong in order to be able to absorb the bending forces exerted by the toe iron which bears on the sole. Besides, shakes may cause a rotation of a screw in a vertically adjustable sole holder so that the adjusted level of the sole holder is changed. For this reason, the initially described fixing devices for sole holders are preferable because they provide for an extremely reliable connection to the retaining member and preclude an unintended adjustment.
the sole holder is secured to the retaining member by one or a plurality of screws, which are screwed through the sole holder and into a tapped bore in the retaining member. For this reason, the vertical adjustment of the sole holder is relatively difficult because the screw or screws are accessible only with difiiculty.
Another significant disadvantage resides in that the screw or screws and the sole holder can be detached from the retaining member and may be lost. Unless the screws are sufiiciently tightened, continual shakes, e.g., when the ski is carried on a car, may cause the screws to fall out so that the sole holder is lost.
a clamping pin which is rotatably and captively mounted in an eccentric position in the retaining member, is provided and an extension of the sole member protrudes into an aperture of the retaining member and embraces the clamping pin in such a manner that the sole holder is held to the retaining member in one position of the eccentric pin.
the captive mounting ensures that the sole holder can never be lost.
a particularly quick and simple adjustment is enabled because it is sufficient to effect a rotation of the eccentric pin from its dead center position near the sole holder in order to disengage the faces of the transverse series of teeth so that the sole holder can be upwardly or downwardly adjusted as desired and can then be fixed by another rotation of the eccentric pin through 180.
An unintended movement of the eccentric pin to its release position, resulting in an unintended adjustment of the sole holder, can be avoided in that the eccentric pin is mounted with high friction in the retaining member or by the provision of means for holding the eccentric pin in its clamping position.
the eccentric pin extends suitably approximately at right angles to the surface of the ski because it is particularly easily accessible from above in this case.
the eccentric pin is provided at its top end face with a slot for receiving a screwdriver, a coin or the like. It will be under- 3,379,448 Patented Apr. 23, 1968 stood that the eccentric pin may be provided with other means to facilitate its actuation, such as a knurled head or the like.
FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a portion of the retaining member of the toe iron with the sole holder secured thereto and
FIG. 2 is a top plan view, also partly in section, of the portion shown in FIG. 1.
the illustrated portion of a safety toe iron comprises the sole holder proper, designated 1, and the retaining member 4.
the retaining member 4 may be pivoted to a pivoted member (not shown), which is pivoted about a pivot pin that is secured to the ski.
the sole holder is provided with a flange 2, which engages the top of the sole.
the sole holder 1 has also an extension in the form of a lug 7 and a series of transverse teeth 3.
the lug 7 extends into an oversize aperture 13 of the retaining member 4 and has a bore 9, through which an eccentric pin 5 extends.
the diameter of the bore 9 is selected so that the play of the shank 8 of the eccentric pin 5 is sufficient to enable a rotation of said shank in the bore 9 in spite of the eccentric mounting.
the eccentric pin 5 is guided in the retaining member 4 in such a manner that the head 6 and the foot 10 are mounted in bores of the retaining member 4.
the head 6 is provided with a slot 6a, which enables a rotation of the eccentric pin 5 by means of a coin or a screwdriver.
its foot 10 is riveted at 11 in the illustrated embodiment in such a manner that the pin remains rotatable.
the bore 14 in the retaining member 4 is so large that the eccentric pin 5 can be rotated in spite of its eccentric shank 8.
the retaining member 4 is provided at its rear surfaces with a series of transverse teeth 12, which have a tooth profile that is complementary to the tooth profile of the series of transverse teeth 3 of the sole holder 1.
the depth of the teeth must not exceed twice the eccentricity of the eccentric pin 5 in order to ensure a reliable clamping and release.
the eccentric pin 5 is rotated until the eccentric shank has reached its dead center position in the direction X.
the series of teeth 3 and 12 of the sole holder 1 and of the retaining member 4 are disengaged and the sole holder can be vertically adjusted in accordance with the thickness of the sole of the skiing boot which is used.
the eccentric pin 5 is simply rotated through about by means of a coin or a screwdriver.
the drawing illustrates the use of the fixing device according to the invention in a safety toe iron for ski bindings. It will be understood that the fixing device may also be applied to heel holders which are provided with a retaining member, which carries a sole holder.
a fixing device for vertically adjustable sole holders of ski bindings, in which the sole holder is provided with a series of transverse teeth on a backing surface which is at right angles to the surface of the ski, with said teeth being adjustably interengageable with a mating series of transverse teeth of a retaining member, and fixing means by which the sole holder can be fixed in its vertically adjusted position against the teeth of the retaining member, the improvement comprising said fixing means comprising a clamping pin, which is rotatably and captively mounted in an eccentric position in the retaining member, and the sole holder including an extension which protrudes into an aperture of the retaining member and is embraced by the clamping pin in such a manner that the sole holder is held securely to the retaining member in one eccentric position of the clamping pin.
the improvement of the clamping pin being provided at its top end face with a slot for receiving a screwdriver or the like.

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DE1200717B (de) *	1960-02-27	1965-09-09	Paul Weberling	Seilzuglose Sicherheitsskibindung
US3224786A (en) *	1962-06-14	1965-12-21	Reuge Sa	Safety stop for ski attachment
US3282599A (en) *	1964-07-10	1966-11-01	Hvam Hjalmar	Sole-protecting toe ski binding

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DE1200717B (de) *	1960-02-27	1965-09-09	Paul Weberling	Seilzuglose Sicherheitsskibindung
US3224786A (en) *	1962-06-14	1965-12-21	Reuge Sa	Safety stop for ski attachment
US3282599A (en) *	1964-07-10	1966-11-01	Hvam Hjalmar	Sole-protecting toe ski binding

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