EP0242549A1 - Verschlussvorrichtung für Schuhe - Google Patents

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EP0242549A1
EP0242549A1 EP87103245A EP87103245A EP0242549A1 EP 0242549 A1 EP0242549 A1 EP 0242549A1 EP 87103245 A EP87103245 A EP 87103245A EP 87103245 A EP87103245 A EP 87103245A EP 0242549 A1 EP0242549 A1 EP 0242549A1
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pawl
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Herbert Marxer
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Lange International SA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/14—Clamp fastenings, e.g. strap fastenings; Clamp-buckle fastenings; Fastenings with toggle levers
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/146—Fastenings with toggle levers with adjustment means provided for on the strap, e.g. ratchet strap
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/14—Clamp fastenings, e.g. strap fastenings; Clamp-buckle fastenings; Fastenings with toggle levers
    • A43C11/1406—Fastenings with toggle levers; Equipment therefor
    • A43C11/1413—Equipment for fastening toggle lever fastenings
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2102—Cam lever and loop
    • Y10T24/2104—Step adjusted
    • Y10T24/2106—Ski boot and garment fasteners
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2143—Strap-attached folding lever
    • Y10T24/216—Ski boot and garment fasteners
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2183—Ski, boot, and shoe fasteners

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  • the present invention relates to a device for closing two parts of a shoe comprising a toothed belt intended to be fixed to one of the parts of the shoe, hooking means mounted sliding on and around the toothed belt and provided with a locking device on the toothed belt in a chosen position, and a rectangular loop secured to a tensioning lever, intended to be fixed to the other part of the shoe and coming to hang on said means of hanging.
  • Such a device is known (CH-A-638 085) comprising a toothed belt on its lower face and on which the attachment means, comprising a stirrup provided with two lugs and a latching part articulated on this stirrup, are fixed by pinching and engaging two lugs of the caliper in the teeth of the belt.
  • the buckle is of the conventional type articulated on a tensioning lever itself articulated on a stirrup fixed on the other part of the shoe. To significantly modify the tension setting of this closing device, it is necessary to raise the latching member to disconnect it from the belt. Such an operation requires a certain force and cannot be executed very quickly.
  • the object of the present invention is to produce a toothed belt closure device of the quick-adjustment type, with a ratchet and of compact shape, in which the axis of the pawl is not very stressed.
  • the device according to the invention is characterized in that the toothed belt has a wolf tooth toothing, that the locking device of the fastening member is constituted by a spring ratchet cooperating with the wolf tooth toothing and simultaneously constituting the attachment member and having for this purpose a transverse groove in the form of a hook situated above the spout of the pawl, and that the buckle and its tensioning lever form a single piece intended to be articulated the end of the other part of the shoe in its middle part and coming to fall back on the belt after hooking on the pawls and tension.
  • the part of the device secured to the other part of the shoe is particularly simple, since it consists of a single piece simultaneously forming a loop and tensioner.
  • the device also has the advantage that the part of the shoe carrying the buckle covers and hides the part of the toothed belt comprised between the hooking means and its free end, thus preventing this end of the toothed belt from s' move away from the shoe and accidentally catch on a foreign object.
  • the support of the pawl has two cutouts in the extension of the groove of the pawl and two notches in which is housed and positioned the axis of the articulation of the loop.
  • the profile of the cutouts is such that when the loop is closed, that is to say folded over the hooking means, the loop is locked, that is to say that it cannot escape from the pawl by pivoting about its median axis, in the notches of the support.
  • These notches also ensure alignment of the loop relative to the toothed belt and the pawl, thus avoiding torsional forces and poor distribution of the pressure of the pawl on the tooth, respectively the teeth of the toothed belt.
  • FIG. 1 The sectional view shown in Figure 1 is a horizontal section through the upper of a ski boot showing approximately the left half of the left boot, the front of the boot being located on the right in the drawing.
  • This rod 1 is in one piece open at the front and having two flaps 2 and 3 overlapping at the front.
  • On the side and behind the rod 1 is fixed a toothed belt 4 by means of a rivet 5.
  • This belt 4 is made of relatively hard synthetic material. It has a wolf teeth toothing 6, that is to say teeth having an oblique flank and a flank perpendicular to the belt.
  • a slider 7 On and around the toothed belt 6 is mounted a slider 7 in the form of a metal stirrup between the wings of which a pawl 8 is mounted by means of a pin 9.
  • This pawl 8 has a double spout 10 kept engaged in the teeth 6 of the toothed belt by means of a torsion spring mounted around the axis 9. Above its double spout 10, the pawl has a transverse groove 11 having a profile in the form of a hook and constituting precisely the attachment member.
  • the toothed belt 4 passes naturally between the bottom of the stirrup and the pawl 8 and it is pinched between these two parts.
  • the wings of this stirrup have two cutouts 12 with a profile identical to the profile of the groove 11 and situated in the extension of this groove.
  • the stirrup 7 also has, at the other end, two rounded and aligned notches 13.
  • a loop 14 At the end of the flap 3 of the rod is articulated a loop 14 around a transverse axis 15 passing approximately through the middle of the loop and held in a metal reinforcement piece 16 in the shape of a U, fixed by rivets to the flap 3 of the rod and surrounding a rectangular cutout 17 in which the loop 14 can pivot.
  • the loop 14 has two arms 18 and 19 between which is fixed a bar 20 constituting the loop itself.
  • the reverse of the loop has a U-shaped profile 21 which releases the articulation axis 15 in the central part of the loop, so that this axis can be received in the notches 13 of the stirrup 7.
  • the loop 14 being articulated at an intermediate point, it simultaneously constitutes a tensioning lever.
  • the toothed belt 4 has at its free end an enlargement 22 forming a stop for the stirrup 7.
  • the tongue 3 of the shoe also has a clearance 23 on its inner face for the passage of the toothed belt 4.
  • the closing device shown is used in the following manner: the loop 14 is placed in the position shown in FIG. 5, that is to say its bar 20 forward relative to the flap 3 of the rod.
  • the loop 14 is then hooked to the pawl 8 by engaging its bar 20 in the groove 11 of the pawl 8, that is to say also in the two cutouts 12 of the stirrup 7.
  • the user can carry out a pre-adjustment of the tightening tension, pre-adjustment going in the direction of a greater tension, by pushing the stirrup 7 in the direction of the arrow F1 with the loop 14. In this direction, the pawl 8 jumps on the teeth of the belt 4.
  • the invention is of course susceptible of numerous variants.
  • the notches 13 could be removed and the axis 15 could simply come beyond the stirrup 7.
  • the cutouts 12 of the stirrup 7 could also be removed, the attachment having to be done above all on the ratchet 8.
  • This ratchet could have a different shape, as could the buckle 14.
EP87103245A 1986-04-25 1987-03-06 Verschlussvorrichtung für Schuhe Expired - Lifetime EP0242549B1 (de)

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AT87103245T ATE50482T1 (de) 1986-04-25 1987-03-06 Verschlussvorrichtung fuer schuhe.

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CH1703/86A CH668168A5 (fr) 1986-04-25 1986-04-25 Dispositif de fermeture d'une chaussure.
CH1703/86 1986-04-25

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JP (1) JPS62258603A (de)
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CA (1) CA1278423C (de)
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DE (1) DE3761739D1 (de)

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CA1278423C (en) 1991-01-02
JPS62258603A (ja) 1987-11-11

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