EP0368706B1 - Alpin- oder Tourenschischuh mit einer Energiequelle für eine energieverbrauchende Vorrichtung - Google Patents

Alpin- oder Tourenschischuh mit einer Energiequelle für eine energieverbrauchende Vorrichtung Download PDF

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EP0368706B1
EP0368706B1 EP89402872A EP89402872A EP0368706B1 EP 0368706 B1 EP0368706 B1 EP 0368706B1 EP 89402872 A EP89402872 A EP 89402872A EP 89402872 A EP89402872 A EP 89402872A EP 0368706 B1 EP0368706 B1 EP 0368706B1
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Jean Louis Demarchi
Michel Mabboux
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  • the present invention relates to an alpine ski or touring boot equipped with an energy source supplying an energy consuming device such as for example a heating device
  • Ski boots are already known in which they are incorporated in order to improve the comfort of the wearer of the heating devices either of the electric type with heating resistance or of the liquid or gaseous fuel type which in this case use a fuel tank and a burner housed in the shoe
  • Liquid or gaseous fuel heating devices have 1 advantage compared to electrical devices to allow greater autonomy and to ensure for a relatively long period of time the desired comfort temperature inside the shoe
  • Heating devices using liquid fuel as described for example in IT patents 1,136,269 and FR A 2,080,146 generally include a rechargeable liquid fuel burner which is disposed under a heat diffusion plate incorporated in the soleplate. the shoe so as to extend as close as possible to the foot of the wearer of the shoe
  • Other heating devices which use a gaseous fuel include a gas tank supplying through a valve a catalytic burner all these elements being also housed entirely in the sole of the shoe
  • Such gaseous fuel heating devices are described for example in the Italian utility model 196850 and in international patent application W086 / 05663
  • These gaseous fuel heating devices are of the type with rechargeable gas tank and it is therefore necessary to provide in the sole of the shoe that contains the tank an orifice through which the internal gas tank can be connected to an external gas refill source
  • the present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks by providing a shoe provided with means which automatically cut off the power supply as soon as the wearer of the shoe loosens the upper thereof.
  • this alpine or touring ski boot comprising a rod provided with means for tightening this rod, this boot being equipped with an energy source supplying an energy consuming device such as a heating device and with a device controlling an organ.
  • an energy source supplying an energy consuming device such as a heating device and with a device controlling an organ.
  • for supplying the energy consumer device connected between the energy source and the consumer device is characterized in that it comprises means actuated by the means of tightening the upper of the shoe in order to allow the opening of the energy supply member only when the upper of the shoe is tight and automatically cause the closure of this feed member as soon as the skier loosens this upper
  • the energy-consuming device incorporated in the shoe can be an electric type heating device and in this case the means actuated by the means for tightening the upper of the shoe act on an electric switch connected between a source of electric energy and a resistance heating assembly or else of the liquid or gaseous fuel type and in this case the means actuated by the clamping means of the upper of the shoe act on a device controlling a tap connected between a gas or liquid tank fuel and a heating assembly
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 which can be an alpine ski or touring boot is of the rear entry type. It is provided with a heating device which in the case of the non-limiting embodiment. presently described is of the combustible gas type. However, the invention would apply in the same way to a shoe provided with an electric or liquid fuel heating device or any other energy consuming device.
  • the heating device comprises a heating assembly 1 which is housed in a suitably shaped recess provided in the upper part of the sole 2 of the shoe
  • This heating assembly 1 comprises a burner 3 fixed for example by welding under a heat diffusion plate 4 itself placed under the inner sole 5 of the boot in order to be able to heat the skier's foot in very cold weather
  • the burner 3 is connected to a gas supply tube 7 and near the burner 3 is arranged an electrode 8 forming part of an ignition device for example of the piezoelectric type to which it is connected by a conductor 9
  • the heating unit 1 is supplied with gas from an interchangeable fuel gas cartridge 11 which is held in a housing provided in the rear part of the upper 12 of the boot inside the latter
  • the gas cartridge 11 is arranged vertically with its gas outlet orifice directed towards bottom
  • the "vertical" direction is that in which the rod 12 extends while in fact the rear wall of this rod is slightly inclined towards the front
  • the gas cartridge 11 is connected to its lower end of a supply member 13 consisting of a valve and regulator assembly, the opening and closing control member of which consists of a finger 14 projecting outside the body of the valve 13 and movable in a vertical light of this body Finger 14 is pushed back down towards its open position by a return spring 14a housed inside the pressure-reducing valve 13.
  • valve control finger 14 13 is actuated by a lug 15 forming part of a device 16 for controlling the gas supply
  • This device 16 also acts on a pusher 17 of an igniter 18 for example of the piezoelectric type which is connected by the electrical conductor 9 to the electrode 8 in order to produce an ignition spark
  • the device 16 for controlling the gas supply which acts on the valve 13 comprises two substantially vertical plates adjacent to each other contained in vertical and longitudinal planes, namely a relatively small manual control plate 19 and a plate 21 of actuation of the valve 13 of greater height extending both above and below the plate 19
  • the plate 21 of actuation of the valve 13 of generally rectangular shape carries at its lower part the tab 15 extending under the finger 14 and in contact with the latter
  • the manual control plate 19 has substantially the shape of a C open towards the rear and it comprises a vertical core 19a extended at its two ends respectively by two lower wings 19b and upper 19c
  • the lower wing 19b is used for operate the pusher 17 of the piezoelectric igniter 18 and it is housed between the upper surface of this pusher 17 and an internal projection 22 of the rear wall of the upper 12 of the shoe
  • the upper wing 19c of the manual control plate 19 extends outside the rear wall of the rod 12 passing through a light 23 elongated in the vertical direction At the external end of this wing 19 is fixed a
  • the two plates 19 and 21 are coupled to one another by means allowing relative vertical movement of the manual control plate 19 relative to the actuation plate 21 More particularly the core 19a of the manual control plate 19 carries two pins 26 aligned in the vertical direction and which are respectively engaged in slots 27 which are formed in the actuating plate of the valve 21 and which are aligned in the vertical direction
  • the manual control plate 19 also comprises at its upper part a tab 19d extending upwards and acting on a pawl 28 which is articulated on the upper part of the plate 21 for actuating the tap around a horizontal and transverse axis 29
  • This pawl 28 is produced in the form of a lever with two branches extending in the direction of the rear wall of the rod 12
  • the lower branch 28a of the pawl 28 is in contact at its end with the upper end of the actuating tab 19d and the upper branch 28b of this pawl extends upwards to the rear wall of the rod 12
  • the pawl 28 is urged clockwise by a spring 31 so that its upper branch 28b is constantly pushed in the direction of the posterior wall of the rod 12
  • the ski boot shown in FIG. 1 is provided with means for tightening its upper 12 around the bottom of the skier's leg.
  • these means clamping consist of cables 32 surrounding the upper part of the rod and which are connected to a clamping device of any known type maneuverable manually by the skier
  • the cables 32 of the lower leg clamp extend behind a part 33 of the rear wall of the rod 12 which is cut so as to constitute a movable flap More particularly this flap 33 is delimited by a U-shaped cutout it remains attached to the upper part of the rear wall of the rod 12 and it is detached of the remainder of the wall of the rod 12 along its two lateral and vertical edges and of its horizontal and transverse lower edge 33a this lower edge being intended to constitute a stop for the end of the upper branch 28b of the pawl 28
  • the flap 33 has on its part where the cables 32 for tightening the lower leg are supported, a thickness increasing downwards so that the flap 33 has a green section ical and longitudinal substantially the shape of a trapezium whose large base constitutes the lower
  • this flap 33 is solicited by a spring 34 which tends to push it outwards In the rest position it is that is to say when the rod 12 is not tightened around the lower leg of the skier, the flap 33 is in the position shown in FIG. 3 and in this position its internal face 33b is flush with the internal face of the rear wall of the rod 12 while its outer face 33c extends outwardly and downward
  • the return spring 34 of the flap 33 is advantageously constituted by a cambered leaf spring which is fixed at its upper end for example by means of 'a rivet 35 at the upper part of the rear wall of the rod 12 and of which the lower arched part with a concavity turned towards the flap 33 bears against the internal face 33b of the blocking flap 33
  • the manual control plate 19 is in fact pushed back into its upper extreme position by the spring 25 position in which its lower wing 19b is in contact with the projection 22 Furthermore the plate 21 for actuating the tap 13 is also pushed back by the spring 25 in the upper extreme position and its lower tab 15 keeps the finger 14 for actuating the valve 13 in its upper extreme position corresponding to the closing of this valve.
  • the boot is of the front entry type and the upper of the boot 12 is tightened by means of a cable 36 surrounding the front of the upper and which is hooked to a pivoting lever 37 provided with several hooking notches 38 to obtain various degrees of tightening
  • the tightening lever 37 is articulated around an axis 39 on an outer yoke 41 which can slide horizontally relative to the wall of the rod 12.
  • the core of the yoke 41 is crossed by a rivet 42 which extends through a horizontal lumen 43 formed in the wall of the rod 12
  • the rivet 42 is fixed inside the rod 12 at a front end of a support strap 44 which extends along the internal face of the rod 12
  • This support strap 44 comprises a rear part 44a which extends above the pawl 28 of the device 16 for controlling the gas supply.
  • the rear wall of the rod 12 forms a bead 45 projecting outwards and which delimits an internal groove 46 whose cross section corresponds to that of the support bracelet 44 so that the rear part 44a of this bracelet 44 can be retracted into the groove 46.
  • the support strap 44 is normally biased towards the rear by a compression spring 47
  • This spring 47 is housed in a horizontal slot 48 formed in the front part of the support strap 44 and it is supported at its anterior end on a shoulder 49 projecting into the lumen 48 and coming from the wall of the rod 12
  • the spring 47 is supported at its posterior end on the posterior edge of the lumen 48.
  • the skier loosens its rod 12 forgetting to cut the gas supply loosening the rod 12 by passing the lever 37 in the position indicated in phantom in Figure 5 causes the release of the bracelet support 44.
  • This bracelet 44 is then pushed backwards under the action of the spring 47, this displacement being made possible by the sliding of the rivet 42 in the lumen 43. Due to this displacement towards the rear, the rear part 44a of the support strap 44 is retracted into the groove 46 provided in the wall of the rod 12 and due to the erasure of the stop it constitutes the pawl 28 is released and the plate 21 can then slide upwards closing the supply valve 13 by its tab 15.

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1. Alpin- oder Tourenschischuh mit einem Schaft (12), der mit Mitteln (32: 36, 37) zum Schließen dieses Schaftes versehen ist, wobei dieser Schuh mit einer einen Energieverbraucher, wie eine Heinzvorrichtung (1), versorgenden Energiequelle (11) versehen ist, sowie mit einer Vorrichtung (16) zur Steuerung eines Versorgungsorgans (13) des Energieverbrauchers (1), die zwischen der Energiequelle (11) und dem Energieverbraucher (1) eingeschaltet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er durch die Mittel (32; 36, 37) zum Schließen des Schaftes (12) des Schuhs betätigbare Mittel (33, 44) umfaßt, die geeignet sind, das Öffnen des Energieversorgungsorgans (13) nur zuzulassen, wenn der Schaft (12) des Schuhs geschlossen ist, und automatisch das Schließen dieses Versorgungsorgans (13) zu veranlassen, sobald der Schiläufer diesen Schaft öffnet.
2. Schub nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die durch die Mittel (32; 36, 37) zum Schließen des Schaftes (12) betätigbaren Mittel (33, 44) einen unter der Wirkung einer Rückholfeder (34, 47) aus seiner Wirkstellung bewegbaren Anschlag für einen die Steuervorrichtung (16) des Versorgungsorgans (13) des Energieverbrauchers (1) in öffnungsstellung haltenden Riegel (28) bilden.
3. Schuh nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der versenkbare Riegel durch einen Abschnitt (33) der Rückwand des Schaftes (12) gebildet wird, der derart ausgeschnitten ist, daß er eine bewegliche Klappe bildet, wobei diese bewegliche Klappe (33) von einer U-förmigen Schnittlinie begrenzt wird und mit dem oberen Bereich der Rückwand des Schaftes (12) verbunden ist, während sie vom Rest der Wand des Schaftes (12) längs seiner beiden vertikalen Seitenränder und seines unteren, horizontal und quer verlaufenden Randes (33a) abgetrennt ist, der geeignet ist, für das Ende des oberen Arms (28b) des Riegels (28) einen Anschlag zu bilden, und daß Spannbänder (32) den oberen Abschnitt des Schaftes umschließen, wo die Klappe (33) ausgebildet ist, und hinter dieser vorbeigeführt sind.
4. Schuh nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Klappe (33) in ihrem von den zur Anlage am Unterschenkel dienenden Spannbändern (32) umspannten Bereich eine nach unten zunehmende Dicke aufweist, so daß die Klappe (33) im ventikalen Längsschnitt im wesentlichen die Form eines Trapezes aufweist, dessen große Basis den einen Anschlagbereich der Klappe (33) darstellenden unteren Rand (33a) der Klappe (33) bildet.
5. Schuh nach einem der Ansprüche 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Klappe (33) von einer Feder (34) belastet ist, die bestrebt ist, sie nach außen zu drücken.
6. Schuh nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Rückholfeder (34) der Klappe (33) von einer gekrümmten Blattfeder gebildet wird, die mit ihrem oberen Ende, beispielweise mittels einer Niete (35), im oberen Abschnitt der Rückwand des Schaftes (12) befestigt ist, während der gekrümmte untere Teil an der Innenfläche (33b) der Sperrklappe (33) anliegt.
7. Schuh nach Anspruch 2 der von vorn zugänglichen Bauart, bei der das Schließen des Schaftes (12) des Schuhs durch ein die Vorderseite des Schafts umschließendes Band (36) erfolgt, das in einen Schwenkhebel (37) einhängbar ist, der mit mehreren Einhängekerben (38) versehen ist, um verschiedene Spanngrade einstellen zu können, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Spannhebel (37) um eine Achse (39) auf einem äußeren Lager (41) schwenkbar ist, das sich horizontal gegenüber der Wand des Schaftes (12) verschieben kann, daß das Lager (41) im Inneren des Schaftes (12) mit einem vorderen Ende eines Stützbandes (44) verbunden ist, das sich längs der Innenseite des Schaftes (12) erstreckt und einen hinteren Abschnitt (44a) aufweist, der oberhalb des Riegels (28) verläuft und der sich in eine innere Rinne (46) an der Rückwand des Schaftes (12) einlegen kann, und daß das Stützband (46) normalerweise durch eine Druckfeder (47) belastet ist.
8. Schuh nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Steg des Lagers (41) von einem Niet (42) durchquert wird, das sich durch einen horizontalen Schlitz (43) in der Wandung des Schaftes (12) erstreckt und das mit dem vorderen Ende des Stützbandes (44) verbunden ist.
9. Schuh nach einem der Ansprüche 7 oder 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Feder (47) in einem in den vorderen Abschnitt des Stützbandes (44) eingearbeiteten horizontalen Schlitz (48) angeordnet ist und mit ihrem voderen Ende an einer in den Schlitz (48) vorspringenden, von der Wand des Schaftes (12) ausgehenden Schulter (49) anliegt, während ihr hinteres Ende am hinteren Eand der Ausnehmung (48) anliegt.
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FR8814552A FR2638616B1 (fr) 1988-11-08 1988-11-08 Chaussure de ski alpin ou de randonnee equipee d'une source d'energie alimentant un dispositif consommateur d'energie
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