EP0634196A1 - Bindungselement für einen alphinen Ski - Google Patents

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EP0634196A1
EP0634196A1 EP94107524A EP94107524A EP0634196A1 EP 0634196 A1 EP0634196 A1 EP 0634196A1 EP 94107524 A EP94107524 A EP 94107524A EP 94107524 A EP94107524 A EP 94107524A EP 0634196 A1 EP0634196 A1 EP 0634196A1
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Christian Challande
Pascal Thomas
Pierre Desarmaux
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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
    • A63C9/08—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
    • A63C9/08507—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 plurality of mobile jaws
    • A63C9/08521—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 plurality of mobile jaws pivoting about a vertical axis, e.g. side release
    • 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
    • A63C9/001—Anti-friction devices
    • 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
    • A63C9/08557—Details of the release mechanism
    • A63C9/08571—Details of the release mechanism using axis and lever

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  • the invention relates to an alpine ski binding element, intended to retain a boot bearing on a ski, and to release it in the event of excessive stress.
  • Each retaining element has a jaw carried by a body, which is movable against the restoring force exerted by an energy spring, generally a compression spring.
  • the invention relates more particularly to a front fixing element.
  • the front binding element reacts to a lateral stress on the front end of the shoe. Such stress results from a stress in pure torsion on the skier's leg.
  • One of the objects of the invention is to provide a fastening element which facilitates the release of the shoe, in particular in the case of a pre-twist fall where the lateral component is relatively weak.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a fixing element which is relatively simple to construct.
  • connection means sensitive to the rolling movements of the support plate connect the support plate to one of the members of the element. fastening to lower the resistance force that the shoe must overcome to be released by the jaw in response to a rolling stress exerted on the support plate.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically in side view and in partial section an element before fixing according to a first non-limiting embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows the element of Figure 1 in top view and in section at its base.
  • Figure 3 shows two half views of the element of Figure 1, seen from above, and in section at different altitudes of its mechanism.
  • Figure 4 shows in exploded perspective the various elements constituting the support device of the shoe.
  • FIG. 5 shows a side view and in partial section of a fastening element according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 6 shows the fastening element of Figure 6 in top view and in partial section on the top half view.
  • Figures 1 to 4 illustrate a first non-limiting implementation of the invention.
  • Figure 1 shows a fastening element 1 which, apart from the shoe support device, has a general structure known for example from the patent application in France published under the number 2 640 516. However, only the organs of this fixation which are essential for understanding the present invention have been shown.
  • the fastening element 1 comprises a body 2 connected to a base 3 which is secured to the ski by any suitable means and for example by screws. Seen from above, the base has a "U" shape open towards the rear, with two lateral branches 3a and 3b.
  • the body can be movable vertically relative to the base, for example by a deformable connection, but this is not essential for the invention.
  • the body 2 carries a jaw 4 for retaining the front end of the shoe.
  • the jaw 4 comprises two lateral retaining wings 5 and 6, respectively articulated to the body 2 around axes substantially vertical 7 and 8.
  • the jaw 4 also comprises a sole clamp 12 for vertical retention of the shoe.
  • the sole clamp is here in different parts respectively associated with the two wings.
  • the wings 6 and 7 are movable in response to the stresses of the shoe, against the restoring force applied to them by a spring 15.
  • the spring 15 is housed in the body. It actuates a piston 16 also housed and guided in the body for a longitudinal translational movement.
  • the figures show that the piston is housed and guided in a housing 17 of the body, and that the spring is engaged inside the piston. Its front end bears against the bottom of the piston, located on the front side of the fixing element.
  • a rotation of the screw drives the spring in translation, which makes it possible to adjust the initial compression of the spring.
  • the wings 5 and 6 have, beyond their axis of articulation to the body 7 and 8, a small arm 5a, 6a, which drives the piston 16 towards the rear, bearing against a shoulder 23 situated in the upper rear part of the piston 16.
  • the fastening element 1 also comprises a support device 25 for the front end of the shoe sole.
  • the support device has a support plate 26 on which the shoe sole rests.
  • the plate 26 can be equipped in its upper part with any suitable coating intended to facilitate lateral sliding of the shoe, for example a PTFE plate. It has a width which is of the order of the width of the ski at this level.
  • the support plate 26 on which the shoe rests can oscillate for a rolling movement on either side of a nominal position in which it offers the shoe a substantially horizontal support surface.
  • the support plate is articulated in rotation about a horizontal and longitudinal axis 28 situated towards the middle of the width of the plate.
  • the axis 28 is carried by two ears 29 and 30 which rise from a plate 31.
  • the plate 31 extends under the support plate 26, against the upper surface of the ski. For example, it is connected to the base 3 under its branches 3a and 3b, at the orifices for assembling the base on the ski.
  • the support plate has two vertical tabs 34, 35 which the axis 28 crosses.
  • a connecting means reacting to the rolling movements of the support plate 26 also connects the support device to the energy spring.
  • This connecting means exerts on the spring a force which decreases the restoring force which the spring itself exerts on the lateral retaining wings.
  • the shoe is released relatively more easily. This compensates in particular for friction and other effects which slow down the lateral movement of the shoe in the event of it twisting in its retaining jaw.
  • the connecting means comprise a pedal 36 movable in a substantially vertical direction.
  • the pedal extends under the support plate 26, and is extends forward and backward.
  • the support plate 26 and the pedal 36 have a similar width and they are in contact with each other at least along the lateral edges of the support plate.
  • the support plate 26 may have support means, for example pads 26a, 26b.
  • the pedal has a large recess 37 through which the articulation lugs of the support plate 26 pass.
  • the pedal 26 extends rearwards where it is articulated around a horizontal and transverse axis 38 carried by the plate 31, for example by legs 40 and 41 perpendicular to the upper surface of the plate 31.
  • a rolling movement of the support plate 26 drives the pedal 36 in a rotational movement around the axis 37.
  • the pedal 36 has a tongue 39, which engages between the branches 3a and 3b of the base 3.
  • the tongue has a reduced width compared to the rest of the pedal.
  • the tongue 39 is supported on the approximately horizontal branch 42 of a rocker 43.
  • the rocker is generally between the two branches 3a and 3b of the base, substantially in line with the rear end of the piston 16. It is articulated around a horizontal and transverse axis 44 whose ends are housed in the branches 3a and 3b. Above the axis 44, the rocker is extended by a vertical branch made like a fork with two teeth 45 and 46 which partly overlaps the lower part of the piston 16. The teeth are pressed from front to back against two ears lateral 47 and 48 that the piston has in its lower rear part.
  • the assembly has shapes and dimensions such that in the nominal rest position of the binding, the branch 42 of the rocker 43 is substantially raised, and keeps the tongue 39 of the pedal raised.
  • the pedal stably holds the support plate in a horizontal position. From this position, the pedal can be lowered, and the rocker can pivot clockwise for Figure 1.
  • the rocker pivots clockwise, which drives the piston 16 backwards, thus initiating the necessary travel it must travel in order for the shoe to be released by one or the other of the wings. detention.
  • the spring 15 recalls all of the movable members of the fastening element in their nominal position.
  • the support plate 26 is sensitive to rolling stress. This stress can be induced in the case of a pre-twist fall accompanied by a twist of the shoe relative to its fixation around a longitudinal and horizontal axis.
  • the support plate was also sensitive to a stress on the shoe induced by a pre-torsional fall without twisting of the shoe. It has in fact been observed that in such a case, in the event of high stress, the vertical pressure exerted by the shoe on its support becomes maximum after the front of the shoe has moved laterally, so that the plate support tilted by requesting the pedal 36, although there was strictly speaking no roll request.
  • the connecting means transmit to the piston, that is to say to the return spring, the stresses to the roll of the support plate.
  • the connecting means could actuate another member of the fixing element.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an alternative embodiment according to which the front fastening element 81 has a base 83 surmounted by a vertical pivot 86.
  • a body 82 is mounted articulated around the pivot 86.
  • the shoe retaining jaw 84 forms with the body 82 a one-piece assembly.
  • the piston has on the front a flat 87 against which bears the end of a spring 85 housed in the body.
  • the other end of the spring bears against a plug 88 screwed into the body.
  • An articulated lever 90 is interposed between the end of the spring 85 and the flat 87.
  • the lever 90 is articulated around a horizontal and transverse pin 91 which is located above the spring 85. Furthermore, it has a lower end 92 which descends to the base 83.
  • the fastening element 81 also has a support plate for the shoe 96 which is articulated around a longitudinal axis 97 carried by a plate 98 located behind the base 83 and integral with the latter.
  • the support plate can oscillate laterally for a rolling movement.
  • Connecting means connect the support plate to a movable member of the fixing element, in this case the lever 90 which is interposed between the spring and the flat part of the pivot.
  • the connecting means comprise two transverse links 99 and 100 superimposed over part of their length.
  • Each link is articulated around a vertical axis 101, 102, extends from this axis in a transverse direction, and has, on the other side of the median longitudinal axis of the fixing element, a reference 103, 104 oriented perpendicularly to the support plate 96.
  • Each return has a ramp 105, 106 constituted by a surface inclined up and down and from front to back, which is partially engaged under the support plate 96 and which cooperates with an additional ramp of the support plate. Only the ramp 107 is visible in Figures 6 and 7.
  • the two links cross and are both in abutment against a pusher 110 guided for a longitudinal translation movement in a housing of the base 83.
  • the end front of the pusher presses against the lower end of lever 90.
  • a rolling movement of the support plate on one edge or the other causes a rotational movement of one or the other rod 99, 100 around its axis respectively 100, 101.
  • the rod driven in movement pushes towards the front pusher 110 which in turn forces the lever 90 to compress the spring 85.
  • This compression of the spring decreases the effort that the shoe must transmit to the jaw to cause its lateral pivoting until it releases the shoe sole.
  • connection means to the energy mechanism of the fastening element.
  • the articulation axis could be offset laterally around which the shoe support plate pivots. In the same way one could tilt this axis with respect to the longitudinal direction. All of this would actually favor one side of the shoe over the other.

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FR9308912A FR2707514B1 (fr) 1993-07-16 1993-07-16 Elément de fixation de ski alpin.

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EP0934763A1 (de) * 1998-02-06 1999-08-11 Salomon S.A. Vorderbacken einer Skibindung
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EP0934763A1 (de) * 1998-02-06 1999-08-11 Salomon S.A. Vorderbacken einer Skibindung
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ATE135596T1 (de) 1996-04-15
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