EP0785003A1 - Bindungssystem für Schuhe auf Skis - Google Patents

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EP0785003A1
EP0785003A1 EP97100220A EP97100220A EP0785003A1 EP 0785003 A1 EP0785003 A1 EP 0785003A1 EP 97100220 A EP97100220 A EP 97100220A EP 97100220 A EP97100220 A EP 97100220A EP 0785003 A1 EP0785003 A1 EP 0785003A1
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Christian Challande
Jean-François Merino
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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
    • A63C9/08557—Details of the release mechanism
    • A63C9/08571—Details of the release mechanism using axis and lever
    • 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
    • A63C9/08—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
    • A63C9/08564—Details of the release mechanism using cam or slide surface

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  • the invention relates to a shoe retention element on a ski.
  • the invention also relates to a pair of retaining elements.
  • the invention relates to a front retaining element which is designed to releasably retain the front of a shoe by means of a movable retaining jaw against the restoring force of a spring. And among these retaining elements, the invention relates to an element which releases the shoe in a lateral direction asymmetrically, that is to say more easily on one side than on the other. It is in fact known that the leg of a skier, in particular at the knee, can endure higher torsional stresses for an outward rotation of the foot than for an inward rotation, that is to say ie towards the other foot.
  • Front retaining elements with asymmetrical triggering are for example known from the French patent applications published under the number 1 503 847 or even the German patent applications published under the numbers 1 807 074 or 2 919 266.
  • the latter two documents describe in particular retaining elements of the elastic stroke type, that is to say of which the retaining jaw is movable against the restoring force of an elastic restoring means which increases progressively with the angular displacement of said jaw .
  • An object of the invention is to improve the operating mode of the asymmetrically triggered retaining elements, that is to say to improve their influence on the handling of the ski.
  • the jaw has on each side an elastic stroke phase followed by a release phase.
  • the jaw has a symmetrical behavior, that is to say that for the same angular movement it is recalled with the same force on one side and the other.
  • the elastic running phase is shortened, that is to say that the shoe is released prematurely.
  • the shoe does have a symmetrical foot hold.
  • Figure 1 is a side view of a retainer.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view in section through a longitudinal plane of the retaining element of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a top view in section through a horizontal plane of an upper level of the retaining element of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 4 is a top view in section through a horizontal plane of a lower level of the retaining element of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an alternative embodiment
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the operating mode of the element of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the element of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the base visible in FIG. 7.
  • Figure 9 relates to an alternative embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 10 shows a top view and in section a retaining element according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 11 shows in exploded perspective the pivot and the tie rod of the element of FIG. 10.
  • the retaining element shown in FIG. 1 comprises a base 2 surmounted by a body 3.
  • the body has, seen from the side, a front part 3a secured to the base and an upper cover 3b.
  • the retaining element further comprises a jaw 4.
  • the jaw is composed of two lateral retaining wings of the shoe 5 and 6.
  • the vertical retaining sole clamp here has two parts respectively associated with each of the wings.
  • Each of the wings is articulated around a substantially vertical axis 7, 8.
  • Each of the wings has, beyond the articulation axis, an extension 5a, 6a.
  • the axes 7 and 8 are carried by a deformable parallelogram structure which comprises two arms 9 and 10 and on the side of the wings a cross member articulated to the arms around the axes 7 and 8 of articulation of the wings.
  • the cross-member is in two superimposed parts 11 and 12.
  • the arms are mobile in rotation around axes 13 and 14 carried by the base 2.
  • the parallelogram structure is deformable against the elastic return force of a spring 16 housed in the body.
  • the spring is retained at its front end by a plug screwed into the body. Its rear end bears against a piston 18 guided in a longitudinal orifice of the body.
  • the piston is pushed against a ramp 20 located on the front edge of the cross member 11.
  • the ramp is symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal and vertical plane defined by the ski. The trace of this plane is shown diagrammatically at 21 in FIG. 2.
  • the spring opposes an identical restoring force whatever the direction in which the wings and the arms move.
  • the wings are linked to the arms 9 and 10 and to the cross member 11 in an unlockable manner.
  • the opening of the wings is controlled by a toggle 22 having two levers 23 and 24 hinged together in their central part around an approximately vertical axis.
  • Each of the two levers is connected to a wing extension 5a, 5b.
  • the length of the levers 23 and 24 is provided so that the toggle switch 22 in the flattened position maintains the two wings 5 and 6 substantially in the respective extension of the arms 9 and 10. This position is a stable position.
  • the articulation zone of the toggle joint is in abutment against the cross-member 12, beyond the alignment of the articulation axes with the wing extensions.
  • Each of the levers has on the outside a return 23a, 24a oriented substantially perpendicular to the general direction of each of the levers.
  • the returns are approximately parallel and directed towards the front of the element.
  • the returns are movable laterally with the deformation of the structure in parallelogram.
  • a central stud 26 secured to the base 2 is provided to retain one or the other return beyond a determined displacement of the structure. This produces a break in the knee pad 22, and an opening of the wings, under the impulse of the shoe.
  • the stud is here offset with respect to the median longitudinal axis 21 so that the breaking of the toggle joint occurs earlier on one side than on the other in the movement of the structure.
  • the stud 26 is asymmetrical with respect to the line 21, it is offset towards the top of the figure, that is to say towards the right of the element of restraint. This means that the opening of the wings will occur earlier for a movement of the jaw down the figure, that is to say to the left of the element than in the opposite direction.
  • FIG. 5 shows the retaining element with the jaw moved to the right of the element, this displacement having caused the breaking of the toggle joint 22.
  • the jaw offers the same resistance to movement and acts with the same restoring force for a movement to the right or to the left of the median plane 21.
  • the asymmetry comes from the fact that the opening of the wings intervenes for different displacement races, it intervenes earlier on the side where an anticipated release of the shoe is sought.
  • the elastic restoring force that the shoe must overcome in order to achieve this anticipated release is lower on this side than on the other side, because the range of elastic travel is smaller.
  • the shape of the ramp 20 could be adapted to this asymmetry, that is to say have an asymmetrical zone at the end of elastic travel, this zone taking into account the difference in amplitude of the two ranges of elastic travel.
  • Figure 6 illustrates an alternative embodiment.
  • the stud 36 which controls the opening of the toggle joint is placed symmetrically with respect to the median plane of symmetry, and it is the wing returns 31a and 32a of the levers 31 and 32 which are made asymmetrically .
  • the wider return 32a would cause the toggle to open earlier than the return 31a.
  • Figures 7 and 8 illustrate an improvement of this method of construction.
  • the stud 34 which is in fact close to the level of the base 35, is mounted on a slider 36 movable in a transverse direction.
  • the cursor is guided in a shouldered light directed in a transverse direction.
  • the cursor is accessible under the base. It has two or three stable positions. In the two extreme positions, the stud is offset to one side or the other of the median vertical plane. This allows to polarize at will the retaining element as a right or left element and to modify this polarization if necessary.
  • the cursor is no longer accessible once the retaining element has been assembled to a ski. Possibly there is a third stable position of the cursor where the pot is centered on the median longitudinal plane. In this position, the retainer operates symmetrically.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates another embodiment of the invention.
  • the retaining element which is represented conforms essentially to that which is described in the French patent application published under the number 2 625 443.
  • This element comprises a base 41 surmounted by a body 42.
  • the jaw has two retaining wings 43 and 44 which are articulated at the end of arms 45 and 46 around substantially vertical axes 47, 48.
  • the arms are themselves articulated around substantially vertical axes 49, 50 located in the front part of the body and of the base.
  • the arms each have a return 51, 52 bearing against a piston 53 guided in the body, and pushed forward by a spring 54.
  • each wing The angular orientation of each wing relative to the arm which carries it is controlled by a ramp 55 against which wing extensions 43a, 44a, are supported.
  • the ramp 55 has two parts for each of the wings. Each of these two parts comprises a substantially rectilinear and transverse zone 57a, 58a where the wing is held in the extension of the arm, and followed by a break 57b, 58b, where the wing has the possibility of opening much more than the arm, thus allowing the release of the shoe.
  • FIG. 9 shows by way of illustration the arm 42 pressed against the body.
  • the wing 44 has its extension 44a in abutment against the area 58a of the ramp.
  • the arm 45 is separated from the body, the extension 43a of the wing 43 has reached the break 57b.
  • the wing is more open than the arm, allowing the release of the shoe.
  • This retaining element is made asymmetrical by the asymmetrical position of the breaks 57b and 58b relative to a vertical and longitudinal median plane materialized by its trace 60. It is visible in FIG. 9 that the break 58b is closer to this plane than the break 57b.
  • the areas 57a and 58a are on the other hand of the same nature, so that the elastic return of the arms 45 and 46 is the same in the area of elastic travel where the wings recall the shoe in centered position.
  • the ramp 55 is constructed symmetrically, and it is the wing extensions (43a, 44a) which are asymmetrical, in particular by different lengths.
  • the wing with the shortest extension will more quickly reach the break of the ramp, i.e. its opening phase.
  • Figure 10 shows another embodiment of the invention. This embodiment implements a retaining element which is essentially in accordance with that described in the French patent application published under the number 2 633 191.
  • This element has a base 61 surmounted by a pivot 62.
  • a body 63 is rotatably mounted around the pivot 62.
  • the body itself carries a jaw having two wings 65 and 66 for lateral retention.
  • the wings are movable relative to the body around vertical axes 67 and 68. Beyond the axes 67 and 68, the wings have wing returns 65a and 66a which are engaged with the head 78 of a tie 69 which passes through the pivot 62 and is guided in the body.
  • a return spring 70 housed in the body opposes the longitudinal movement of the tie rod.
  • the tie rod also carries integrally a lock 72 for blocking the body. The lock cooperates with a housing 73 of the pivot. It gradually emerges from this housing with the forward movement of the tie rod induced by an outward rotation of one of the wings. This disengagement movement corresponds to the elastic stroke phase where the jaw provides a refocusing of the shoe when the stress ceases.
  • the lock is entirely released from its housing.
  • the body is then unlocked, it rocks laterally around the pivot 62 thus allowing release of the shoe.
  • the rear face of the pivot 62 has a small flat 75 against which a piston 76 pushed by the spring 70 bears.
  • the rotation of the body is thus accompanied by additional compression of the spring which ensures the return to the initial position of the assembly, once the shoe has been released.
  • the asymmetry here comes from the fact that the lock releases the body in a different manner depending on the direction in which the body is rotated by the shoe.
  • the latch has on one side a milling or a chamfer 79.
  • the latch is released for a smaller amplitude of movement on the side of the milling.
  • the body releases the shoe more easily for a stress exerted on the wing located on the side of the milling.
  • the milling or any other suitable means could be located on the pivot.
  • this element is designed to be associated with another element which has an asymmetry of the same nature but opposite, so that the asymmetries and therefore the polarizations of the elements are opposite to each other.
  • the retaining element could be equipped with other functions than the lateral release function which has been described, in particular a function for releasing the shoe in rear fall, a function for lightening the restoring force exerted by the spring on the jaw in the event of a front fall, an automatic height adjustment function, and any other existing function.

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EP0914847A1 (de) * 1997-11-07 1999-05-12 Skis Rossignol Sa Skibindung
EP1138354A1 (de) * 2000-03-29 2001-10-04 Salomon S.A. Vorrichtung zur Halterung eines Schuhvorderteils auf einem Ski
FR2808454A1 (fr) 2000-05-04 2001-11-09 Salomon Sa Element de retenue de l'avant d'une chaussure sur un ski
FR2808453A1 (fr) 2000-05-04 2001-11-09 Salomon Sa Element de retenue de l'avant d'une chaussure sur un ski

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FR1503847A (fr) 1966-10-14 1967-12-01 Salomon & Fils F Perfectionnement aux fixations de ski à verrouillage par bille
DE1807074A1 (de) 1968-11-05 1970-05-27 Augustin Dr Ing Dietmar Asymmetrische Schisicherheitsbindungen (Vorderbacken) gegen Drehstuerze
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DE2919266A1 (de) 1979-05-12 1980-11-13 Bernhard Kirsch Skivorderbindung mit auf einem traeger angeordneten sohlenhalter
FR2633191A1 (fr) 1988-06-24 1989-12-29 Salomon Sa Fixation de securite pour ski
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FR1503847A (fr) 1966-10-14 1967-12-01 Salomon & Fils F Perfectionnement aux fixations de ski à verrouillage par bille
DE1807074A1 (de) 1968-11-05 1970-05-27 Augustin Dr Ing Dietmar Asymmetrische Schisicherheitsbindungen (Vorderbacken) gegen Drehstuerze
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FR2633191A1 (fr) 1988-06-24 1989-12-29 Salomon Sa Fixation de securite pour ski
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EP0914847A1 (de) * 1997-11-07 1999-05-12 Skis Rossignol Sa Skibindung
FR2770787A1 (fr) * 1997-11-07 1999-05-14 Rossignol Sa Perfectionnement pour dispositif de retenue d'une chaussure sur un ski
US6092831A (en) * 1997-11-07 2000-07-25 Skis Rossignol Sa Jaw which releasably holds a ski boot on a ski
EP1138354A1 (de) * 2000-03-29 2001-10-04 Salomon S.A. Vorrichtung zur Halterung eines Schuhvorderteils auf einem Ski
FR2806925A1 (fr) * 2000-03-29 2001-10-05 Salomon Sa Element de retenue de l'avant d'une chaussure sur un ski alpin
US6457735B2 (en) 2000-03-29 2002-10-01 Salomon S.A. Element for retaining the front of a boot on an alpine ski
FR2808454A1 (fr) 2000-05-04 2001-11-09 Salomon Sa Element de retenue de l'avant d'une chaussure sur un ski
FR2808453A1 (fr) 2000-05-04 2001-11-09 Salomon Sa Element de retenue de l'avant d'une chaussure sur un ski
US6585282B2 (en) 2000-05-04 2003-07-01 Salomon S.A. Element for retaining the front portion of a boot on a ski
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