JPH04353089A - Adaptor for bicycle pedal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a bicycle pedal operable by both a general shoe and a cleat shoe and relatively easy to perform the switching. CONSTITUTION:An adaptor to a cleat shoe pedal 9 is formed in such a manner that an adaptor body 5 can be attached to and removed from the pedal 9 by the engagement of a mounting part 6 with a cleat locking part 8 or the separation from the cleat locking part 8 when the covering operation or peeling operation of the adaptor body 5 to the pedal 9 is conducted. When the adaptor body 5 is attached to the pedal 9, the adaptor body 5 forms a shoe pedal operating surface 10 having a brace 7 on the upper side of the cleat locking part 8 by a top plate part 2, and pedal operation can be performed so that, even in the case of a general shoe, the sole of a shoe does not make contact with the cleat locking part 8, and the brace 7 works to the sole of the shoe.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an adapter for bicycle pedals.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when using shoes equipped with cleats to operate the pedals by fixing the shoes to the pedals, a pedal for cleated shoes equipped with a cleat locking part is attached to a crank. When operating the pedals using regular shoes that do not have cleats, it is recommended to use non-slip shoe treads because if you operate the pedals for cleated shoes with regular shoes, your feet will easily slip due to the cleat locking part of the pedals. A normal shoe pedal with an operating surface was attached to the crank. In other words, depending on the type of shoes used, pedals for cleated shoes and pedals for regular shoes were used.

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Conventionally, in order to use different types of shoes, it was necessary to prepare and own two types of pedals, one for cleated shoes and one for regular shoes. It was necessary to remove it from the crank, which was disadvantageous from an economical point of view and was time-consuming. An object of the present invention is to enable pedal operation using cleated shoes and regular shoes to be advantageous both economically and in terms of time and effort.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the object, the bicycle pedal adapter according to the first invention includes an adapter body that is detachably attached to a bicycle pedal provided with a cleat locking portion, and The adapter body is provided with an operation surface forming portion that forms a non-slip shoe pedal operation surface on the bicycle pedal when the adapter body is attached to the bicycle pedal. In order to achieve the object, the bicycle pedal adapter according to the second invention includes an adapter body that is detachably attached to a bicycle pedal provided with a non-slip shoe pedal operation surface, The adapter body is provided with a locking portion forming portion that forms a cleat locking portion on the bicycle pedal when attached to the bicycle pedal.

[0005]

[Operation] Owning or preparing a pedal for cleated shoes and a pedal adapter according to the first invention, or owning, preparing, and using a pedal for ordinary shoes and a pedal adapter according to the second invention. Attach the adapter to or remove it from the pedal depending on the type of shoes you are wearing. Then, when using cleated shoes, the shoe is fixed to the pedal by the action of the cleat locking part that the pedal originally has, or by the action of the cleat locking part formed on the pedal with an adapter. When using regular shoes, it can be operated by using the non-slip operating surface formed on the pedal with an adapter, or by using the non-slip operating surface that the pedal is originally equipped with. This allows the user to operate the pedals while being able to freely remove his or her feet from the pedals when necessary, while also preventing the feet from slipping on the pedals.

[0006]

[Effects of the Invention] By simply having one type of pedal, either a pedal for cleated shoes or a pedal for normal shoes, and an adapter for this pedal, it is possible to prevent slipping when using normal shoes, and Both types of pedals can be used, making it cheaper than owning and preparing both types of pedals. Moreover, since the adapter has a simpler mounting structure than the pedal and can be detachably configured, it is possible to change the specifications of the pedal in accordance with a change in the shoes being used relatively easily.

[0007]

[Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 1, there is a resin upper plate part 2 having a plurality of through holes 1, and a resin resin having a through hole 3 connected to the peripheral edge of the upper plate part 2. The adapter main body 5 is formed by the side plate part 4 made of
The upper plate part 2 is provided with a large number of protrusions 7 arranged along the periphery of the bicycle pedal, thereby forming an adapter for a bicycle pedal. As shown in FIG. 2, this adapter is provided with a pair of cleat locking parts 8, 8 on each of the pair of tread sides, and allows a bicycle pedal 9 configured to be operated with cleated shoes to be operated with ordinary shoes. The details are as follows. As shown in FIG. 2, the adapter main body 5 is configured to cover one tread side of the pedal 9, and as the adapter main body 5 covers the pedal 9, the cleat locking parts 8, 8 are connected to the mounting part 6. The pair of attachment parts 6, 6 are automatically engaged and disengaged due to the pressure release action by the cleat locking part 8, 8 and the restoring action by the engagement biasing spring (not shown). The side plate portion 4 is positioned around the pedal 9, and the side plate portion 4 is positioned around the pedal 9 so that the adapter is pressed against the pedal 9 by contact with the side surface of the pedal. It is configured to prevent movement in the surface direction, and by placing the adapter body 5 over one of the pedal surfaces of the pedal 9, the entire adapter can be attached to the pedal 9. When the adapter main body 5 is attached to the pedal 9, the outer surface 10 of the upper plate portion 2 is positioned above the cleat locking portion 8 on the tread surface side on the adapter attachment side of the pedal 9, forming a shoe tread operation surface 10. , protrusion 7・
By structuring the shoe pedal operation surface 10 to prevent slipping, the upper plate portion 2 becomes the operation surface forming portion, and the sole of a regular shoe without a cleat does not come into contact with the cleat locking portion 8. The pedal 9 is configured to form the shoe pedal operation surface 10 on which the protrusion 7 acts to prevent slipping on the sole of the shoe, and the adapter is provided with the shoe pedal operation surface 10 with the anti-slip 7 on the pedal 9. It is designed to switch from cleated shoes to regular shoes. By peeling off the adapter body 5 from the pedal 9, the mounting portion 6 is disengaged from the cleat locking portion 8, and the entire adapter can be removed from the pedal 9.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of mounting portions 11,
11 is provided with a plurality of fixed claw-type locking portion forming portions 13 on the adapter body 12 made of sheet metal,
The movable claw-type locking part forming part 14 is attached so that it can be rocked around the axis X and rocked toward the engagement side by the spring 15, thereby creating a bicycle pedal. I have configured the adapter. As shown in FIG. 4, this adapter is equipped with a pair of shoe tread operating surfaces 18 having a protrusion-type non-slip 16 and a protrusion-type non-slip 17 on each of the pair of tread sides, and is configured to be operated with ordinary shoes. It is used when operating the bicycle pedal 19 with cleats,
The details are structured as follows. As shown in Figure 4,
The attachment portion 11 of the adapter body 12 is placed against one side of the shoe pedal operation surface 18 of the pedal 19, and the attachment portion 1 of the adapter body 12 is placed against the other shoe pedal operation surface 18 side.
By tightening and connecting 1 and 2 with the mounting screw 20, the mounting part 11 and the mounting part 11 of the other adapter clamp the pedal shaft mounting part 19a of the pedal 19, so that the adapter main body 12 does not come off from the pedal 19. , and is configured to be fixed so as not to move, and by connecting the adapter main body 12, the entire adapter can be attached to the pedal 19. When the adapter main body 12 is attached to the pedal 19, the locking portion forming portion 1 is attached to either of the pair of shoe pedal operation surfaces 18, 18.
3 and 14 are the cleat locking portions 13 on the shoe pedal operation surface 18.
or 14, and the adapter is configured to provide the pedal 19 with cleat locking parts 13 and 14, so that the pedal 19 can be switched from one for ordinary shoes to one for cleated shoes. The entire adapter can be removed from the pedal 19 by disconnecting the adapter body 12 by removing the mounting screw 20.

Although reference numerals are written in the claims for convenience of comparison with the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the structure shown in the accompanying drawings.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

[Figure 1] Perspective view of a cleat shoe pedal and its adapter

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Figure 2: Cross-sectional view of the adapter

[Figure 3] Perspective view of a regular shoe pedal and its adapter

[Figure 4
]Cross-sectional view of the adapter

[Explanation of symbols]

2 operation surface forming part 5,
12 Adapter body 7, 16, 1
7 Anti-slip

Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] An adapter body (5) that can be detachably attached to a bicycle pedal (9) equipped with a cleat locking part (8).
an operation surface forming a shoe pedal operation surface (10) with a non-slip (7) on the bicycle pedal (9) when the adapter main body (5) is attached to the bicycle pedal (9); A bicycle pedal adapter, wherein the adapter body (5) is provided with a portion (2). 2. An adapter body (12) that is detachably attached to a bicycle pedal (19) provided with a shoe pedal operation surface (18) with anti-slip (16) and (17), the adapter body (12) ), the adapter body (12) is provided with a locking part forming part that forms cleat locking parts (13), (14) on the bicycle pedal (19) when the bicycle pedal (19) is attached to the bicycle pedal (19). Adapter for bicycle pedals.