JPH0639076A - Ski holding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modified) [Objective] The present invention relates to an improved ski holding device for holding a ski on a table such as a work table for preparing a ski base and edges. The problems created by the new trapezoidal and monocoque design are overcome by using a pseudo ski boot that attaches to the ski 10. This mounting also pivots the ski 10 from a position in which the base 23 is horizontal with the ski 10 inverted, to a position in which the base 23 of the ski 10 is vertical or in the middle, and the ski 10 is Provided to hold in the direction. There are additional locking means to hold the base 23 in the horizontal and inverted positions. There is also a measure for easily removing the shoe portion 14 of the holding device from the mounting portion 15 of the holding device in order to reverse the direction in which the ski is facing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improved ski holding device which allows the ski to be mounted on a fixed support such as a work bench or the like to allow the production of ski bases and edges.

[0002]

The manufacture of skis has undergone a revolutionary technological change both in the materials used and in the method of manufacture. The cross section of skis has traditionally been made in the most popular rectangular box design of 1985. Skis with a trapezoidal cross section were introduced by Fischer, the Salomon monocoque design entered the test market in 1989/1990, and gained a large amount of participation in the ski market in the winter of 1990. scheduled.

Skis are expensive sports equipment and require frequent maintenance or "conditioning" to ensure optimum performance and long service life. Conditioning includes cleaning, repair, texturing and waxing of plastic base materials and fillers, preparation of metal edges to remove roughness and providing smooth, sharp running surfaces. Such adjustments must be repeated over the life of the ski.

Traditional skis of rectangular box design have been secured to the work bench by conventional vise used for compression to hold the ski in place. An adapter is required to fix the trapezoidal ski in a conventional vise. These adapters are only valid around
Inconvenient to use. Both the rectangular box design skis and the trapezoidal design skis are vulnerable to lateral compression, and the plastic material of the ski base is easily broken by the compression applied by the vise jaws. Therefore, this situation means that even with a rectangular box design, there is a risk of damage due to clamp compression. This danger is also present in the trapezoidal design, with the additional inconvenience.

The introduction of the monocoque design has exacerbated the above problems. There are no satisfactory adapters and damage can occur with the use of conventional vise.

Another problem that arises with trapezoidal and monocoque design skis is the desire to mount the ski at an angle to the vertical while sharpening the edges. This was not possible with conventional devices.

[0007] Yet another problem is whether the ski adjuster would prefer to use either his right or left side to adjust both edges. If an adapter is required, it is difficult to rotate the ski 180 degrees so that the ski tip faces away from the front.

Another inconvenience when using conventional vise is
That is, a brake retainer must be used. Many skis have brakes that include prongs that pivot to a lower position to bite into the snow when the shoe is removed from the binding, but remain retracted when the shoe is in place. These brakes are very disturbing when adjusting, unless they are retracted.

With any ski retention device, it is important to hold the ski securely, especially when the ski is inverted with its base level. The shaving operation, including the substantial application of pressure, is done with the base horizontal.

There are many prior art techniques which disclose various means of attaching a ski to a work surface. Early prior art devices include devices where the ski itself is directly clamped to a clamping or mounting device and then secured by other means to a workbench or table. McGee
U.S. Pat. No. 3,854,712 to U.S.A.) discloses a device in which the ski to be adjusted is clamped in a vise, which clamps the edge of the ski or directly the top and bottom faces of the ski. There is. Such clamping devices are undesirable in that they deform the surface to be clamped. In order to avoid this main drawback, other prior art devices have other means for holding or mounting the ski in a horizontal position. U.S. Pat. No. 4,262,890 to Sisko et al. Describes a ski holding device that utilizes the vacuum ski gripping force generated by a vacuum pad against the ski upper surface. However, this device lacks flexibility because it does not allow the ski to be mounted in any position except on the bottom or running surface that faces upwards.

Swedish Patent No. 7,513,771-1
Japanese Patent Publication No. 395368 discloses a ski retainer that uses a ski binding to rotate the running surface upwards to lock the ski in place. However, this device also does not allow the skis to be locked in place except in the horizontal position.

US Pat. No. 4,522,379 to Lindgren discloses another ski retainer that utilizes a ski binding and utilizes a shoe sole for mounting the ski to be adjusted. ing. However, the mounting of the shoe rack in the cage of the Ringren device has a significant drawback in that the shoe rack must be removed from the cage in order to move the ski from one position to another. And, in addition, the device only allows the ski to be positioned in three positions, horizontal and two vertical positions. This latter limitation is particularly undesirable in the preparation of various new skis that do not arise from recent developments in ski technology. These new downhill skis have a cross-section that is trapezoidal or monocoque, and therefore, in addition to either the vertical or horizontal position, it is necessary to provide a holding device for mounting the ski to adjust its edges. There are clear advantages.

Finally, German Patent No. 3,243,559 to Stetter discloses a ski holding device which utilizes an adjustable shoe last for attaching skis using a binding, together with a vacuum cup. Disclosure. Staeter's device does not appear to have any provision for locking the base in the horizontal and inverted positions. The device is also difficult and time consuming to turn the ski 180 degrees with the ski tip facing away from its previous position.

[0014]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A ski holding device for use in ski maintenance comprises a toe part and a heel part consisting of a shoe part made like a ski boot and a mounting part of said shoe part. A binding having a piece is provided. The shoe portion accommodates different sizes of ski boots, a front portion adapted to engage an inverted ski toe piece, a rear portion adapted to engage a heel piece, and For adjusting the space between the rear part and the front part, the shoe part also having a lower part with at least one supporting tongue depending from the upper part, The mounting part extends upwardly from the base so as to face the base and the supporting tongue, the ski at a position where the ski base is horizontal and the base is at one edge at the top And a means for pivotally connecting the mounting plate and the supporting tongue so that the ski can be orientated in a position inverted to the vertical direction with the other edge on top and the other edge on top. Each and inside It has a holding means that can be tightened to maintain the position, and additional means for locking the base in a horizontal position and reverse position.

The additional means of locking the base ensures that it is supported most when needed, ie when the ski has its base inverted horizontally.

Another important inventive feature in accordance with the preferred aspect of the present invention is that the shoe portion can be easily removed from the mounting portion to replace the ski tip in the direction opposite to its forward direction.

According to a preferred aspect of the invention, the depending tongues of the shoe portion allow for this easy removal, the open end slot engaging the mounting plate and the means for pivotally connecting the tongues. have. This slot in the depending tongue can also engage a stop to provide an additional means of locking the base.

The above features of the open end slot having a dual function may also be used to provide an additional device for holding the ski tip or tail.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to the drawings in which the same or corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numbers, FIG. 1 shows a ski 10 having a binding consisting of a toe piece 11 and a heel piece 12. ing. The skis also often have brakes 13 that swivel into the snow as the skis leave the binding. The ski holding device according to the invention generally comprises a shoe part 14 made to resemble a ski boot and a mounting part 15. The mounting portion 15 is illustrated as being bolted to a table such as a workbench 17 by bolts 16. However, FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate optional special clamps.

The sole 18 of the shoe portion 14 includes a front portion 19 adapted to engage the toe piece 11,
The rear portion 20 is adapted to engage the heel piece 12. The sole is preferably molded according to the German Industrial Standard (DIN) specification for ski shoes. These specifications require a width of 6.7 to 7.1 mm for sizes 31/2 or more, and there are specifications for heel and toe radii and other dimensions. Front part 19 and rear part 2 of the shoe part 14
The 0 has adjustable space to mimic different sizes of ski boots. The shoe portion 14 also has a support tongue 21 depending from an upper portion 22 of the shoe portion 14.
have. As shown, the tongue 21 is offset so that it is closer to the toe piece 11 than the heel piece 12. This gives improved balance as the binding is closer to the back of the ski than the tip.

The mounting portion 15 includes a base 23 and a base 2.
3 and mounting plates 24 and 25 extending upwardly. The support tongue 21 is sandwiched between mounting plates 24 and 25, and these are pins 26.
It is rotatably connected by. The outer knob 27 is
The threaded portion (Fig. 1) so that it can be tightened for clamping the support tongue 21 to the mounting plate 24.
Control pin 26 (not shown in FIG.

The shoe portion 14 may be positioned as shown in FIG. 1 with the ski base 10a horizontal, or vice versa, or the ski base 10a may be positioned vertically. Thus, a person looking at FIG. 1 can pivot so that one side edge 10b is on top or the other side edge 10c is on top.
It can also be maintained in the intermediate position by the tightening knob 27.

The brake 13 is automatically retracted by the shoe portion 14 located in the binding.

The adjustment of the front part 19 and the rear part 20 of the shoe part 14 is performed by loosening the knobs 28 and 29 so as to adjust the front part 19 and the rear part 2.
This is achieved by allowing a telescopic movement relative to zero and subsequently tightening knobs 28 and 29.

Referring now to FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings, the front portion 19 of the shoe portion includes a base 30 and sidewalls 31 and 32, as best seen in FIG. It has a U-shaped portion that contains it. Dorsal portion 18 has a T-shaped portion that includes an upper sole plate 33 and a stem 34. At the bottom of the stem 34 are teeth 35 (best shown in FIG. 3) which mesh with the teeth 36 of the base of the U-shaped section. The 100 mm position adjustment preferably comprises 10 mm increments when the teeth are continuously engaged. Knobs 28 and 29 are rotated to tighten respective bolts 38 and 39 threadedly engaged with slide 40. Knobs 28 and 29 are
It is loosened to allow for shoe size adjustment and then tightened to maintain positive mutual locking of the front 19 and rear 20. The slide 40 is movable along the slot 41 of the sole plate 33.

As best seen in FIG. 4, the tongue 21 has an open end slot 42 extending directly above the pivot pin 26 and perpendicular to the bottom of the tongue 21. The slot 42 is in the reduced portion 43 of the boss 44. As shown in FIG. 4, the reduction portion 43 is formed so that the tongue 21 can slide up and down when the tongue 21 is in the vertical position. Therefore, the tongue 21 can move downward because the locking protrusion 45 on the base 23 is engaged with the slot 42. This, in addition to the knob 27, has the important function of providing a means of locking the holder to keep the base of the ski in a horizontal position. This is the position most likely to be stressed during shaving or similar operations.

When the slot 42 is disengaged from the locking projection 45, except when the flat side 47 of the portion 43 is able to slide the tongue 21 up and down, the portion 43 of the boss is normally within the circular portion 46. To rotate, the slot 42 has an enlarged circular portion 46.

The sliding of the tongue 21 with respect to the boss 44 is such that when the ski base is in a horizontal position and has a tip pointing in one direction, the knob 27 is loosened so that the tip moves in the opposite direction. After orienting the ski towards it, it has yet another important function in that the shoe part 14 can be lifted and replaced. This is most convenient for those who have a preference for the hand used for adjustment.

The boss 44 is square and fits within a square recess 48 in the plate 25, as best seen in FIG. Since the pin 26 is screw-engaged with the boss 44, when the knob 27 is turned, the boss 44 pushes the tongue 21 so that the tongue is a horizontal ski base or a vertical ski base with either edge on top. And in any desired position, including intermediate positions of infinite change. These intermediate positions are preferred when skiving ski edges having a trapezoidal or monocoque cross section.

The range of rotational movement of the tongue 21 with respect to the base 23 can be limited by the contact between the shoulder 51 and the part 50 of the tongue 21. Movement in other directions can be limited as well. These shoulders provide additional safety against unintentional movement of the ski during adjustment and also provide a reference point that facilitates orienting the ski in its correct vertical orientation.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 6, the bottom portion 52 of the tongue 21 is rounded,
And also the top portions 53 and 54 of the plates 24 and 25 are rounded to facilitate unobstructed rotation.

FIG. 7 is a sectional three-dimensional view of another embodiment for holding a ski tip or tail, and FIG. 8 is an end elevational view, partially in section, where the clamp is It is integral with the mounting part.

FIG. 7 shows a tongue piece 2 of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 6.
1 illustrates a recessed base 60 for receiving a ski tip or tail retaining arm 61 having an open slot 62 similar to that of FIG.

The boss portion 64 has a flat side 65 for movement through the slot 62 and is attached to the pin 66 as previously described so that the arm 61 swings to the position shown in phantom. Can move.

The base 60 is integrally connected to a support post 67 having a ratchet 68 that engages ratchet teeth 69 in a sleeve 70. Clamp arm 71
Extends from the sleeve 70 and carries a clamp 72 which is clamped against the table 73 by turning a knob 74. As shown in FIG. 8, the pin 66 has a knob 75 that can clamp the boss 64 against the holding arm 61 and clamp the arm 61 to the mounting plate 76.
As mentioned above, the mounting plate 77 holds the boss 64 against rotation.

The main difference between the embodiment of FIGS. 7 and 8 and the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 6 is that the ski tip or tail retaining arm 61 has a recess 78 and 78a adjacent its free end. And one of the indentations is to engage the ski midway between the ski binding and its tip or tail when the ski base is vertical. This is when the worker is working on the ski,
Support skis. In one position, with arm 61 in the right position, as shown in FIG. 7, arm 61 rests against stop 79, and recess 78 is at the top to hold the ski, and When 61 is in the left position, it rests against stop 79a and
8a is at the top. When the arm 61 is vertical, the ski is supported on the top of the arm 61. Accordingly, there is provided a three-piece unit including a structure as in FIGS. 1-6 for holding a ski and a pair of devices as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 for supporting tips and tails. it can.

Now referring to FIGS. 9 and 10,
These illustrate clamps that are particularly suitable for use in place of the bolts used to secure the base of the embodiment of FIG. 1 of the drawings. These figures show a post 80 having ratchet teeth 81. The sleeve 82 has ratchet teeth 82a for sliding on the post 80 and engaging the teeth 81 at any desired vertical height. A clamp arm 83 extends from the sleeve 82 and has knobs 86 and 87.
4 and 85 are supported.

At the top of the post 80 is a beam 88 which extends over the top of a table 90 and a base plate 91 of a ski holding device of the type shown in FIG. The beam 88 has protrusions 92 extending downward, and these protrusions 92 engage with the bolt holes 93 of the base plate 91.

FIG. 11 illustrates yet another embodiment which includes a ski holding device 100 mounted on an extrusion 102 and a tip or tail support 101. In this embodiment, Ixtrosion 1
02 is the groove 10 of the base 107 of the ski holding device 100.
Includes a pair of rails 103 engaged with 5 and 106.
Similarly, rails 103 and 104 engage grooves 108 and 109 in tip or tail support 101. This keeps the ski holding device 100 and the tip or tail support 101 in good alignment. The Ixt Rouge 102 also has bolt holes 111.
There is a hollow channel 110 for receiving a slide (not shown) which can be used to secure the base 107 to the ix truss 102 through. Alternatively, the base 107 may include the clamp 112 shown in FIG.
Ixtrosion 1 with a simple clamp like
It may be clamped at 02. The clamp 112 includes an L-shaped upper clamp member 113 and a lower clamp member 114.
And a butterfly nut 115. The ski retention device also includes two pairs of mounting plates 116 and 116a extending upwardly from the base 107, one pair extending from the front and one pair extending from the rear. Each pair houses a depending tongue 117 or 117a which is slotted as shown in FIG. 4 to allow for easy removal, rotation and re-clamping. A pair of knobs 118 are tightened to secure the tongue 117 in its desired position. The tongue 117 is illustrated as being integral with the toe piece 119. The heel piece 120 is slidably attached to the toe piece 119 by a slide 121 to accommodate different shoe sizes. Knob 1
22 can be tightened to maintain the toe piece 119 and heel piece 120 in the desired relationship.

The tip or tail support 101 has a web 123 rotatably fixed to a base 124 by a clamp knob 125. The tip or tail support pad 126 has a support arm 127 that is telescopically slotted with respect to the web 123 for extensible adjustment of the tip or tail support. Knob 128 clamps support arm 127 to web 123 at the desired height of pad 126.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a perspective view generally showing a ski holding device according to the present invention. FIG.

2 is a plan view of the ski holding device of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the ski holding device in a position for holding the ski with the base of the ski vertical.

FIG. 7 is a sectional three-dimensional view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an end elevational view, partially in section, of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 9 is an end elevational view of the clamp.

10 is a sectional view taken along line 10-10 of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a ski holding device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a clamp used in the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ski 11 toe part 12 heel part 14 shoe part 15 mounting part 16 bolt 17 workbench 18 sole 19 shoe front 20 shoe rear 21 support tongue 22 upper part 23 base 24, 25 mounting plate 27 knob 28, 29 Knob 30 Base 31, 32 Side Wall 33 Sole Plate 34 Stem 35 Teeth 38, 39 Bolt 40 Slide 41 Slot 42 End Opening Slot 43 Reduction Part 44 Boss 45 Protrusion 47 Side 51 Shoulder 60 Recessed Base 62 End Opening Slot 64 boss part 65 side part 67 post 68 ratchet 70 sleeve 71 clamp arm 73 table 74 knob 75 knob 77 mounting plate 78, 78a recess 79, 79a stop 80 post 81, 82a ratchet tooth 82 sleeve 84, 85 Lamp 88 beam 90 table 91 the base plate 102 microphone strike Liu John 107 base 112 clamp member 116,116a mounting plate 117,117a tongue 119 toe piece 120 heel piece 122 knob 126 tail support pad

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (71) Applicant 591257971 James Brian Anderson JAMES BRYAN ANDERSO N Canada T2 X3 S7 Calgary Middale Postal Station Post Off-ice Box 48135 (72) Inventor Richard Kay. Weissenbourne Canada T2S2M1 Alberta Calgary S.S. Double. 6 T.H. Street 3017 (72) Inventor Gregory A. Comish Canada T2J 329 Calgary S. Alberta. E. Lake Mead Crescent 224

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A ski holding device having a ski holding member and a mounting member, wherein the mounting member includes a base, a mounting bracket, and a ski holding portion that engages the ski holding member on one side of the ski. Pivot means for allowing pivoting between a position having its vertical base with the top edge on top and a position with the base vertical on the other side on top, and clamping means for tightening the pivot means And a stop means for locking the pivot in the ski in the horizontal position and in the reverse position, the ski holding means being adapted to engage the pivot means at one end, and also the ski holding The downward movement of the ski-holding member is enabled to engage the stop means when the member is upright, while stopping at other positions of the ski-holding portion. Ski, characterized in that it has an open-ended slot adapted to allow free pivoting movement of the means, and that said ski holding member has means for holding the ski at the other end. Holding device. 2. The ski retaining means comprises at least one recess for engaging the ski intermediate its binding and its tip or tail.
Ski holding device according to. 3. A ski retention device according to claim 1, wherein the means for retaining the ski is made to resemble a ski boot and comprises a shoe portion adapted to fit within a ski binding. 4. A ski attachment device adapted to hold a ski or the like, (a) a base adapted to be attached to a fixed support and including upstanding pivot means, and (b) a substantially ski. Ski retaining means having a generally flat bottom having a width of the sole and having an adjustable length for accommodating ski soles of various lengths, said sole comprising: Adapted to cooperate with upright pivot means on the base and providing a retaining means for adjustable and pivotable retention on the base,
The bottom is adapted to cooperate with a binding on the ski to hold the ski on the bottom, thus allowing work on the bottom or any edge of the ski, and (c ) A pivot holding the bottom and the base together, said pivot comprising means for rotating the bottom from an upwards horizontal position to an outwards vertical position and an intermediate position. , (D) The upright pivot means includes means for locking the bottom portion in the upwardly directed horizontal position. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the bottom portion has a toe portion and a heel portion, each of the portions having a lip adapted to engage a DIN type ski binding. Equipment. 6. The retaining means is a tongue depending from the bottom, the tongue including a central slot extending to a lower surface of the tongue, the tongue including the stop and the central slot. 5. The central slot comprises means for locking the tongue to the upright pivot means when placed in a vertical position by engagement with the stop, and the stop is located at the base of the upright pivot means. The ski mounting device described. 7. The bottom is adapted to fit the ski attachment to a binding over various lengths, so that one is slidable into the other so as to allow adjustment of the length of the bottom, and 5. The ski mounting device of claim 4 including adjustably mounted elongated locking front and rear portions, each front and rear portion comprising a toe portion and a heel portion, respectively. 8. A ski holding device for use in holding a ski having a binding including a toe piece and a heel piece, the shoe portion being made to resemble a ski boot, and a mounting portion for the shoe portion. A front portion adapted to engage the inverted toe piece of the ski, a rear portion adapted to engage the heel piece, and Means for adjusting the space between the rear part and the front part to accommodate different sizes, said shoe part also comprising at least one supporting tongue depending from the upper part, The mounting portion includes a base, at least one mounting plate extending upwardly from the base to face the support tongue, and the base of the ski for orienting the ski in a horizontal and inverted position. Mounting play And a means for pivotally connecting the support tongue, and in this case the base is vertical with one side edge on top and the other side edge on top. And in each of said positions and with means capable of being tightened to maintain the ski in an intermediate position, with the toe piece pointing in one direction, removing the shoe part, Ski holding device, characterized in that the shoe part is removable from the mounting part when the holding means for allowing the directionally oriented toe part to be replaced are loosened. 9. A bolt hole of a base of a mounting portion and a table clamp are provided, and the table clamp is
A clamp arm adapted to be placed on the base, a protrusion depending downwardly from the clamp arm and engageable with the bolt hole, and a downwardly extending support post for the clamp arm. , An arm connected to a support post to enable vertical adjustment of the arm position and adapted to extend below said table, and at least one screw on the arm for clamping the table clamp to the table 9. A ski holding device combination as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, comprising a clamping member. 10. The ski retaining means comprises a pair of lateral notches adjacent the free ends of the ski retaining members, one of the notches being vertical with respect to the base of the ski, and When one side edge of the ski is on top, it engages the ski midway between its binding and its tip or tail, and the base of the ski is vertical with the other side edge of the ski on top. The ski retention device of claim 2, wherein the ski retention device engages the ski at some time between its binding and its tip or tail. 11. A ski holding device according to claim 3 for holding a ski by binding, a ski holding device according to claim 2 for supporting a ski tip, and for holding a ski tail. A three-piece unit for holding a ski, comprising the ski holding device according to claim 2. 12. The ski retaining member has a support pad for engaging a ski tip or tail and the ski retaining portion is made of adjustable length.
Ski holding device according to.