US1513419A - Cross-chain connecter for antiskid devices - Google Patents

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US1513419A
US1513419A US519646A US51964621A US1513419A US 1513419 A US1513419 A US 1513419A US 519646 A US519646 A US 519646A US 51964621 A US51964621 A US 51964621A US 1513419 A US1513419 A US 1513419A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C27/00—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels
    • B60C27/06—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over the complete circumference of the tread, e.g. made of chains or cables
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps
    • Y10S24/30—Separable-fastener or required component thereof
    • Y10S24/31—Separable-fastener or required component thereof with third, detached member completing interlock
    • Y10S24/33—Third member includes independently engaged hooks for linking spaced cavities
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2181—Tire chain tighteners
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45005—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] with third detached member completing interlock [e.g., hook type]
    • Y10T24/45031—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] with third detached member completing interlock [e.g., hook type] for tire chain, strap, etc. [e.g., rotatable or sliding spring gate]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45969—Hook-shaped projection member passing through cavity
    • Y10T24/45979—Hook-shaped projection member passing through cavity formed solely from wire

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  • This invention relates to anti-skid devices for vehicle tires, the object being to provide a convenient and cheap means for securing or coupling the cross chains to the side chains, whereby the cross chains may be readily renewed when worn or broken, without requiring the use of special tools or appliances for deforming the coupling members.
  • the invention consists in a coupling member or link wherein one end of the body portion is provided with an eye or opening for cooperation with the end link of the cross chain and the other end of which is provided with a hook formed by a plurality of diverging spirals forming, together with the body portion spiral, entrance openings through which the link of the side chain may be inserted in succession and by a spiral or twisting movement and from which it cannot readily escape when the companion links of the side chain are in normal position.
  • FIG. 1 is a view of a section of an antiskid device embodying the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end of a cross chain with the coupling member thereon, and in dotted lines a portion of a side chain with the co-operating link in successive positions of insertion or removal;
  • Figs. 3 and 4 are a plan and an elevation of the coupling link.
  • the side and cross chains A and B of the anti-skid device are shown of conventional construction; that is to say, the links of the side chains A are formed up of wire or bar stock with an eye in one end in which the companion link is held and with straight side bars a and a rounded end which passes Seriall No. 519,646.
  • the cross chains are of the conventional welded and twisted link formation and each cross chain is provided with a coupling member at each end by which it is attached to the side chains.
  • the coupling member of the present invention which is also preferably formed of wire or bar stock has the body portion in the form of a loop C constituting an eye or opening for the engagement of the end link of the cross chain.
  • the two ends of the wire or bar stock are formed into a hook, the extremities of the hook being spread apart and down on each side of the body portion.
  • the terminal of each bar of the link therefore, forms an outwardly or laterally extending spiral E and together the two spirals constitute the hook with which the side chain link co-operates.
  • This formation provides two entrance openings to the hook which are arranged at an acute angle to each other, and through which the side chain link must be passed in succession in assembling'the two members, and this assembling is possible only because of the possibility of moving the companion link of the side chain up toward the eye end of the link, and inserting the side chain link more or less endwise through the entrance opening with a spiral twisting motion.
  • Both of the terminals of the spirals are preferably brought down into the plane of the body portion of the link, but are pref' erably not extended beyond that plane in order that no sharp projections may be formed which would be liable to injure the tire or casing when the device is in use.
  • a hook link for the attachment of cross chains to the side chains of anti-skid devices having at one end an opening in the body portion for the attachment of the cross chain and at the other end. plural hooks formed by divergent spirals each extending upwardly from the body and having their terminals spaced on opposite sides of the body to form tWo spiral divergent hook entrance openings at opposite sides of the link body through which the side chain link may be successively passed.
  • a hook link for the attachment of cross chains to the side chains of anti-skid devices 10 formed by a body loop for the end of the CHARLES M. POl VER.

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Oct. 28, 1924. 1,513,419
c. M. POWER CROSS CHAIN CONNECTER FOR ANTISKID DEVICES Filed Dec. 5, 1921 Patented Get. 28, 1924.
UFJHTED gifiaTEE CHARLES M. POWER, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, AS$IGNOR- TO UNITED STATES CHAIN 85 FORG-ING (30., OF fITTSBURGl-I, FENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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GROSS-CHAIN GONNECTER FOR ANTIEEKID DEVICES.
Application filed December 3, 1921.
To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES M. POWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cross- Chain Connecters for Antiskid Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.
This invention relates to anti-skid devices for vehicle tires, the object being to provide a convenient and cheap means for securing or coupling the cross chains to the side chains, whereby the cross chains may be readily renewed when worn or broken, without requiring the use of special tools or appliances for deforming the coupling members.
The invention consists in a coupling member or link wherein one end of the body portion is provided with an eye or opening for cooperation with the end link of the cross chain and the other end of which is provided with a hook formed by a plurality of diverging spirals forming, together with the body portion spiral, entrance openings through which the link of the side chain may be inserted in succession and by a spiral or twisting movement and from which it cannot readily escape when the companion links of the side chain are in normal position.
Referring to the accompanying drawg a Figure 1 is a view of a section of an antiskid device embodying the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end of a cross chain with the coupling member thereon, and in dotted lines a portion of a side chain with the co-operating link in successive positions of insertion or removal;
Figs. 3 and 4 are a plan and an elevation of the coupling link.
The side and cross chains A and B of the anti-skid device are shown of conventional construction; that is to say, the links of the side chains A are formed up of wire or bar stock with an eye in one end in which the companion link is held and with straight side bars a and a rounded end which passes Seriall No. 519,646.
through the eye of the other companion link. The cross chains are of the conventional welded and twisted link formation and each cross chain is provided with a coupling member at each end by which it is attached to the side chains.
The coupling member of the present invention which is also preferably formed of wire or bar stock has the body portion in the form of a loop C constituting an eye or opening for the engagement of the end link of the cross chain. The two ends of the wire or bar stock are formed into a hook, the extremities of the hook being spread apart and down on each side of the body portion. The terminal of each bar of the link, therefore, forms an outwardly or laterally extending spiral E and together the two spirals constitute the hook with which the side chain link co-operates.
This formation, it will be noted, provides two entrance openings to the hook which are arranged at an acute angle to each other, and through which the side chain link must be passed in succession in assembling'the two members, and this assembling is possible only because of the possibility of moving the companion link of the side chain up toward the eye end of the link, and inserting the side chain link more or less endwise through the entrance opening with a spiral twisting motion.
Both of the terminals of the spirals are preferably brought down into the plane of the body portion of the link, but are pref' erably not extended beyond that plane in order that no sharp projections may be formed which would be liable to injure the tire or casing when the device is in use.
\Vith this device the cross chains may be readily attached or detached, but in practice it is found that there is little or no liability of their becoming accidentally disengaged and hence the device presents advantages of simplicity and security and at the same time obviates the bothersome necessity of pr0- viding special tools for the application or removal of worn or broken cross chains.
What is claimed is:
l. A hook link for the attachment of cross chains to the side chains of anti-skid devices, having at one end an opening in the body portion for the attachment of the cross chain and at the other end. plural hooks formed by divergent spirals each extending upwardly from the body and having their terminals spaced on opposite sides of the body to form tWo spiral divergent hook entrance openings at opposite sides of the link body through which the side chain link may be successively passed.
2. A hook link for the attachment of cross chains to the side chains of anti-skid devices 10 formed by a body loop for the end of the CHARLES M. POl VER.
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