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US3568787A US789987A US3568787DA US3568787A US 3568787 A US3568787 A US 3568787A US 789987 A US789987 A US 789987A US 3568787D A US3568787D A US 3568787DA US 3568787 A US3568787 A US 3568787A
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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
    • A63C5/00—Skis or snowboards
    • A63C5/08—Skis or snowboards motor-driven
    • A63C5/085—Skis or snowboards motor-driven with rolling or like devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C11/00—Accessories for skiing or snowboarding
    • A63C11/10—Apparatus for towing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62M—RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR SINGLE-TRACK CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
    • B62M27/00—Propulsion devices for sledges or the like
    • B62M27/02—Propulsion devices for sledges or the like power driven
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62M—RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR SINGLE-TRACK CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
    • B62M27/00—Propulsion devices for sledges or the like
    • B62M27/02—Propulsion devices for sledges or the like power driven
    • B62M2027/022—Snow drive conversions for cycles with wheels

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  • a tractor for a skier comprises a motor supporting a driving pulley around which passes an endless crawler belt which in turn passes on a guide pulley adjustably supported on a frame rail attached to the motor for tensioning the PATENTEU m slam SHEET 1 OF ,4
  • the invention relates to a small individual tractor of the track-layer or crawler type, adapted for carrying a skier up slopes covered with snow.
  • the apparatus is sufficiently light in weight to be carried on the back of the skier when traveling either downwardly or on flat terrain.
  • a tractor which comprises a motor, a driving pulley driven by said motor and mounted thereon, and endless crawler belt in driving engagement with said driving pulley; an articulated frame rail supported from said motor and extending longitudinally of the tractor, a plurality of rollers on said frame rail for guiding a lower run of the crawler belt; an adjustable support mounted rearwardly of the frame rail, a guide pulley on said adjustable support engaging said belt; a tensioning means for displacing the support to tension the belt,'a support bar mounted above the frame rail, a footrest on either side of the belt supported from said support bar for pivotal movement about a transverse axis.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view of an individual tractor
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the tractor
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of the tractor, the crawler arrangement having been removed and shown in dotted outline;
  • FIG. 4 is an elevation view of the tractor from the front thereof
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken perpendicular to the track-laying arrangement and to the roller frame;
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the use of a track-laying tractor according to one embodiment
  • FIG. 7 is an elevation view of thetractor in FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a planview of the tractor of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a side view, drawn to a larger scale, of the rear end of the tractor.
  • FIG. I0 is a plan view, partially in section, of the rear end of the tractor of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. II is a cross section taken along line ab of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. I2 is a view in longitudinal section taken through a footrest of the tractor
  • FIG. 13 is a cross section taken along line 0-11 of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 14 is a view in section taken along the line efof FIG. 13;
  • FIG. 15 is a view in section taken along the line g-h of FIG. I3;
  • FIG. I6 is a rear elevation view taken along line i-j of FIG. I3;
  • FIG. I7 is a diagrammatical elevation view of a tractor according to one embodiment, with a chassis rail formed by pivoting and hingeable arms;
  • FIG. 18 is a diagrammatical elevation view of a tractor according to a variant having a chassis rail in the form of elements adapted to be inter-engaged end to end;
  • FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a detail of the tractor of FIG. 18.
  • a tractor vehicle for a skier which comprises an internal combustion engine I provided with gear box, a centrifugal clutch and an appropriate speed-reducing means driving a hollow, grooved drive wheel 2 (FIG. 2) which engages a central belt 3' (FIG. 5) ofthe driving crawler 3.
  • the motor propulsion unit is disposed in the center of the hollow drive wheel 2, which is in the form of an annulus mounted on three pivots (as will be explained more fully in connection with a later embodiment), thus making it possible to arrange in extremely compact fashion the drive means in such a manner as to-: achieve a saving of space which is indispensable for a machine of this kind.
  • the motor may be arranged, as desired, either at the front or rear of the tractor.
  • the driving crawler or track 3 is constructed in accordance with French Pat. No. P.V. 100,903, in the name of the same Applicant.
  • the crawler is adapted for limited transverse oscillation relative to its longitudinal central axis and it includes the central belt 3 which is of trapezoidal shape, as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the single central belt of the said crawler 3 is wound rearwardly about a takeup pulley 4 which is grooved and mounted for free rotation on a shaft.
  • a screw-type tensioning system 7 secures the pulley 4 in such manner as to impart appropriate tension to the crawler 3.
  • the crawler 3 is supported and guided over its entire path of travel at the lower portion of the apparatus by means of a frame rail 5 having rollers mounted for free rotation on their pivots and conforming to the trapezoidal profile of the central belt 3' of the crawler 3, as shown in FIG. 5.
  • footrests 6 are secured in the form of stirrups in which the skis are secured.
  • the footrests 6 are articulated by means of a crank C, in such manner that they are able to move freely in a vertical plane and they can be locked at a selected height with the aid of a pin inserted in an aperture, or alternatively by any other system of locking, in such manner as to enable the skier to adjust the height of said stirrups relative to the apparatus, depending on the state of the snow and track requirements.
  • the frame rail 5 with the rollers is dismantleable, so that it becomes possible to reduce the apparatus to a few elements or members of small dimensions, as can be readily transported in a bag provided for that purpose.
  • the throttle control of the motor I is effected, as shown in FIG. 2, by means of a cable contained in a flexible sheath and manipulated with the aid of a small trigger secured to the skiers pole.
  • anti-ice pins constituted by pointed metallic blades 8 for the purpose of breaking any ice accumulating in the grooves of pulleys 2 and 4.
  • the individual tractor is provided with an internal combustion motor 9 secured to a speed-reducing gearing means 10 and constructed in known manner.
  • the motor 9 enables, through the agency of transverse lugs II on its block cylinder (FIG. 15), securing of supports 12 arranged diametrically to permit assembly with the aid of bolts or the like of a lateral flange I3 formed with an aperture for the free passage of the block.
  • the flange I3 is rearwardly prolonged in such manner as to form a securing lug l3.
  • flange 13 Surrounding the opening in the flange 13 are three bosses which are disposed to permit the securing, by nuts or the like, of transverse rods 14 adapted on the one hand to permit the assembly of an intermediate flange 15 of U-shape, the rear end of which constitutes a securing lug 15' (FIG. 14) and also of a rear flange I6 disposed against the outer face of the motor 9 and of the speed-reducing means 10.
  • Spacer tubes 17, centered on the rods 14, maintain the flanges l5 and 16 with the desired spacing, whereas further spacer members 18 interposed between the intermediate flange I5 and the flange 13 also facilitate assembly and form external bearing faces for the free rotation of rollers I9.
  • the driving pulley coaxially accommodates between the cheeks thereof a median toothed annulus 21 secured by rivets 22, or in other suitable manner, and the toothing of which emerges circularly and in recessed fashion in the trapezoidal groove 26 in pulley 29, which also receives the trapezoidal, central belt of the driving crawler.
  • An output shaft 23 of the speed-reducing means 10 extends externally of flange 16 and a pinion 24 is mounted on shaft 23 to drive, with a given reduction ratio and through the intermediary of an endless chain 25 and a tensioning roller 26, a toothed wheel 27.
  • the wheel 27 is mounted on a support shaft 28 which extends successively through flange 16 and intermediate flange 15.
  • This shaft 2% supports a control pinion 28 in the vertical plane of the driving pulley 20, the control pinion 29 driving, through the agency of an endless chain 30, the median toothed annulus 21 of the driving pulley 20.
  • flanges 15 and 16 enable the mounting between them of a fuel tank R (FIG. 15).
  • the flanges 13 and 15 engage, through the agency of their respective securing lugs 13 and 15, the lateral faces ofa forward element 31 of a frame rail, and bolts 32 and 33 provide for the assembly of the arrangement.
  • the frame rail comprises two elements 31 and 31 disposed in alignment and articulated in end to end relation through the intermediary of a hinge. These similar elements permit, by means of their U-section, the mounting of a plurality of projecting rollers 34 supported for free rotation on respective pivots.
  • the rollers 34 have grooves for receiving and guiding the central belt of the crawler track.
  • the front element 31 is articulated about a shouldered pivot 35 forming a spacer member relative to two lateral plates 36 constituting the hinge and formed in their upper portions with two inclined notches 36 (FIG. 9).
  • a transverse bar 37 secured to the upper portion of the end of the element 31 engages, when the elements 31 and 31 are aligned, in notches 36 and abuts, at the end of travel, in the latter so as to ensure positioning and alignment.
  • the rear element 31 is articulated in the same manner about a spacer pivot 38 connecting the plates 36, whereas its horizontal positioning and abutment are effected by the projecting portions of the articulation pivot 39 of the roller 34 associated therewith and engaging in the vertical notches 36.
  • This double articulation arrangement permits the folding of the elements 3i and 31, as shown by the broken lines in FIG. 9, during transport.
  • the rear element 31 supports a grooved pulley 40 at its end, said pulley 40 being mounted for free rotation about a pivot 41 connecting the flanges of an adjustable support 42.
  • the support 42 is slidably mounted on the element 31 by means of bolts 43 extending through longitudinal slots 31 formed in element 31.
  • a rotary tensioning means 44 controlled by a pin 45 has ends with threaded bores of opposite pitch which are respectively engaged on the one hand to a screw-threaded rod 46 secured to a yoke 45 articulated through the intermediary of a pivot 47 to a lug 48 fast with the upper portion of the element 31, and on the other hand, on the opposite rear side to a rod 4-? of opposite pitch secured in a block which is articulated about a pivot Stl supported in the flanges of the support 2.
  • a plate 52 secured to the upper portion of the support flanges 42 includes a profiled finger 52 for engagement in the groove of the pulley 40 in such manner as to break any ice accumulating in the said groove.
  • a similar plate (not shown) is also disposed opposite the groove in the drive pulley 20.
  • the opposite end of the rear element 31 carries, at its upper portion, a support bar 53 mounted longitudinally above element 31 through the intermediary of spacer bolts 54.
  • the support bar 53 is transversely perforated with apertures 53 to permit the straddling and securing of an adjustable support flange 55 in a selected longitudinal position by the engagement of a bolt 56 through one of the apertures 53.
  • the support 55 has a transverse tube 57 secured thereto, preferably by welding.
  • a footrest is provided at each side of the tractor in the form of a plate 58 having a freely rotating base mounted on a pivot 59 engaged in one end of the transverse tube 57 and maintained in position therein by a stud 60 having a manipulating lever 61.
  • the said plate 58 has a forward U-shaped section with arms 58 sloping symmetrically and being folded at their upper portion in such manner as to form claws permitting the engagement and vertical retention of the sole of a users boot, whereas the heel abuts rearwardly against adjustable member 58 with a flat face, as shown in FIG. 12.
  • the plate 58 may also be designed to directly receive a ski.
  • each plate 58 forms, on the side opposite arms 58, a horizontal flange for rotatably supporting a transverse pivot 62 rigid with the end of a stabilizing arm 62 terminating in a profiled palette 62 for abutment on the snow.
  • a coil spring 63 mounted on the pivot 62, bears through the agency of one of its arms 63 on the arm 62, whereas its opposite arm 63 abuts against the member 58 in such manner as to permit the establishment of a flexible connection between the plate 58 and the stabilizer arm 62.
  • each stabilizer arm 62 is limited in its travel through the intermediary of a ratchet wheel 64 secured on the pivot 62 and the toothing of which cooperates with an articulated pawl 65 secured with the member 58 as illustrated in FIG. 12.
  • This arrangement prevents any pronounced inclination of the boot sole which might cause the user to fall.
  • the pawl 65 may readily be disen gaged to permit, if necessary, the folding of the arm 62.
  • the motor 66 is disposed at the median portion of the carriage, whereas the frame rail is constituted by two arms 67 and 68 which are symmetrically opposed and pivoted at their ends to said motor.
  • One of the arms supports, at its end, a driving pulley 69 which is driven through the intermediary of an endless chain 70 or, alternatively, by a belt, cardan rods, a shaft with a deflection pinion, or by any other means.
  • the opposite arm supports guide pulley 71 provided with a means for tensioning the belt of the crawler 51. This arrangement permits the folding, by turning up of the arms 67 and 68, as shown in dotted outline.
  • the motor 72 directly supports sheath 73 receiving the stabilizing assemblies, as described, and the frame rail is constituted by a plurality of short elements 74 joined end to end as shown in FIG. 19 and secured by pins, bolts or the like.
  • a tractor adapted to be straddled by a skier, comprising a motor, a driving pulley driven by said motor and mounted thereon, an endless crawler belt in driving engagement with said driving pulley; said endless crawler including a lower portion adapted for contacting the ground; an articulated frame rail supported from said motor and extending longitudinally of the tractor, a plurality of rollers on said frame rail for guiding a lower run of the crawler belt; an adjustable support mounted rearwardly of the frame rail, a guide pulley on said adjustable support engaging said belt; tensioning means for displacing the support to tension the belt, a transverse support bar mounted above the frame rail, and a footrest on either side of the belt supported from said support bar for pivotal movement about a transverse axis between selected fixed positions; the footrest being vertically spaced from said lowerportion of said endless crawler to permit the skier to exert his weight toward one or the other of the footrests for tilting and thereby steering the tractor.
  • a tractor as claimed in claim 1 comprising stabilizer arms extending rearwardly from said footrests and springs means between said stabilizer arms and said footrests whereby the stabilizer arms are urged towards the ground for both stabiliz ing and steering the tractor.
  • a tractor as claimed in claim 1 comprising pivots on each footrest, a transverse tube mounted on said support and receiving said pivots, and means for removably securing said pivots in said tube.
  • a tractor as claimed in claim 1 comprising spaced flanges secured to said motor,-rollerssupported from said flanges in circular array around the motor, said driving pulley being an annular member encircling said motor and. rotatably carried on said rollers.
  • a tractor as claimed in claim 8- wherein said first and second transmission means include respective gears and chains with respective speed-reducing ratios, said driving pulley having a groove therein and a recessed toothing in said groove for drivingly engaging the chain of said second transmission means.
  • said frame rail includes first and second sections hingeably joined together in axial alignment, said sections being foldable for transport and including means axially aligning and securing the sections together when they are unfolded.
  • tensioning means comprises a block having opposite ends with threads of opposite pitch therein, first'bolt means secured to said adjustable support and threadably engaged with one of the threads in said block, said second bolt means secured to said one section and threadably engagedwith the other of the threads in said block whereby turning of the block will produce relative movement of the adjustable support and the said one section.
  • each said footrest comprises a profiled platewith a forward portion of U-shape for retaining the boot of a user and a rear member with a flat face against which the back of the boot can rest, a pivot on the back of said rear member, a stabilizer arm rotatably mounted on said pivot on the rear member and extending rearwardly thereof, spring means between said footrest and said stabilizer arm for urging the latter against the ground, and means for limiting upward movement of said stabilizer arm.
  • a tractor as claimed in claim 13, wherein said means for limiting upward movement of said stabilizer arm comprises a footrest engaging said ratchet wheel.

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