US3808644A - Closure device for shoes, particularly for ski shoes - Google Patents

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US3808644A
US3808644A US00340899A US34089973A US3808644A US 3808644 A US3808644 A US 3808644A US 00340899 A US00340899 A US 00340899A US 34089973 A US34089973 A US 34089973A US 3808644 A US3808644 A US 3808644A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/16—Fastenings secured by wire, bolts, or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
    • A43C11/00—Other fastenings specially adapted for shoes
    • A43C11/16—Fastenings secured by wire, bolts, or the like
    • A43C11/165—Fastenings secured by wire, bolts, or the like characterised by a spool, reel or pulley for winding up cables, laces or straps by rotation
    • 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
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    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2183—Ski, boot, and shoe fasteners

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  • a closure device for a shoe has a housing, a Genevagaged to the shoe upper and operable for being wound on the pulley by rotating the Geneva wheel for releasably tying the shoe upper.
  • This invention relates to a closure device for shoes, I
  • tie links or connecting straps are attached to rim portions of shoe flaps respectively, the tie links or straps are hinged to a disc which is positioned between the shoe flaps and rotatable about its axis in such a manner that during its rotation the tie links are pulled towards or pushed away from each other.
  • the disc at least partially, has the form of a Geneva or star wheel and the tie links are hinged or flexibly mounted on the disc by means of connecting pins; furthermore, the projections or shoulders of the Geneva star wheel define a radial guiding slot which is always in engagement with a stud of a driving element which is arranged for rotation in the plane of the disc.
  • the stud which is eccentrically mounted on the driving ele ment therefore turns the Geneva star wheel during the rotation of the driving element.
  • the driving element supporting two driving studs at most, is in addition provided with a cam having two convexly shaped end surfaces cooperating with corresponding recesses of the Geneva star wheel which have the same radius and thus forming thereby a positive lock.
  • the disc preferably is provided with two or three projections and accordingly with three or four recesses arranged around its entire circumference so that three or four rest positions of the tie links are possible. If two arms or shoulders of the Geneva star wheel are provided (forming an angle of 60 relative to each other), the disc defines therefore also two guiding grooves for engaging the stud.
  • FIG. 1 is a back view of the closure of the above described type, shown without the lid, in its released position;
  • FIG. 2 is a back view of the closure of FIG. 1 without the lid, in its closing position
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional elevation view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 1, with the lid attached.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 The embodiment'as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has been shown in FIGS. 17 to 20 in the aforementioned patent application Ser. No. 184,108.
  • 10 denotes the closure located between the flaps of a shoe.
  • a one-piece tie cable 11 is provided at its middle point with a cylindrical nipple 12 which is soldered thereto.
  • the disc 13 is axially connected with a pulley I4 and forms therewith a single piece; in the center opening 15 of the disc and pulley is inserted a nipple 12.
  • the two shoulders or end portions of the cable 11 lie in opposite grooves or notches 16 of the pulley 14.
  • In an enclosure l7 of nylon are provided guiding passages 18 for the two free portions or shoulders of the cable 11.
  • Another object of this invention is to shorten the path between individual resting positions of the Geneva star wheel.
  • Still another object of this invention is to provide a possibility for mounting additional fine adjusting means on the housing of the closure device.
  • the above objects are attained by providing the closure device as described in FIGS. 1 and 3 and by substituting the one-piece or twopiece tie cable having free ends for two cable loops each being fonned by attaching a free end of a tie cable piece to the rotatable disc and the other end to the housing of the closure device. By rotating the disc the cable loops are either extended or contracted. Both loops are preferably made of a rust free steel cable but ment of the modification of this type,'the free end of each tie cable is secured to a nipple which fits and cooperates with the receiving member on the flap of the shoe.
  • plastic material is also applicable.
  • FIG. 4 is a plane cutaway view of the closure device of this invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a back view of the closure device with its lid removed, in its expanded position
  • FIG. 6 is a similar view as that in FIG. 5 of the closure device in its constricted position
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional elevation view taken along the line BB of FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 5, though partly in.
  • the closure device 22 of this invention has a tiltable winged handle 23 which is connected to an axle of a driving member of a conventional Geneva movement mechanism.
  • the winged handle 23 is tiltable between an inactive position when bent against the housing 24 of. the closure device 22 and an active position for turning the axle.
  • the design of the Geneva movement mechanism corresponds substantially to that as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and as it has been described in the patent application Ser. No. 184,108.
  • the Geneva star wheel is designated by reference numeral 25.
  • a cable pulley 27 integrally connected to the Geneva wheel 25 carries nipples 28 to which one end of respective cable loops 26 is fixedly connected.
  • the other end of the loops 26 are secured to nipples 29 which are attached to or suspended on the housing 24.
  • the Geneva star wheel 25 and the cable pulley 27 are formed as one piece.
  • the shoulders of the cable loops 26 which are secured to the cable pulley 27 are either wound on or unwound from the pulley 27 and consequently the cable loops 26 are either expanded or contracted.
  • the bent portions of the loops 26 can be hooked up to any conventional receiving means on the shoe flap to close or to open the flaps of a ski shoe.
  • the fine adjustment device 30 as shown in FIG. 8 includes an adjustment screw 31 that has a central bore through which passes the end portion of the loop 26.
  • the projecting end of the loop 26 is provided with a nipple 33 that abuts against the annular top of the adjusting screw 31.
  • the screw 31 is axially adjustable within a threaded recess 32 in the housing 24. The location of the threaded recess 32 corresponds to that of the attachment 29 in FIG. 5.
  • a closure device for use in connection with a shoe upper having receiving means for receiving a tie cable.
  • closure device comprising in combination
  • a Geneva movement mechanism including a Geneva wheel journalled for rotation relative to said housing and a driver operable for turning said Geneva wheel;
  • a cable pulley coaxially secured to said Geneva wheel; and i at least one tie cable having one end secured to said pulley and the other end secured to said housing thereby forming a loop adapted to be engaged with said receiving means and windable upon said pulley when said Geneva wheel is rotated, for releasably tying said upper.
  • a closure device comprising a pair of cables having their ends arranged opposite each other to form two counteracting loops each engaging a receiving means on said shoe upper.
  • a closure device further including a line adjusting means operable for engaging said cable near its attachment on said housing.
  • A' closure device further including a handle connected to said driver above said housing.
  • a closure device according to claim 4 wherein said handle is provided with wings tiltable between an inactive position bent out-of-the-way and an active upright position for turning said driver.
  • a closure device according to claim 1 said pulley being integral with said Geneva wheel.
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