WO1991014607A1 - Device with toboggan - Google Patents
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- WO1991014607A1 WO1991014607A1 PCT/NO1991/000047 NO9100047W WO9114607A1 WO 1991014607 A1 WO1991014607 A1 WO 1991014607A1 NO 9100047 W NO9100047 W NO 9100047W WO 9114607 A1 WO9114607 A1 WO 9114607A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
- B62B17/00—Accessories or details of sledges
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B61B11/00—Ski lift, sleigh lift or like trackless systems with guided towing cables only
- B61B11/004—Means connecting load and cable
- B61B11/008—Means connecting load and cable the load being a sleigh
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- the invention comprises a toboggan or similar sledge that can be attached to a towline, particularly a toboggan designed for use in an alpine skiing facility, as indicated in the introduction to Claim 1.
- toboggans also need a braking system that comes into effect if the user falls off or is incapable of operating the manual braking system. In other words, there must be a type of emergency brake that can stop such a toboggan in an emergency.
- a further objective has been to design a device that is as simple as possible both structurally and functionally, thus restricting the maintenance requirements and making any repairs simple and easy to do.
- the activation and deactivation of the tow must be able to be simply operated from the toboggan's central seating area.
- the braking should be so efficient that is not necessary to specially prepare slopes that are to be used by toboggans, at the same time the toboggans are to be capable of being used on piste that havebeen prepared for skiing in the usual way.
- a specific objective is to design a braking device that has a simple and certain transition from the active to the passive position.
- a further objective with the present invention is to design a braking mechanism that can be released in an emergency or similar situations on a toboggan as mentioned above, where it is not necessary to have special activation during normal use.
- the braking device is to be as small hindrance as possible to the free use of the toboggan, at the same time it must be certain that the braking device operates should there be an accident.
- Such a braking device is to be convenient and simple to use, this will give the tobogganist considerable freedom. At the same time it is to operate quickly if there is an accident, and there is not to be any risk that it will remain passive if there is a malfunction in the normal routines.
- fig. 1 shows a perspective sketch of a toboggan in accordance with the present invention
- fig. 2 shows a lateral section of a draw fork in Fig. 1, in the active raised position
- - fig. 3 shows the equivalent elements as in Fig. 2, but with the draw fork in the downward, non-engaged position
- figs. 4 and 5 respectively show the lateral and front sections of the draw fork
- fig. 6 shows a lateral section of a brake device in ' accordance with the invention, with the brake element in the passive position
- fig. 7 shows an equivalent sketch as in fig. 1, with the brake element in the active position
- fig. 1 shows a perspective sketch of a toboggan in accordance with the present invention
- fig. 2 shows a lateral section of a draw fork in Fig. 1, in the active raised position
- - fig. 3 shows the equivalent elements as in Fig. 2, but with the draw fork in the downward, non-engaged position
- fig. 8 shows a sketch from above of the brake element in fig. 6, i.e., the brake element is in the raised, passive position
- fig. 9 s-hows a schematic lateral perspective of an emergency brake in accordance with the present invention
- fig. 10 is a plane section of a release disc from the emergency brake in fig. 9.
- fig. 1 where we can see a toboggan 1 with a chassis 2. Front skis 3 and rear skis 4 are suspended on the frame which is not shown. It the present example three skis 3, 4 are arranged and it is easy to imagine that two or another number of skis could be mounted in the front. Furthermore, there is space for two seats 5, but once again this amount can be varied. There is Reference is also made to figs. 2 and 3 where there is an angular frame tube 11 covered by a top 12 that forms a facing wall 13 between the seating area, not illustrated in more detail, and the front wall 14 at the front of the toboggan.
- the draw fork 16 is rigidly connected to an arm 17 that protrudes from the axis 15 in the opposite direction to the draw fork and which is linked to an adjustable activation lever 18.
- the activation lever 18 extends through the front wall 14 into an inner chamber in the toboggan where its other end is linked to a boomerang-shaped lever 19 which has a central position on the transverse axle 20.
- the lever 19 is connected at the other, rear end to a release line 21 that is extended through the facing wall 13 to a engagement hook 22, that is located near the seating area.
- the lever 19 is shown in its end position turned clockwise towards an adjustable stop pin 23 that forms a connection with the link to the activation lever 18.
- the activation lever 18 is pulled towards this position by a coil spring 24 that is located in a central part of the activation lever and which has its other end attached by a bolt 25 across the activation lever to the frame tube 11 of the toboggan.
- a tobogganing position is shown in fig. 3 where the draw fork 16 is swung forwards and downwards towards the front wall 14. This is possible because the lever 19 has been released by the engagement hook 22 so that this swings past the dead point where the joint between the activation lever 18 and the lever 19 lie on a line between the jointed axle 20 and the joint between the activation lever 18 and the arm 17. Once the lever 19 is swung beyond this dead point, the draw fork 16 will be swung around and down towards the front wall 14. It is best if the front wall 14 is designed with a cut out 30, to enable the draw fork 16 to lie flat when it is swung downwards. figs. 4 and 5 show how the draw fork 16 can be designed in more detail.
- This comprises two tubular struts 16A and 16B that at their inner ends are rigidly connected with the axle 15 and have a diverging V-shape from here.
- the distance between the inner parts of the struts 16A and 16B is adjusted to the thickness of the tow bar 29.
- One of these struts 16B has an arm 17 which has a plate- shaped material connected to it.
- the arm 17 is led from its end into the axle 15 and welded to it and the strut 16B.
- the draw fork 16 can also be adjusted to be connected to other lift elements than the T-shaped tow bar.
- the brake device is supported by two side plates or brackets 111 that are located side-by-side and that support the skis 4.
- the brackets 111 carry a bearing axle 112 between them that forms support for two movable support plates 113, which in turn support brake unit 114 between them on a transverse axle ll ⁇ located at a distance from the bearing axle 112.
- One of the two support plates 113 has a protruding arm 116 which has a hole 117 that is the anchor point for a return spring 118.
- the bearing axle 112, the brake unit's axle 115 and the attachment hole 117 for the return spring 118 are all in a triangular pattern.
- the brake unit 114 comprises two parallel brake levers 119 of a plate-shaped material, that at its free end is - transverse to the brackets 111. At the other end of the brake levers 119 there is a jointed connection to a pair of plate- like steering levers 121, that are supported parallel by one of the steering lever axles 122 between the brackets 111.
- One of the steering levers is an extended lever to the opposite side of the steering lever axle, in that this extension 123 has three attachment holes 124A-C for an activation wire 125.
- the activation wire 125 is connected in an appropriate manner to an handle that is not illustrated.
- the brake device functions in the following manner. Pulling the activation wire 125 causes the steering lever 121 to turn clockwise from the downward position shown in fig. 6.
- This movement will start a clockwise rotational movement of the support lever 113 so that the brake unit 114 will be transitionally displaced from an upper position shown in fig. 6, to a lower, active position as shown in fig. 7.
- the brake plate 120 protrudes downwards under the brackets 111 to make contact with the terrain below the toboggan.
- the brake unit will be held in this position as long as tension is maintained in the activation wire. If the tension is released, the return spring 118 will pull the support lever 113 anticlockwise and thereby lift the brake unit 114, controlled by steering lever 121, that turns anticlockwise.
- the invention can be realized by other individual components than those shown in the example.
- the return spring can be shaped as a coil spring and located on the support lever axle.
- the plate-shaped pair of levers can be replaced by a combination of solid, tubular and plate- shaped levers.
- a ski is shown that is attached in an appropriate manner to a support frame 212 that is part of a toboggan with a seat cushion 213.
- the support frame 212 is integrated with a front transverse bar 214 and a rear transverse bar 215.
- the front transverse bar 214 is located in the area in front of and under the seat cushion 213, while the rear transverse bar 215 is located just below the back edge of the seat cushion 213.
- a lateral shaft journal 216 supports a brake lever 217 that can move from an upper forward position to a lower braking position at a sharp angle downwards and forwards from the shaft journal 216.
- the brake lever 217 can possibly be held in tension towards the lower active position by a spring element that is not illustrated.
- the brake lever 217 that can be manufactured as a rectangular tube with an appropriately shaped free end 218, is equipped at its leading edge with an attachment bracket 219 which two wires can be fitted to.
- a stop wire 220 is attached at the outer end of the attachment bracket 219, seen from the shaft journal 216, the other end of this wire is anchored tothe front transverse bar 214.
- the stop wire 220 has the function of arresting the downward movement of the brake lever 217 and holding it at a suitable angle for braking. When the brake lever 217 is raised in its passive position, the stop wire 220 will hang slack as shown by 220'.
- a release wire 221 which has a spherical unit 222 that has been welded or pressed onto its free end.
- the spherical unit 222 is designed to be retained by a release disc 223 (see fig. 2) that will be described in more detail below.
- the release wire 221, which could alternatively be a rope or line, is led in an active position though an opening 224 in the raised back edge 225 of the seat cushion 213. Above this opening the attachment disc 223 is designed to fit so that it cannot be pulled through the opening 224.
- the attachment disc 223 is also equipped with a locking slit 226 with an expanded inner end 226' that the spherical unit 222 cannot slide through.
- the locking disc 223 is attached to a release line 227 that is designed to be connected by the user of the toboggan by means of a loop 228 that can be tied around the user's waist.
- the release line 227 will pull the locking disc 223 out of its engagement with the sphere 222 and thereby loosen the wire 221 and the brake lever 218 which will be activated after a slight delay. If this is prestressed, it can be activated so that it works in both directions, i.e., there also will be braking in the normal direction taken by the toboggan. It is however appropriate to equip the toboggan with an automatic brake lock (not shown) that will assume this function.
- the brake lever 217 can be given another geometry of movement than the one shown in the example.
- the line 221 can be anchored in other places than those shown, but preferably in the back part of the seat.
- the stop wire 221 can be replaced by another form of end stops, but this will necessitate heavier elements and thereby give greater weight.
- the break lever 217 forms an angle of a minimum of 10-15 degrees from the vertical. It is important that the brake lever is placed at the rear end of the toboggan, as this will prevent overturning and/or rotation of the toboggan during braking.
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Applications Claiming Priority (6)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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NO901370A NO170066C (en) | 1990-03-26 | 1990-03-26 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A TREKLINE TO PULL LINE. |
NO901370 | 1990-03-26 | ||
NO905534A NO172481C (en) | 1990-12-21 | 1990-12-21 | NOEDBREMS |
NO905533A NO172480C (en) | 1990-12-21 | 1990-12-21 | ACHBRETT BRAKE DEVICE |
NO905533 | 1990-12-21 | ||
NO905534 | 1990-12-21 |
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WO1991014607A1 true WO1991014607A1 (en) | 1991-10-03 |
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PCT/NO1991/000047 WO1991014607A1 (en) | 1990-03-26 | 1991-03-25 | Device with toboggan |
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EP (1) | EP0521942A1 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2078329A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1991014607A1 (en) |
Citations (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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CH50640A (en) * | 1910-03-04 | 1911-06-16 | Christian Muerl | Braking device on slide |
DE2349322A1 (en) * | 1973-10-01 | 1975-04-10 | Waldemar Wages | Snow-sledge or ski-bobs coupling to ski-lift - comprising housing and prongs encompassing ski-lift's anchor or lift-plate |
US3973785A (en) * | 1974-01-30 | 1976-08-10 | Demag Aktiengesellschaft | Sled |
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- 1991-03-25 WO PCT/NO1991/000047 patent/WO1991014607A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1991-03-25 EP EP19910906436 patent/EP0521942A1/en not_active Ceased
- 1991-03-25 CA CA 2078329 patent/CA2078329A1/en not_active Abandoned
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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CH50640A (en) * | 1910-03-04 | 1911-06-16 | Christian Muerl | Braking device on slide |
DE2349322A1 (en) * | 1973-10-01 | 1975-04-10 | Waldemar Wages | Snow-sledge or ski-bobs coupling to ski-lift - comprising housing and prongs encompassing ski-lift's anchor or lift-plate |
US3973785A (en) * | 1974-01-30 | 1976-08-10 | Demag Aktiengesellschaft | Sled |
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