Hold and releasing mechanism for holding and releasing a cable take-up device

A bicycle shifter including a cable take-up device, the cable take up device comprising:

• a cable take-up device for holding an actuation cable in a plurality of actuation positions by way of the cable take-up device, including an actuation position of maximum pull-out of the actuation cable from the cable take-up device and an actuation position of maximum pull-in of the actuation cable by the cable take-up device, and for step-by-step releasing of the actuation cable in a pull-out direction, the cable take-up device including:
• a toothed-disk arrangement that is part of the cable take-up device as a single piece or is connected or can be connected rigidly thereto and can rotate therewith about a first axis, the toothed-disk arrangement comprising a plurality of teeth at the outer periphery thereof;
• an adjustable locking latch, said locking latch in a first position when the toothed-disk arrangement is located in various first rotational positions, in particular in a first rotational position engaging by way of a locking catch with a tooth from the plurality of teeth that acts as a locking tooth associated with the respective first rotational position in order to hold or stop the toothed-disk arrangement and thereby the cable take-up device in the respective first rotational position, and
• a lock-out device for removing or keeping removed the locking latch from the pivot position thereof in at least one pre-determined rotational angle range of the toothed-disk arrangement, the rotational angle including at least a rotational position of the toothed-disk arrangement corresponding to an actuation position of the actuation cable,
• said latch also, in a second position when the toothed-disk arrangement is located in various second rotational positions, in particular in a second rotational position, engaging by way of a safety catch with another tooth from the plurality of teeth that acts as a safety tooth associated with the respective second rotational position in order to hold or stop the toothed disk arrangement and thereby the cable take-up device in the respective second rotational position, wherein the first rotational positions correspond to the actuation positions of the actuation cable or a subset of said actuation positions and the second rotational positions correspond to intermediate positions of the actuation cable when the actuation cable is transitioned between adjacent actuation positions through release of the actuation cable,
• wherein the actuation position of maximum pull-out of the actuation cable is not associated with any tooth of the plurality of teeth acting as the locking tooth, so that the stopping and holding of the toothed-disk arrangement in a rotational position of the toothed-disk arrangement corresponding to the actuation position of maximum pull-out of the actuation cable, and thus the cable take-up device, is not achieved through engagement of the locking catch with any tooth.