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US 4,046,025 AGranted
Bicycle speed change lever device
AssigneeMaeda Industries, Ltd.
InventorNobuo Ozaki
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Abstract
A bicycle speed change lever device is combined with a fixing band having a pair of expandable open ends, wherein at least one inside nut holding means is formed with the open ends of the fixing band for supporting an inside nut. A cup member is mounted to the fixing band so as to receive the inside nut holding means in order to eliminate external projections with the fixing band. A lever handle is movably mounted on the cup member and a threaded shank passes through the cup member and the lever handle in engagement at its inner end with the inside nut.
Claims11
A bicycle speed change lever device comprising
- a fixing band having at least one pair of elastically expandable open ends and are mountable onto a bicycle frame tube by expanding said open ends,
- at least one inside nut holding means formed within said open ends of said fixing band,
- at least one inside nut provided on said inside nut holding means,
- at least one cup member mounted to said fixing band and having an internal space which permits housing said inside nut holding means with said inside nut engaged therewith,
- at least one threaded shank which passes through said cup member and is engageable at its inner end with said inside nut,
- at least one lever handle movably mounted on said cup member, and
- at least one outside lock nut engageable with an outer end of said threaded shank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.