Tire chain
OwnerDr. Hansjorg Rieger, Leo Kess +1inventors
InventorsDr. Hansjorg Rieger, Leo Kess, Dietmar Holzwarth
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Abstract
A tire chain with separable chain strands the end links of which are connectable at each separation point by use of two connecting elements which can be hooked into each other and which are each safely connected with an end link, wherein each connecting element has a body comprising at least one portion bounding an insertion slot which portion has a cross-section decreased at its free end at the expense of its width and wherein the width of the insertion slot is smaller than the height of each of those portions of the body which bound the insertion slot.
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Tire chain, especially anti-skid chain, with at least one separable chain strand, the end links of which, adjoining each other at the separation point, are connectable by use of a connecting element having a body with an insertion slot, characterized therein that each separation point is provided with two connecting elements (15,28, 29,30) which can be hooked into each other, each safely connected with an end link (11,12), that at least one of the portions (18,19) of the body (16) bounding the respective insertion slot (17) has a cross-section decreased at its free end at the expense of the width (b) of said portion and that the width (w) of the insertion slot is smaller than the height (h) of each of those portions of the body which bound the insertion slot.
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