Anti-skidding device for tired, particularly pneumatic-tired vehicle wheels on ice and snow
AssigneeFirma Niveau AG
InventorWerner Preusker
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Abstract
Anti-skidding device for vehicle wheels with tires, particularly pneumatic tires, for ice and snow surfaces. The anti-skidding device 100 consists of a support disk 120 which can be attached at the wheel disk or rim 11. The support disk is provided, adjacent to its periphery, with a plurality of anti-skidding arms 140 which extend radially in a fixed manner, equally spaced apart or are pivotal about axes 141 which extend parallel to the wheel disk bearing axis 117. The anti-skidding arms are prebent sections of plastic which engage over the tire travel surface 14 and carry spikes at their free ends.
Claims32
Anti-skidding device for tires, particularly for pneumatic tire vehicle wheels when used in ice and snow, arranged to be mounted on a motor vehicle wheel, including a base disk arranged to be positioned opposite the motor vehicle wheel, anti-skidding arms arranged to extend radially outwardly of said base disk, in the operating position said anti-skidding arms having radially inner first ends and radially outer second ends and said second ends arranged to be positioned between the tire tread and the surface over which the tire travels, and means for securing said base disk on the motor vehicle wheel, wherein the improvement comprises an annular cover disk arranged to be positioned opposite the side wall of a tire mounted on the motor vehicle wheel, said base disk spaced radially inwardly of said cover disk and arranged to attach said cover disk to the rim of the motor vehicle wheel, said first ends of said anti-skidding arms attached to said cover disk and said second ends of said anti-skidding arms spaced radially outwardly from said cover disk, said anti-skidding arms bent angularly at the second ends thereof relative to said cover disk and arranged in the operating position to remain in position between the tire tread and the surface on which the tire travels.
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