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US 4,679,356 AGranted
Automatic ski tuning device
OwnerJacques B. Thomasinventor
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Abstract
A device is disclosed for movement along the bottom surface of a snow ski to grind a varying bevel in the bottom edges of the ski in direct relation to the width of the ski.
Claims15
A device for filing the bottom edge of a ski wherein the ski varies in width along its length comprising in combination,
- frame means adapted to be moved along the length of the ski,
- motor means mounted on said frame means,
- grinding means operably connected to said motor means and adapted to engage the bottom edge of said ski as the frame means is moved along the length of the ski, and
- operative mechanism means on said frame means adapted to adjust the angle of said grinding means relative to the bottom of the ski whereby the edge can be ground at an angle relative to the bottom of the ski.
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A device for filing the bottom edge of a ski wherein the ski varies in width along its length comprising in combination,
- frame means adapted to be moved along the length of the ski,
- grinding means operably mounted on said frame means, and
- operative mechanism means on said frame means, operably associated with said grinding means and adapted to sense the width of the ski, said operative mechanism means including means for varying the angle of said grinding means relative to the bottom of the ski in a direct relation to the width of the ski.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.