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AssigneeHTM Sport- und Freizeitgeraete Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsKarl Stritzl, Helmut Wladar, Andreas Janisch, Hubert Wuerthner, Gottfried Steiner
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A front jaw having a device for indicating predetermined release values, which front jaw has a housing and a sleeve which is longitudinally adjustable with respect to the housing against the force of a release spring supported on the housing. The sleeve is fastened to one end of a pull rod, the other end of the pull rod carrying a release plate under which short lever arms of two toggle levers grip. The housing has an essentially rectangular recess therein and a window in this recess, with the window enabling the reading of release values indicated by a pointer. The device indicates an exact release value even when the sleeve experiences a change in position relative to the housing during a stepping in with a ski shoe. The sleeve includes an upper surface facing the scale which includes an arrangement for slidably engaging the pointer which is associated with both an engaging device and the scale.
In a front jaw for a safety ski binding including a housing adapted to be fastened to an upper side of a ski and having a rear cross wall extending transverse to a longitudinal axis of the ski, an elongated pull rod extending substantially along the longitudinal axis and having a first end disposed within the housing and a second end extending through a first bore in the rear cross wall, a rectangular cup-like sleeve disposed within the housing and opening toward the rear wall, an adjusting nut having a internally threaded hollow shank extending through a second bore in a base wall portion of the sleeve and threadably engaging the first end of the pull rod and rotatably supporting the sleeve, a release spring concentrically surrounding the pull rod and the threaded shank within the housing and disposed between the rear cross wall and the base wall of the sleeve, a release plate coupled to the second end of the pull rod, two toggle levers each having a short lever arm and a long lever arm, the release plate operatively coupling the pull rod to the short lever arms and the long lever arms laterally engaging a sole of an inserted ski boot, said toggle levers each being pivotally supported on the housing, a scale presenting indicia which indicate an adjustment number for a release force, a transparent window means on the housing, and a pointer associated with the scale, the improvement wherein the pointer includes a terminal end portion secured to the release plate and a free end portion remote from said terminal end portion, an upper surface on the sleeve including means for cooperating with said free end portion to define a point of intersection on the scale, said free end portion being proximate the transparent window means and the scale, and the indicia being arranged directly on the transparent window means of the housing and extending transverse to the longitudinal axis so that the proximately located free end will indicate selected indicia on the scale through the transparent window means.
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