Lace locking device
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorPatrick Leick
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Abstract
The locking device is of the type acting for at least one lace, especially including a pusher defining the axis of rotation of a blocking member, also including a hollow body of which a cavity defines, on the one hand, at least a path for passage of each strand of the lace, and on the other hand, a housing for the locking member, the locking member being of a circular shape and rotationally free about the translationally mobile axis. The device operates by cooperation of the locking member with each path for locking each strand of the lace by wedging, such that the locking member is elastically biased in a locking direction of the strand(s) of lace by action on its axis of rotation.
Claims19
A locking device for at least one strand, said device comprising:
- a generally circular locking member;
- a hollow body comprising a respective path for each said strand for entry into and exit from said hollow body, said hollow body further comprising a housing for said locking member;
- a pusher;
- an axle unitary with said pusher, said locking member being mounted for rotation about said axle;
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- means for elastically biasing said pusher and said axle for translation of said locking member in a locking direction with respect to said hollow body to lock said strand by wedging said strand within said hollow body, said elastically biasing means being unitary with said pusher and said axle and being in supporting engagement with a projecting surface of said hollow body.
A locking device for at least one strand, said device comprising:
- a generally circular locking member;
- a hollow body comprising a respective path for each said strand for entry into and exit from said hollow body, said hollow body further comprising a housing for said locking member;
- a pusher;
- an axle unitary with said pusher, said locking member being mounted for rotation about said axle;
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- means for elastically biasing said pusher and said axle for translation of said locking member in a locking direction with respect to said hollow body to lock said strand by wedging said strand within said hollow body, said elastically biasing means being constituted by two tongues extending from said pusher in a V-shape, said two tongues having free ends in supporting engagement with a projecting surface of said hollow body.
A locking device for at least one strand, said device comprising:
- a generally circular locking member and an axle for supporting said locking member for rotation;
- a hollow body comprising a respective path for each said strand and comprising a housing for said locking member, said housing comprising means for supporting said axle for enabling rotation and translation of said locking member, said path being defined by said locking member and a portion of said hollow body;
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- means for elastically biasing said locking member for movement in said translation in a locking direction for wedging said strand between said locking member within said hollow body, said means for biasing exerting a biasing force via said axle and not directly against said locking member.
A locking device for at least one strand, said device comprising:
- a generally circular locking member and an axle for supporting said locking member for rotation;
- a hollow body comprising a respective path for each said strand and comprising a housing for said locking member, said housing comprising means for supporting said axle for enabling rotation and translation of said locking member, said path being defined by said locking member and a portion of said hollow body;
- a pusher mounted for translation along a surface of said hollow member external of said housing of said hollow member;
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- means for elastically biasing said locking member for movement in said translation in a locking direction for wedging said strand between said locking member within said hollow body, said means for biasing being mounted external of said housing of said hollow body for exerting a biasing force against said pusher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.