Braking device particularly for skates
AssigneeNordica S.p.A.
InventorsMario Gonella, Francesco Caeran
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Abstract
Braking device, particularly for skates, that comprise a shoe composed of a quarter articulated to a shell associated with a frame whereto two or more wheels are pivoted. A rod member is connected to the quarter and is slidingly associated at a seat that acts as a guide and is formed on a support associated with the frame.
Claims12
In a skate including a quarter articulated to a frame and a braking device arranged to engage a ground surface in response to rearward articulation of said quarter relative to said frame, the braking device comprising:
- at least one rod member connected to said quarter;
- a brake operatively connected to said rod member, said brake interacting with the ground surface when said quarter is rotated backwards;
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- a guide mounted to the rear of and attached to and protruding from the frame, said guide defining a seat that slidingly engages said at least one rod member,
- said at least one rod member having a curved shape, a first end thereof pivoted to the rear and transversely of said quarter, and a body slidingly engaging said seat,
- said seat being formed axially with respect to said guide and having a slightly curved shape so as to allow, when said quarter is rotated backwards, free and guided sliding of said body downwardly towards a ground surface.
In a skate including a quarter articulated to a frame and a braking device arranged to engage a ground surface in response to rearward articulation of said quarter relative to said frame, the braking device comprising:
- at least one rod member connected to said quarter;
- a brake operatively connected to said rod member, said brake interacting with the ground surface when said quarter is rotated backwards;
- a guide mounted to the rear of and attached to and protruding from the frame, said guide defining a seat that slidingly enqaqes said at least one rod member;
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- at least one ball interposed between an end of said rod member and said brake, said ball compensating for variation in a direction of force applied by said at least one rod member to said brake.
In a skate including a quarter articulated to a frame and a braking device arranged to engage the ground in response to rearward articulation of said quarter relative to said frame, the braking device comprising a generally vertical actuator having an upper end portion thereof connected to said quarter and a lower end portion thereof defining a braking element, said actuator being moveable generally upward and downward relative to said frame in response to articulation of said quarter, that improvement comprising:
- a generally vertical longitudinally-extending guide mounted to the rear of said skate and attached to one said skate, said guide defining a seat having generally vertical forward and rearward facing surfaces,
- portions of said actuator being positioned within said seat, and
- said portions of said actuator positioned within said seat having respective generally vertical surfaces arranged to slidably engage said surfaces of said seat such that said actuator is slidably movable upwardly and downwardly relative to said guide in response to articulation of said quarter relative to said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.