Antislipping device
AssigneeRUD-Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co.
InventorsWerner Deger, Helmut Kaiser, Thilo Ernst Schaffert, Eugen Liesch
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Abstract
An anti-slipping device has a tread network of chains connected to an external mounting by terminal links (20) of segments of chains (4, 5) of the network, and the external mounting is configured as a disc (13) in its peripheral area. The terminal links (20) are hooked into retaining anchors (19) formed by sections of a wire (18) which is held in place in guide channels (17) on the outside of the disc (13).
Claims17
An anti-skid device adapted to be mounted to a vehicle tire, said anti-skid device comprising a running net, an inner fixing device, an outer fixing device comprising a disc proximate to an outer surface thereof, and a plurality of connecting elements for connecting said inner fixing device to said outer fixing device at a plurality of connecting points;
- said connecting elements connected to said outer fixing device comprising end elements of chain elements of said running net;
- said disc (13) of said outer fixing device having an outer edge (16) and a plurality of guide channels (17) proximate to said outer edge (16), and at least one wire (18) received, in part, in said guide channels (17);
- and fixing fittings (19) defined by portions of said at least one wire extending between adjacent said guide channels (17), said end elements (20) of said chain elements being connected to said fixing fittings (19).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.