Snow chain attachment system comprising elastic fastening means
AssigneeMaggi Catene S.P.A.
InventorsGiuseppe Maggi, Jean-Pierre Bouvier
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Abstract
An attachment system for a snow chain is disclosed, comprising a rolling track (1, 2a, 2b, 12) joined to a plurality of connecting arms (3) converging towards a common central structure (4), wherein a plurality of elastic ropes (5) forming elastic attachments between said plurality of connecting arms (3) and an anchoring ring (7) fixed to a rim (C) of a wheel, and wherein at least an inextensible linear element (9) is further provided, which may be engaged with or disengaged from a working position in which it is apt to replace the elastic attachment of at least one of said elastic ropes (5) with an inextensible attachment.
Claims18
An attachment system for a snow chain comprising:
- an anti-skid rolling track (1, 2a, 2b, 12) joined to a plurality of connecting arms (3) converging towards and joined to a common central structure (4);
- a plurality of elastic ropes (5) forming elastic attachments between said plurality of connecting arms (3) and an anchoring ring (7) fixed to a rim (C) of a wheel;
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- at least one inextensible linear element (9) defining a rigidity constraint between plates (8) fixed on central structure 4 and said anchoring ring (7), a first end of said at least one inextensible linear element (9) is permanently fixed to a terminal hook (6) fastened to said anchoring ring (7), and said central structure (4) comprises at least a passage and fastening portion through which said at least one inextensible linear element (9) is guided and blocked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.