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EP0700699A1
EP0700699A1 EP95111302A EP95111302A EP0700699A1 EP 0700699 A1 EP0700699 A1 EP 0700699A1 EP 95111302 A EP95111302 A EP 95111302A EP 95111302 A EP95111302 A EP 95111302A EP 0700699 A1 EP0700699 A1 EP 0700699A1
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Gilles Renaud Goud
Pierre Vuillermet
Philippe Schary
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/08—Ski bindings yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings
    • A63C9/085—Ski bindings yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings with sole hold-downs, e.g. swingable
    • A63C9/08535—Ski bindings yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings with sole hold-downs, e.g. swingable with a mobile body or base or single jaw
    • A63C9/0855—Ski bindings yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings with sole hold-downs, e.g. swingable with a mobile body or base or single jaw pivoting about a vertical axis
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/007—Systems preventing accumulation of forces on the binding when the ski is bending
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/001—Anti-friction devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/08—Ski bindings yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings
    • A63C9/085—Ski bindings yieldable or self-releasing in the event of an accident, i.e. safety bindings with sole hold-downs, e.g. swingable
    • A63C9/08557—Details of the release mechanism
    • A63C9/08571—Details of the release mechanism using axis and lever

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  • the invention relates to a member for retaining a boot on a gliding board, in particular a member for retaining a ski boot on a ski.
  • a ski boot is retained on the ski by a front retainer and a rear retainer, which are also responsible for releasing the boot if excessive stresses exist at the connection between the boot and the ski.
  • each retaining element has a jaw carried by a body connected to the ski.
  • the jaw is movable against the elastic restoring force generally exerted by a return spring housed in the body.
  • the jaw is usually movable relative to the body, or movable with the body relative to a base secured to the ski.
  • the shoe rests on front and rear support plates which are in principle associated with the front and rear retaining elements.
  • Certain front retaining elements are also equipped with a compensation mechanism, which is designed to lower the restoring force that the spring exerts on the jaw in the case of certain fall configurations.
  • a compensation mechanism which is designed to lower the restoring force that the spring exerts on the jaw in the case of certain fall configurations. For example, in the case of a so-called “pre-twist” fall, such a mechanism compensates for the increase in friction between the boot and the ski, which delays the release of the boot.
  • German patent applications published under the numbers DE 29 05 837 and DE 33 43 545, or even 33 07 022 describe a mechanism actuated by the support plate of the shoe, which acts on the return spring of the jaw, or on the jaw itself.
  • One of the aims of the invention is to improve the compensation mechanism for a retaining element, in particular a front retaining element.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a retaining element equipped with such an improved compensation mechanism which is simple to construct.
  • This element comprises a retaining jaw intended to hold one end of the boot in abutment against the board, the jaw being carried by a body intended to be assembled to the gliding board.
  • the jaw is also movable under the effect of the stresses of the shoe against the restoring force of a spring housed in the body.
  • the element also includes a compensation mechanism controlled by an actuating member and designed to lower the restoring force developed by the spring on the jaw in response to the downward pressing force exerted by a support plate. including a movable support zone rests on the actuating member of the compensation mechanism, in a vertical downward direction, the support plate being movable relative to a plate designed to be secured to the ski.
  • the retaining element is characterized by the fact that the support plate has on either side of the support zone with the actuating member two bearing zones from bottom to top of the plate against the plate , which define with at least one bearing zone located on the rear of the plate, two privileged tilting lines of the plate relative to the plate around which the support plate can tilt under the effect of variations in force shoe support.
  • FIG. 1 is a general view in longitudinal section of a front retaining element according to a first nonlimiting embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a perspective view of the pivot and its base.
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the various elements of the support plate of FIG. 1.
  • Figure 4 is a top view of the support plate.
  • FIG 5 shows the support plate of Figure 3 seen in longitudinal section through different longitudinal planes.
  • Figures 6 to 8 show the support plate of Figure 4 seen in cross section and illustrates its mode of operation.
  • Figure 1 shows a side view of a retaining element 1 provided for releasably retaining the front end of a shoe.
  • the element 1 shown in FIG. 1 comprises a structure 2 for retaining the boot and a support structure 3 on which the sole of the boot rests.
  • the retaining structure is largely known from the patent application published under the number FR 2 458 299, in particular the embodiment of FIG. 10.
  • the jaw includes a shoe retaining jaw 5.
  • the jaw is carried by a body 6 with which it forms a monolithic assembly.
  • the jaw may have adjustment means to adapt it to the shape of the sole toe, in addition, preferably, the body has an adjustment screw 7 to adapt to the thickness of the shoe sole.
  • adjustment means are known and do not form part of the invention. They will not be described in detail.
  • the body is pivotally mounted around a pivot 8 intended to be secured to the ski by means of a base 9 located at its lower part.
  • the base and the pivot are of a known type and are more particularly visible in FIG. 2.
  • the base has a top view in the shape of a "U", with two branches 9a and 9b which extend towards the 'back.
  • the body is in abutment against the pivot by two support lines located at the rear face 10 of the pivot.
  • the support lines are convergent, and they are materialized by two lower support zones 10a and 10b situated at the base of the pivot on each side of the median plane of symmetry of the pivot, and an upper support zone common to the two lines , which is located at the head of the screw 7 for adjusting the height of the body.
  • the jaw can pivot around one or the other of these two support lines in a slightly ascending pivoting movement.
  • the jaw and the body are returned to the position centered on the ski by a spring 11 housed in the body, one end of which is retained by a threaded plug 12 which is screwed into the front part of the body, and the other end of which is in bearing against a substantially flat face 13 situated on the front face of the pivot, by means of an intermediate piston 15.
  • the retaining element 1 also comprises a compensation mechanism designed to lower the force that the shoe must transmit to the jaw to be released.
  • the compensation mechanism comprises a rod 16 embedded in the lower part of the jaw slightly behind the pivot, in an approximately vertical direction.
  • the rod is located between the two bearing zones
  • the lower end of the rod 16 protrudes under the jaw, and it is located between the two support zones 10a and 10b.
  • This end of the rod provides a grip on the approximately vertical branch 18a of a reference 18 articulated around a pin 19 oriented in a transverse direction.
  • the pin 19 is for example carried by a foil 20 attached to the underside of the base 9.
  • the return 18 has a tilted branch 18b towards the rear by which it is rotated, which causes the branch 18a to move back and forth.
  • the release of the boot is therefore facilitated by a vertical force exerted on the branch 18b of the reference 18.
  • the retaining structure 2 which has been described is not limiting for the invention, and that any other suitable structure is suitable, provided that it has a compensation mechanism of the kind described above. , with an actuating member of this mechanism, a member which is here constituted in a nonlimiting manner by the reference 18.
  • Such structures are described in the patent applications published under the numbers FR 2 640 882, or also DE 29 05 837 .
  • the retaining element shown in Figure 1 also has a support structure 3 which is provided to support the front of the shoe.
  • the support structure comprises a movable support plate which is designed to actuate the reference 18.
  • the support structure 3 has a support plate 21 on which the boot rests, and a plate 22 which carries the support plate 21 and which is intended to be integrally connected to the ski.
  • the support plate is in two parts, a pedal 24, which is surmounted by a covering 25.
  • the covering has a plate of anti-friction material 26, which is intended to facilitate lateral sliding of the shoe.
  • the covering 25 is for example made of a plastic material, and it is assembled to the pedal 24 by any suitable means.
  • the pedal 24 it is relatively rigid, it is for example formed by a sheet metal plate reinforced by a longitudinal rib 27. Optionally, it may have other reinforcing ribs.
  • the pedal 24 has a narrower tongue 28 which forms the support zone with the branch 18b of the rocker, or more generally with the actuating member of the compensation mechanism.
  • the plate 22 extends under the pedal 24, and it extends forward under the base 9 of the pivot 8.
  • the plate preferably has at its upper surface a recess 30 in which the support plate 21 and the base 9 are housed.
  • the plate 22 has in its rear part a reinforcing counter plate 31 which is provided to extend generally under the plate, and to pass through the plate 22 right through on the front and the back.
  • This counter-plate provides the connection between the support plate 21 and the plate 22.
  • the reinforcing counter plate has on the rear a horizontal ear 32 which opens into the recess 30.
  • the ear 32 rests on a shoulder of the plate 22, and it provides support for the rear part of the pedal 24 according to a vertical direction down.
  • it is the rear part of the reinforcing rib 27 which is intended to come into contact with the ear 32, which gives an almost point-like range of the pedal on the plate.
  • any other suitable support means is suitable, and in particular an added rivet head, or else a particular shape obtained by deformation of the pedal or else a rib on the ear 32 of the reinforcement 31 bearing on the pedal 24 which would be flat.
  • the rear part of the pedal is fitted into the plate to hold the rear of the pedal up and in a lateral direction, without hampering its movement.
  • the pedal has on the rear a "U" cutout 29, which is engaged in a pot of the plate 26 in order to achieve a lateral interlocking.
  • the cutout has a small tab 29a which is engaged in an orifice of the stud to make a vertical retention towards the top of the pedal.
  • the hole has larger dimensions than those of the tab.
  • any other suitable means is suitable.
  • the counter plate 31 has two ears 34 and 35, which extend in an approximately vertical direction along the contour of the pedal 24, on either side of the tongue 28.
  • the ears 34 and 35 are hollowed out in their central part, and crossed by a lug, respectively 36 and 37, of the pedal 24 projecting from the general outline of the plate.
  • the assembly is provided so that the legs 36 and 37 describe the recesses 38 and 39 of the ears 34 and 35 during the movement of the pedal 24.
  • the recesses 38 and 39 provide the legs 36 and 37 with two zones of range against which they are supported when the pedal 24 is in the high rest position.
  • the ears 32, 34 and 35 of the counter plate 31 pass through openings in the plate 22.
  • the openings in the plate are largely dimensioned in a longitudinal direction.
  • the counterplate is inserted into the plate, and has a large clearance in a longitudinal direction. This allows to place the support plate 21 on the plate, and in particular to engage the legs in the ears 34 and 35.
  • the base 9 of the retaining element is assembled to the plate.
  • the assembly orifices are provided so that the base 9 pushes back and maintains the backplate towards the rear where it retains the tabs engaged in the recesses of the ears. This achieves a simple assembly of the support plate to the plate, by means of the counter-plate.
  • the pedal 24 is therefore resting down in its rear part with its rib 27, in its front part with the tongue 28 against the branch 18b of the reference 18, which can be lowered in the event of high stress.
  • the front part of the pedal is raised by the gear against the two ears 34 and 35.
  • the reference 18 exerts on the tongue 28 of the pedal a sufficient upward constraint so that the pedal does not lower under the effect of the weight of the skier, but only in the event of a large increase in the bearing force. of the boot on the support plate, which occurs in particular when the skier is in a forward fall. In this case, the support plate 21 presses sufficiently on the return 18 to cause it to tilt, which activates the compensation mechanism.
  • an elastic means of low energy exerts on the pedal an upward restoring force.
  • this means is a pin spring 40, the base of which passes through an orifice 41 of the plate 22.
  • the branches of the spring 40 are supported under the support plate 21, more precisely under the pedal 24.
  • the elasticity of the spring 40 is used both to produce the elastic return of the pedal 24 and to hold the base of the spring in the plate.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates the movement of the support plate 21 in the case of a pure forward fall.
  • the support plate lowers, at least the tongue 28, which causes the tilting of the reference 18.
  • the two tabs 36 and 37 describe the recesses of the ears 34 and 35.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates the movement of the support plate 21 in the case where the shoe urges the retaining element according to a twisting stress, that is to say according to a rolling movement.
  • the support plate is supported on the rear of the rib 27 and on one of the ears 34 or 35 (35 in the case of FIG. 8), for rocking around this rocking line thus formed.
  • the tongue 28 exerts a downward force on the branch 18b and causes the rotation of the return 18 if the effort is sufficient.
  • the tilting movement is also made against the restoring force that return 18 develops by reaction.
  • the intensity of the forces transmitted, and the amplitude of the tilting movement of the gearbox depend on the width of the contact zone between the gearbox and the tongue.
  • the support plate 21 is movable around its rear bearing zone formed by the rear end of the rib 27, in a rocking movement around one or the other of two privileged rocking lines formed by this end rear of the rib and one of the legs 36 and 37 bearing upwards against the recesses of the ears 34 and 35.
  • the support plate is also movable according to any intermediate tilting movement, and in particular according to the movement which has been described in relation to FIG. 7. In its various movements, the plate rests on the rear end of its rib and on the branch 18b of the reference. In the two preferred movements, the plate bears against one or other of the ears 34 or 35.
  • the support plate 21 reacts not only to a fall towards the front of the skier, but also to a fall where the boot tends to twist in its retaining element. It is believed that it is possible in this way to facilitate the release of the shoe.
  • the base of the retaining element is released on its lateral edges, so as not to hinder the movement of the shoe when the support plate 21 has tilted laterally.
  • the two branches 9a and 9b of the base have a bevelled upper surface, so as to reduce their thickness towards the outside.
  • the legs 34 and 35 could be associated with the branches 9a and 9b of the base, and the pedal 24 could be supported in its rear part directly on the plate 22.
  • the reinforcement 31 could in this case be eliminated.
  • the reinforcement 31 in addition to these vertical upward forces at the legs 34 and 35, is subjected to the vertical downward support from the rear of the pedal on the ear 32.
  • the rear support of the pedal 24 on its plate 22 could be different. It could be formed by two distinct zones, which, therefore, would each be paired with one of the legs 36 and 37 to form the two tilting lines of the support plate.
  • the rear support could also be achieved by a lug or a portion of an axis engaged in an orifice of the plate.
  • the rear support could also be produced according to two bearing zones of the same type as the front zones 34, 35 of the plate and 36, 67 of the plate.
  • the rear part of the pedal 24 could also rest on a damping block which provides vertical damping, and which moreover defines a fuzzy range around which the pedal can oscillate.

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FR9410819A FR2724116B1 (fr) 1994-09-06 1994-09-06 Element de retenue d'une chaussure sur une planche de glisse

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EP0934763A1 (de) * 1998-02-06 1999-08-11 Salomon S.A. Vorderbacken einer Skibindung

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DE2905837A1 (de) 1979-02-15 1980-08-21 Ver Baubeschlag Gretsch Co Sicherheitsvorderbacken bei einer skibindung
FR2458299A1 (fr) 1979-06-06 1981-01-02 Salomon & Fils F Fixation de securite pour ski
DE3307022A1 (de) 1982-03-25 1983-09-29 Etablissements François Salomon et Fils, 74011 Annecy, Haute-Savoie Sicherheitsskibindung
DE3343545A1 (de) 1982-12-13 1984-06-14 S.A. Etablissements François Salomon & Fils, Annecy, Haute-Savoie Sicherheitsskibindung
FR2640882A1 (de) 1988-12-26 1990-06-29 Salomon Sa
WO1991008808A1 (fr) * 1989-12-18 1991-06-27 Salomon S.A. Fixation de securite de ski alpin
EP0653231A1 (de) * 1993-11-10 1995-05-17 Salomon S.A. Bindungselement für Skier

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DE2905837A1 (de) 1979-02-15 1980-08-21 Ver Baubeschlag Gretsch Co Sicherheitsvorderbacken bei einer skibindung
FR2458299A1 (fr) 1979-06-06 1981-01-02 Salomon & Fils F Fixation de securite pour ski
DE3307022A1 (de) 1982-03-25 1983-09-29 Etablissements François Salomon et Fils, 74011 Annecy, Haute-Savoie Sicherheitsskibindung
DE3343545A1 (de) 1982-12-13 1984-06-14 S.A. Etablissements François Salomon & Fils, Annecy, Haute-Savoie Sicherheitsskibindung
FR2640882A1 (de) 1988-12-26 1990-06-29 Salomon Sa
WO1991008808A1 (fr) * 1989-12-18 1991-06-27 Salomon S.A. Fixation de securite de ski alpin
EP0653231A1 (de) * 1993-11-10 1995-05-17 Salomon S.A. Bindungselement für Skier

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EP0934763A1 (de) * 1998-02-06 1999-08-11 Salomon S.A. Vorderbacken einer Skibindung
FR2774603A1 (fr) * 1998-02-06 1999-08-13 Salomon Sa Element de retenue de l'avant d'une chaussure sur un ski

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FR2724116B1 (fr) 1996-10-25

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