52results about "Ski-brakes" patented technology

Heel part (1) for a ski binding, wherein the heel part (1) comprises: • a base plate (10) adapted to be attached to a ski top (3) of a ski (2), for example by screwing it on, • a base body (20) attached to the base plate (10) which pivotably supports a heel holder (30), and • a ski brake (40) with two brake levers (41, 42), characterized in that • the base plate (10) pivotably supports the brake levers (41, 42) and forms a contact surface (11) for the sole (51) of a ski boot (50).

A heel piece (1) for a ski binding is disclosed, comprising: a base (2); a tower (3); a ski brake (4) which comprises a first braking element (11) and elastic means (5) acting on the first braking element (11); a pedal (6) which is connected to the first braking element (11) such that when it is in a lowered pedal position (PPA), the first braking element (11) is in a first inactive braking position (PPFD), and when it is in a raised pedal position (PPS), the first braking element (11) is in a first active braking position (PPFA); a locking element (7); a crank (8) which is connected to the pedal (6); a connecting rod (9) which is connected to the crank (8). The heel piece (1) also comprises a cursor (10) which: is movable between an interference position (PI) and a non-interference position (PNI); is arranged so that when it is in the interference position (PI) and when the connecting rod (9) is in an advanced position (AP), then the cursor (10) interferes with the connecting rod (9), thus retaining the connecting rod (9) in the advanced position (AP) and consequently retaining the first braking element (11) in the first inactive braking position (PPFD) and the pedal (6) in the lowered pedal position (PPA); is controllable by the locking element (7) to reach or maintain the interference position (PI) when the locking element (7) is brought into the operative position (POP).

The present invention relates to a rear binding for ski touring, comprising a binding system, a braking system having at least one lever (30) and a control plate (40) pivotally mounted on the lever (30), and an elastic element (50) arranged to cooperate with the braking system. In an uphill mode, the control plate (40) is held against a stop element by the action of the elastic element, the control plate being positioned so as to form a climbing wedge and provide support to the heel of a boot, preventing the boot from being attached to the binding system.

A snow slider (1), in particular a ski, having a snow-slider underside (2), on which there is a sliding surface (3) for sliding on snow, wherein the snow slider (1) contains a receiving space (4) which is open towards a recess in the sliding surface (3), and a carrier plate (5), which forms part of the snow slider (1) and has a friction surface (6), is mounted movably in the receiving space (4), wherein the friction surface (6) has a higher coefficient of friction than the sliding surface (3), wherein the snow slider (1) has an adjusting device (7), by means of which the carrier plate (5) can be adjusted between an end position retracted into the receiving space (4) and an operating position, wherein the snow slider (1) has a locking device (11) for releasably locking the carrier plate (5) in the operating position.

Cutting device for trimming touring skins (1) by guiding the cutting device along a cutting direction (4) following the edge (2) of a touring ski (3), comprising: - a first guide area (5) which defines a first level (6) for the planar guidance of the cutting device on the skin surface of the touring ski (3), - a second guide area (7) which defines a second plane (8) for guiding and aligning the cutting device along the side edge (2') of the touring ski (3), - wherein the first guide area (5) and the second guide area (7) define a cutting channel (9) extending along the cutting direction (4), - wherein the cutting channel (9) has an L-shaped guide profile (10) composed of the first level and the second level (8), - wherein a blade (11) is provided which projects from the first level (6) into the cutting channel (9), - and wherein a trimming distance (12) is maintained between the blade (11) and the second level (8).

An apparatus for generating a stream of snow while moving. The apparatus includes a channel member attached to a ski or snowboard during use. The channel member has an inlet located at or below the snow line during use. The inlet leads to an upwardly sloping channel and an outlet above the snow line, whereby as the ski or snowboard moves across the snow line, snow enters the channel and is forced upward through the outlet.

Apparatus (2) for generating a stream of snow during movement. The apparatus (2) includes a channelling member (24) mounted on a ski (4) or snowboard in use. The channelling member (24) has an entrance positioned on or below the snow line (V) during use. The entrance leads to an upwardly sloped channel and to an exit above the snow line (V), whereby movement of the ski (4) or snow board across the snow line (V) causes snow to enter the channel and be propelled upwardly out of the exit.

Ski binding with a toe holder which, in a top view of the ski binding, defines a pivot axis transverse to a longitudinal direction of the ski binding for a ski boot held by the toe holder, and a heel holder with a base, a heel holder housing projecting from the base, a first retaining element and a second retaining element, each having an engagement section for a holding engagement with a ski boot heel and a bearing section, a support device which receives the retaining elements in the area of ​​the respective bearing section, a pretensioning device against whose pretensioning force the retaining elements can be moved out of the holding engagement, a first guide track which extends transversely to the longitudinal direction in a top view and guides the first retaining element in a guide engagement transversely to the longitudinal direction, and a second guide track,which extends transversely to the longitudinal direction in the top view and guides the second retaining element in a guide engagement transversely to the longitudinal direction, wherein the guide tracks are each straight or composed of straight guide track sections over their extension in the guide engagement and each point obliquely downwards away from each other at least sectionally transversely to the longitudinal direction.

An anti-slip system (10) for skis, in particular for skiing activities, comprises an anti-slip strip (20) comprising a plurality of protruding elements (23) movable relative to the anti-slip strip (20) itself and, moreover, a support panel (30) having a lower face (32) couplable with a base (101) of the ski (100) and an upper face (31) couplable with a main panel (104) of a ski (100), present in which there is a groove (33) adapted to contain the anti-slip strip (20). The groove (33) has a plurality of through holes passing through towards the lower face (32), each of which is adapted to receive a corresponding protruding element (23) of the anti-slip strip (20). The system (10) also comprises a movement means (40) configured to move the anti-slip strip (20) inside the groove (33) between a neutral configuration, in which the protruding elements (23) are arranged outside the holes or only partly inside the holes without protruding from them beyond the lower face (32), and an anti-slip configuration, in which the protruding elements (23) are arranged inside the holes so as to pass through them in a projecting manner relative to the lower face (32) of the support panel (30). The subject matter of the present invention also relates to a method for producing a ski for skiing activities.

The invention relates to a heel unit for a ski touring binding, wherein the heel unit can be brought into an entry position, an intermediate position, and an ascent position, and wherein the heel unit comprises a ski brake lock (15a, 16, 33). The ski brake lock (15a, 16, 33) comprises: a linearly displaceable, spring-loaded actuating rod (16) connected to the ski brake (3); and a slotted guide (15a, 33) located in the heel piece (2), wherein the slotted guide (15a, 33) comprises a locking element (33) which is aligned along the vertical axis of rotation (a1) of the holding body (11), rotates with the holding body (11) and thereby moves along the axis of rotation (a1), and is spring-loaded in the direction of the ski plane.

The invention relates to an electric assistive skiing device that is used both on climbs and for moving on flat ground. The device comprises two fixed plates (1) fastened to skis (20); two mobile plates (3) fastened to ski boots (21), where the mobile plates slide with respect to the mobile plates (3); traction cables (14) that are connected to the mobile plates (3) and pull said plates, moving them with respect to the fixed plates (1); springs (13) between the mobile plates (3) and the fixed plates (1), which drive the forward movement of the fixed plates (1) with respect to the mobile plates (3) in a forward direction; a motor module (16) connected to the cables (14); and a controller (17) that rotates the motor module (16), pulling the cable (14) of the mobile plate (3) of the ski (20) that moves forward.

The invention relates to a backing (2), sold by the metre, for creating climbing skins (1), with a velour side (3) and an opposite, rear side (4), wherein bristle-like spikes (6) project from the velour side (3) and are formed individually or as clusters. They are aligned parallel to one another at a predetermined set-up angle (α) in relation to the surface alignment of the backing (2). According to the invention, on the velour side (3) there is formed a partial area (5) of 10 to 50% of the overall backing (2) which is free from spikes (8) or in which the spikes (7) are shorter in their freestanding length (l) by at least 1 / 3 than the spikes (6) outside this partial area (5). This partial area (5) is distributed on the backing (2) in zones which take up a small area in relation to the size of a climbing skin (1). The invention also relates to a climbing skin (1) comprising such a backing (2).

Heel unit (10) for a touring binding, comprising coupling means (18) for coupling a heel section of a touring boot, wherein the coupling means (18) are adjustable between a coupling position in which they hold the touring boot and a release position in which they are released from engagement with the touring boot against the force of a spring means (80), wherein the spring means (80) in a downhill position for holding a heel section of a touring boot has a direction of action extending horizontally in a Y-direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the ski board, characterized in that the spring means (80) comprises a coil spring (80) whose main axis extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the ski board, wherein the coil spring (80) is a compression spring.

A rear portion of a ski mountaineering binding (1), wherein: it comprises a base (2, 3); it comprises a turret (5, 6) which is rotatable in order to assume a first turret position (T1), wherein it is fixable to the heel (7) of a ski boot to enable skiing downhill, and in order to assume a second turret position (T2) for walking uphill; it comprises a brake (8, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89) for a ski (4); the brake (8, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89) comprises a braking lever (8) which is rotatable to assume a braking position (PF) and a non-active position; the brake (8, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89) comprises first elastic means for acting on the braking lever (8) for rotating the braking lever (8) towards the braking position (PF); the braking lever (8) is arranged so as to be pressed by the heel (7) of the ski boot, when the turret (5, 6) is in the first turret position (T1), in order to reach the non-active position (PD); it comprises a rotation member (9) which is rotatably borne by the base (2, 3) and which in turn bears the braking lever (8); it comprises connecting means (31, 32, 33, 35, 37) which connect the rotation member (9) and the turret (5, 6) to one another so that the rotation member (9) and the turret (5, 6) are solidly constrained to one another, when the turret (5, 6) is in the second turret position (T2) and when the braking lever (8) is in the non-active position (PD), so that it is possible to walk uphill.

A device (2) for generating a flow of snow during movement. The device (2) comprises a diversion member (24) mounted in use on a snowboard (4) or a veneer. The diversion member (24) has an inlet located above or below the snow line (V) during use. The entrance opens into an upwardly inclined channel and into an exit above the snow line (V), whereby the snowboard (4) or veneer moves on the snow line (V) causing snow to enter the channel and be pushed upwardly out of the exit.

The crampon (4), which consists of a single piece of sheet metal and is designed for detachable attachment to a pin toe piece of a touring ski binding, is pivotable around a pivot axis (s) defined at the attachment point by a hinge pin (6) of the crampon (4). It has a footplate (7) that comes into contact with the top of the ski under the influence of a ski boot and two side plates (8) projecting from the footplate (7) and equipped with teeth (8a) for gripping the ground. A raised section (9) with a crown area (10b) forming the bearing surface for the ski boot sole is formed on the footplate (7). The center or highest point of this crown area is located at a vertical distance (h) of 7.00 mm to 12.00 mm from the pivot axis (s) of the crampon (4).

Title: Braking device for a sliding board Braking device (4) for a sliding board (1), the braking device comprising a pedal (43) and a brake branch (42A, 42B) connected to the pedal, the braking device being movable between an active sliding position and an inactive position, the brake pedal comprising a first portion (P1) moving towards the sliding board when the braking device moves from its inactive position to its active position, the braking device further comprising a locking element (44) movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, the locking element being positioned on the path of the first portion (P1) of the brake pedal when it is in its locking position. Figure to be published with the abstract: Figure 1

The present invention relates to a heel unit for a mountaineering ski fixture, where the heel unit is accessible to an entry position, an intermediate position and a climbing position, and where the heel unit comprises ski brake locking means (15a, 16, 33). The ski brake locking device (15a, 16, 33) comprises a linearly displaceable spring-loaded actuating lever (16) connected to the ski brake (3) and a slotted guide (15a, 33) located in the heel clip (2), the slotted guide (15a, 33) comprising a locking element (33) which is aligned along a vertical axis of rotation (a1) of the retaining body (11), the body (11) rotates together with the holding body (11) and is displaced along the axis of rotation (a1) and is spring-loaded towards the snowboard plane.

Ski binding with a toe holder which, in a top view of the ski binding, defines a pivot axis for a ski boot held by the toe holder transversely to a longitudinal direction of the ski binding, and a heel holder comprising: a base, a heel holder housing projecting from the base, a first retaining element and a second retaining element, each having an engagement section for a retaining engagement with a ski boot heel, a bearing section and, in the longitudinal direction between the engagement section and the bearing section, a coupling section, a support device which receives the retaining elements in the area of ​​the respective bearing section, an actuating structure which, in an engagement with the coupling section of the first retaining element, defines a pivot axis for the first retaining element and, in an engagement with the coupling section of the second retaining element, a pivot axis for the second retaining element, in a side view, each transversely to the longitudinal direction.and a pre-tensioning device against whose pre-tensioning force the retaining elements can be pivoted out of the holding engagement about the respective pivot axis, wherein the adjusting structure is adjustable to different positioning positions relative to the heel retainer housing and the retaining elements and can be fixed in each of the positioning positions, and wherein the adjustment of the adjusting structure changes the position of the respective pivot axis relative to the retaining elements and preferably also relative to the heel retainer housing, thereby changing a release force required to release the holding engagement.

Heel holder for a combined downhill and touring binding for one ski, including: a base plate (2) which can be attached to the top of the ski, a connection structure (3), a clamping device (4) for securely holding a ski boot in the heel holder (1) with a sole holder (5), a sliding mechanism with which the heel holder (1) can be moved from a driving position to a walking position, and vice versa, and a locking mechanism that locks at least parts of the heel holder (1) in the driving position or in the walking position, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locking lever (15) that can be operated by hand or with a ski pole, which locks the heel holder (1) at least in the driving position, wherein the parts of the heel holder (1) are linearly displaceable on the base plate (2) for changing from the driving position to the walking position and vice versa, wherein the locking lever (15) to lock the heel holder (1) optionally interacts with a pressure body (13) in either the driving position or the walking position and the pressure body (13) has an engagement element (14) and the locking lever (15) has a counter-engagement element (23) at one end area and, for locking the heel holder (1), the counter-engagement element (23) on the locking lever (15) engages in the engagement element (14) on the pressure body (13), characterized by the fact that the counter-engagement element (23) engages in the engagement element (14) in the driving position and the counter-engagement element (23) is located behind the engagement element (14) in the walking position in the direction of skiing.

The present disclosure relates to a crampon (100) configured to be coupled to a ski boot (200). In particular, the crampon (100) comprises a coupling device (21), which comprises a pivot (22) and is configured to be coupled to the heel of the ski boot (200), and the crampon (100) further comprises an engagement device (11) pivotable around said pivot (22) between an operative position, in which the engagement device (11) can engage the ground, and a raised position, in which the engagement device (11) is raised from the ground. The present disclosure also relates to a method for operating a crampon (100).