Skid protection for vehicle tires

US4135564A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Eisen- und Drahtwerk Erlau AG · DE

Inventors

• Anton Muller · Wetter, DE
• Hubert Konig · Tettnang, DE
• Helmut Magiera · Aalen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 1977
• Grant date: Jan 23, 1979
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60C27/08
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A skid protecting device for use in combination with vehicle tires, according to which in distribution over the tire circumference there are provided holders with a plurality of gripping profiles which are arranged transverse to and in covering engagement with gripping profiles which are adapted by way of tensioning members to be connected to the outsides of the holder. The arrangement comprises at least one chain net of interengaging chain links which is located on one lateral surface of the tire. This at least one chain net has one rim portion provided with serially arranged connecting links arranged in spaced relationship to each other for connection to the holders, whereas an oppositely located other rim portion is provided with a tensioning or tightening strand extending along the last mentioned other rim portion.