Lace locking device
US5477593A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/3976
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The locking device is of the type acting for at least one lace, especially including a pusher defining the axis of rotation of a blocking member, also including a hollow body of which a cavity defines, on the one hand, at least a path for passage of each strand of the lace, and on the other hand, a housing for the locking member, the locking member being of a circular shape and rotationally free about the translationally mobile axis. The device operates by cooperation of the locking member with each path for locking each strand of the lace by wedging, such that the locking member is elastically biased in a locking direction of the strand(s) of lace by action on its axis of rotation.
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