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Sprocket device for the fastening of ski-boots

  • US 4,547,980 A
  • Filed: 04/18/1983
  • Issued: 10/22/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for fastening ski-boots and permitting a fine adjustment in the tightness of the fastening operation, wherein the device comprises:

  • a support plate provided with flanges along the opposite sides thereof, whereby the support plate has a substantially U-shaped cross-section;

    a pin supported by said opposing flanges;

    a sprocket rotatably mounted on the pin;

    a tie constituted by a flexible strap having at least one portion thereof provided with a plurality of transverse teeth engageable by the sprocket;

    a ratchet mechanism for advancing the sprocket relative to said teeth to tension the tie;

    a lever for operating the ratchet mechanism, said lever being pivoted on said pin,a ratchet mechanism for locking the sprocket to maintain the tension of the tie;

    a slot defined by said lever and a slider movable into and out of said slot;

    respective slots formed in the flanges of the support plate, and a projecting tab formed on the slider for engagement with the slots of the flanges to lock the lever.

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