Suspension system for roller skates and similar devices
First Claim
1. Roller skate of the type having a shoe (1) fixed onto a sole (2) secured to a base (3), a brake (4) secured to the front part of said base, front and rear undercarriages (5, 5'"'"') each with a pair of wheels (6, 6'"'"'), a pivoting system (7, 7'"'"') for each pair of wheels, and an axle (8, 8'"'"') for rotatably supporting each pair of wheels, characterized:
- in that the front and rear axles are pivoting axles (8, 8'"'"') each of which is provided with a suspension system (9, 9'"'"'), the latter being secured at one end thereof on a central part (10, 10'"'"') of the pivoting axle, right to the axis of the wheels (6, 6'"'"'), and the opposite end thereof being guided by a centering barrel (17) located inside the base (3); and
in that each pivoting axle is provided with a pivoting system (7, 7'"'"') pivotally secured at an upper end thereof to the base (3) by pivot means (11, 11'"'"') while a lower end thereof is secured to an integral arm (12, 12'"'"') of the pivoting axle by resilient means (13, 13'"'"' ); and
in that the upper end of the pivoting system (7) of the front pivoting axle (8) comprises;
two pivot pins (25);
a U-shaped cover (22), two parallel flanges of which are in close contact with respective external faces of the base, these two flanges of the cover being provided with two oblong openings (33) which allow a vertical clearance movement of the pivoting system (7) in relation with the two axles pins (25); and
a pull-back spring (27) for the U-shaped cover (22).
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Abstract
The invention relates to roller skates, equipped at the level of the front and rear pivoting axles, with a suspension system for damping shocks resulting from uneveness of a skating surface. The front and rear pivoting axles (8, 8'"'"') are each provided with a suspension system (9, 9'"'"') which is fixed at one end on the central part (10, 10'"'"') of the pivoting axle; and at the other end being guided by a centering barrel (17) located inside a base (3) of the skate. The pivoting axles are also each equipped with a pivoting system (7, 7'"'"') secured at one end to the base by a pivoting device (11, 11'"'"') while the other end is secured to an arm (12, 12'"'"') of the central part by resilient washers (13, 13'"'"').
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9 Claims
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1. Roller skate of the type having a shoe (1) fixed onto a sole (2) secured to a base (3), a brake (4) secured to the front part of said base, front and rear undercarriages (5, 5'"'"') each with a pair of wheels (6, 6'"'"'), a pivoting system (7, 7'"'"') for each pair of wheels, and an axle (8, 8'"'"') for rotatably supporting each pair of wheels, characterized:
- in that the front and rear axles are pivoting axles (8, 8'"'"') each of which is provided with a suspension system (9, 9'"'"'), the latter being secured at one end thereof on a central part (10, 10'"'"') of the pivoting axle, right to the axis of the wheels (6, 6'"'"'), and the opposite end thereof being guided by a centering barrel (17) located inside the base (3); and
in that each pivoting axle is provided with a pivoting system (7, 7'"'"') pivotally secured at an upper end thereof to the base (3) by pivot means (11, 11'"'"') while a lower end thereof is secured to an integral arm (12, 12'"'"') of the pivoting axle by resilient means (13, 13'"'"' ); and
in that the upper end of the pivoting system (7) of the front pivoting axle (8) comprises;
two pivot pins (25);
a U-shaped cover (22), two parallel flanges of which are in close contact with respective external faces of the base, these two flanges of the cover being provided with two oblong openings (33) which allow a vertical clearance movement of the pivoting system (7) in relation with the two axles pins (25); and
a pull-back spring (27) for the U-shaped cover (22). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- in that the front and rear axles are pivoting axles (8, 8'"'"') each of which is provided with a suspension system (9, 9'"'"'), the latter being secured at one end thereof on a central part (10, 10'"'"') of the pivoting axle, right to the axis of the wheels (6, 6'"'"'), and the opposite end thereof being guided by a centering barrel (17) located inside the base (3); and
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9. A roller skate of the type having a shoe (1) fixed onto a sole (2) secured to a base (3), a brake (4) secured to the front part of said base, front and rear running carriages (5, 5'"'"') each with a pair of wheels (6, 6'"'"'), a pivoting system (7, 7'"'"') for each pair of wheels, and an axle (8, 8'"'"') for rotatably supporting each pair of wheels, characterized in that:
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said front and rear axles (8, 8'"'"') are each provided with a suspension system (9, 9'"'"') one end of which is secured on a central part (10, 10'"'"') of the axle, right to the axis of the wheels (6, 6'"'"'), and the opposite end of which is guided by a centering barrel (17) located inside the base (3); each axle is equipped with a pivoting system (7, 7'"'"') secured at an upper end thereof to the base (3) by pivoting means (11, 11'"'"') while a lower end thereof is secured to an integral arm (12, 12'"'"') of the axle by resilient means (13, 13'"'"'); each of the suspension systems (9, 9'"'"') comprises a spring (15) through which passes a centering finger (34) whose lower end is screwed in the central part (10, 10'"'"') of the axle, and whose upper end is extended by a pin (16) guided by an inner surface of said centering barrel (17), the upper part of the spring being guided upward by an outer surface of said centering barrel; the pivoting system (7'"'"') of the rear axle (8'"'"') comprises a pivot axis (11'"'"') and a cylindrically shaped spindle (18) located in a cavity (32) inside the base (3); the pivoting system (7) of the front axle (8) comprises a pair of pivot pins (25), a U-shaped cover (22) having two parallel flanges in close contact with corresponding lateral faces of the base (3), said flanges having two oblong openings (33), said pivot pins (25) passing through said openings (33) and through openings in said corresponding lateral faces of the base (3), and a pullback spring (27) for the U-shaped cover (22); and a gusset plate (20) is fixed on a lower face of the base (3) in an area located between the two pivoting systems (7, 7'"'"') for the two pair of wheels, and is provided at opposite ends with bumpers (19, 19'"'"') for damping shocks by articulated arms (21, 21'"'"') of the pivoting systems when the latter are returning to normal position.
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Specification