CA2629917A1 - Tightening means for anti-skid devices and traction enhancement devices - Google Patents

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CA2629917A1
CA2629917A1 CA002629917A CA2629917A CA2629917A1 CA 2629917 A1 CA2629917 A1 CA 2629917A1 CA 002629917 A CA002629917 A CA 002629917A CA 2629917 A CA2629917 A CA 2629917A CA 2629917 A1 CA2629917 A1 CA 2629917A1
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Emrah Bozkurt
Ender Bozkurt
Murat Yerlikaya
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C27/00—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels
    • B60C27/06—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over the complete circumference of the tread, e.g. made of chains or cables
    • B60C27/10—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over the complete circumference of the tread, e.g. made of chains or cables having tensioning means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C27/00—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels
    • B60C27/003—Mounting aids, e.g. auxiliary tensioning tools, slotted ramps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C27/00—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels
    • B60C27/02—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over restricted arcuate part of tread
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C27/00—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels
    • B60C27/02—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over restricted arcuate part of tread
    • B60C27/0238—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over restricted arcuate part of tread provided with tensioning means
    • B60C27/0246—Resilient pretension
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C27/00—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels
    • B60C27/02—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over restricted arcuate part of tread
    • B60C27/0261—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over restricted arcuate part of tread provided with fastening means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/21—Strap tighteners
    • Y10T24/2143—Strap-attached folding lever
    • Y10T24/2149—Tire antiskid strap tightener

Abstract

A tightening system (135) for use with anti-skid and traction enhancement devices for wheeled vehicles comprising a sealed tightening mechanism (130) which can clutch and ratchet the rotational movement applied by the user on a knob (212). The system further comprises at least one connection assembly (134) which is adapted to be pivotably and releasably attached to a proximal end of a surface contact member (63; 71) and which is adapted to be connected to the tightening mechanism. The tightening mechanism comprises a locking component (193) which has a base plate (240), an inner sidewall (195) and an outer sidewall (194) standing perpendicular to said base plate (240). The inner sidewall recessed portion has a plurality of recesses (230; 231) which are adapted to engage with a peripheral projection of the upper clutch (206) for holding the knob in place during locked and unlocked positions of the knob. The outer sidewall enters fully or partly, respectively in locked and unlocked positions of the knob, into a corresponding slot (210) of said knob (212) for sealing inner volume of the tightening mechanism from outside conditions.

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1. A tightening system (135) for use with anti-skid and traction enhancement devices for wheeled vehicles, the tightening system (135) comprising;
at least one connection assembly (134) which is adapted to be pivotably and releasably attached to a proximal end of a surface contact member (63, 71) by way of an attachment means (117) at its first end and which is adapted to connect to a tightening mechanism (130) at its second end, at least one tightening mechanism (130) which comprises a manually rotatable reel (172) for receiving one or more tensioning wires (137), a power transmitting gearset (167, 168) which rotates said reel (172), a lower clutch (199) and an upper clutch (206) for transmitting to said gearset rotational movement received from a knob (212) which is fixedly attached on top and around the periphery of said upper clutch (206), characterized in that the tightening mechanism (130) further comprises, in between the reel (172) and the upper clutch (206), a locking component (193) which keeps the upper clutch (206) and the lower clutch (199) engaged with or disengaged from each other when said knob is not moved along its axis of rotation, said locking component (193) having a base plate (240), an inner sidewall (195) and an outer sidewall (194), both sidewalls standing perpendicular to said base plate (240), where the inner sidewall (195) has a plurality of recesses (230, 231) which are adapted to engage with a peripheral projection (209) of the upper clutch (206) for holding the knob in place during unlocked and locked positions (227, 228) of the knob (212) and where the outer sidewall (194) enters partly or fully, respectively in unlocked and locked positions of the knob, into a corresponding sealing slot (210) of said knob (212) for sealing inner volume of the tightening mechanism (130) from outside conditions.
2. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 1 wherein said inner sidewall is cut into a plurality of portions so as to provide gaps (196) around the periphery to provide flexibility for engagement of the peripheral projection (209) into the corresponding recesses (230, 231).
3. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 1 wherein the tip of said inner sidewall is substantially U-shaped having a gap (229) that provides flexibility for engagement of said peripheral projection (209) into said corresponding recesses (230, 231).
4. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 1 wherein the upper clutch (206) comprises a peripheral foot (214) which extends perpendicular to and outside its outer wall around the periphery and which abuts to the bottom face (232) of the locking component (193) so as to prevent the upper clutch (206) and the knob (212) from being disengaged from the tightening mechanism (130) and maintain integrity.
5. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 1 wherein the connection assembly (134) comprises a plurality of connecting members (128) having one or more tensioning wires (137) attached to one or more resilient tensioners (143) which elongate so as to allow further tensioning of said tensioning wires (137) during tightening and which compress so as to compensate vibratory forces that occur during driving.
6. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 5 wherein said resilient tensioner (143) is selected as a coil spring having two hooked ends, one end of which is attached to an attachment means (117) and the other end of which is attached to the tightening mechanism (130) so as to act as a tensioner to take up slack during operation.
7. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 1 wherein the connection assembly (134) comprises an expandable and compressible sleeve (116) encapsulating and isolating the connecting member (128) so as to protect said connecting member (128) from outside conditions.
8. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 5 wherein said attachment means (117) comprises a wide circular perforation (131) and a perforation with zigzag pattern (133) extending from said circular perforation.
9. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 1 wherein said knob (212) is selectively engagable with said gearset through said lower and upper clutches (199, 206) by means of a lock component (193) where said knob (212) is moved along said axis of rotation in a way that said lock component (193) becomes locked engaging said upper clutch (206) with lower clutch (199) so as to transmit rotation of said knob to said gearset and thereby to said rotatable reel (172) allowing said wire(s) (137) to be wound around said rotatable reel by the rotation of said knob whereby said knob is moved along said axis of rotation in opposite direction in a way that said lock component (193) becomes unlocked disengaging said clutches (199, 206) from each other so as to free said gearset and thereby said rotatable reel from said knob allowing said wire(s) to be unwound with the tension inherent in the wire(s).
10. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 1 wherein said gearset (167, 168) and thereby said reel (172) are rotatable only in the direction of tightening and tensioning said connecting member(s) (128) when said upper clutch (206) and lower clutch (199) are engaged with each other in the said locked position of said lock component (193).
11. A tightening system (135) as set forth in Claim 1 wherein upper clutch (206) comprises a pawl (207) which prevents said knob (212) from rotating opposite to the direction of tensioning irrespective of whether the knob is in locked or unlocked position.
12. A tire anti-skid and traction enhancement device comprising the tightening system (135) of Claim 5, wherein the device comprises one tightening mechanism (130) and two connection assemblies (134) per each connection of surface contact members (63) around which each connection assembly (134) is releasably and pivotably attached to one proximal end of one of two adjacent surface contact members (63) whereby said tightening system obliquely draws two adjacent surface contact members (63) towards each other.
13. A tire anti-skid and traction enhancement device comprising the tightening system (135) of Claim 5, wherein the device comprises one tightening mechanism (130) located in the central axis of the wheel and a plurality of connection assemblies (134) which extend radially around the tightening mechanism (130) and which are releasably and pivotably attached to proximal ends of the surface contact members (71) whereby said tightening system (135) radially and equally draws surface contact members (71) towards the rotational axis of the wheel.
14. A tire anti-skid and traction enhancement device comprising the tightening system (135) of Claim 5, wherein the device comprises, for each of the plurality of surface contact member (63) in the device, one tightening mechanism (130) which is mounted on an adapter portion (67) of surface contact member (63) and one connection assembly (134) which is releasably and pivotably attached to a proximal end (47) of a surface contact member (63) whereby said tightening system (135) obliquely draws two adjacent surface contact members for tightening.
15. A tire anti-skid and traction enhancement device comprising the tightening system (135) of Claim 5, wherein the device comprises one tightening mechanism (130) attached on the proximal end (47) of each of a plurality of surface contact members (71) and one connection assembly (134) extending from said tightening mechanism (130) radially towards a terminal node (156) located on the center of the wheel and releasably and pivotably attached to said terminal node (156), whereby each tightening mechanism (130) acts radially towards rotational axis of the wheel and equally on each of the surface contact members (71).
16. A tire anti-skid and traction enhancement device comprising the tightening system (135) of Claim 5 wherein the device comprises a retaining ring (14) whose plurality of retaining portions (15) comprise a plurality of nests (17) and shoulders (18), said nests host said inner extensions (79) whereby said shoulders prevent said inner extensions from dislocating along said flexible retaining ring.
17. A tire anti-skid and traction enhancement device comprising the tightening system (135) of Claim 5 wherein the device comprises a retaining ring (14) which is pre-formed in an arcuate or circular form and which becomes a closed circle when said end portions (16) are joined by means of said fasteners (19).
18. A tire anti-skid and traction enhancement device comprising the tightening system (135) of Claim 5 wherein the device comprises a retaining ring (14) at one end of which a fastener (19) incorporating a number of boss-like securing elements (21) are disposed and at the other end of which a plurality of adjustment apertures (20) are disposed.
19. An anti-skid and traction enhancement device comprising one or more of the tightening system (135) of Claim 1 or 5.
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