T.m.c., Inc.

Hubert Wurthner

Karl Stritzl

Henry Freisinger

Andreas Riegler

Helmut Wladar

Andreas Janisch

Johann Zotter

Alois Himmetsberger

Franz Luschnig

Egon Brunnhuber

Heinz Wittmann

Roland Erdei

Friedrich Leichtfried

Tibor Szasz

Klaus Holzl

Robert Stanzl

Reinhard Muhlberger

Sole-support device

Sole-support plate for ski bindings

This touring binding has a sole plate, which can be pivoted about a pivot pin, fixed to the ski, and on which there are arranged a heel holder, a toe holding unit and a ski brake with two multiply angled-off brake spikes. In this arrangement there are provided in the sole plate, between the pivot pin and the heel holder, two bearings for the transversely running sections of the same, forming the pivot axis of the brake spikes. In order to make a simple exchanging of the ski brake (10) possible in the case of this touring binding (2), the invention provides that each bearing is of split design in vertical direction, the lower bearing half (8g) being hollowed out as a depression in an upwardly open recess (8e) of the sole plate (8), and the upper bearing half (10d) being hollowed out in a bearing shell (10c), which can be inserted into the recess (8e) and can be fastened in the latter.

Ski binding

A toe unit for a safety ski binding for disposal on a horizontal surface of a ski includes a base adapted to be mounted on the ski, a bolt having a lower end and an upper end, and a mounting portion for mounting the lower end of the bolt to the base. The mounting portion permits axial movement of the bolt between a first position and a second position, and secures the bolt substantially perpendicular to the horizontal surface of the ski when the bolt is in the first position. The mounting portion also permits pivotal movement of the bolt about a location on the base when the bolt is in the second position. The toe unit also includes a sole contact portion attached to the bolt for retaining a sole of a boot and for moving the bolt axially from the first position to the second position in response to a predetermined force exerted by the boot in a direction away from the base.

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Hainburg/Donau, Austria

Hubert Wurthner