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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1987
Yoshihiko Hagiwara, Sagamihara, JP;
Katsumi Ooshima, Yokohama, JP;
Topre Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pedal-load lightening apparatus comprising a pedal arm and a lever rockable in one therewith. A torsion coil spring is provided between the lever and a support bracket. The coil spring urges the pedal arm to return to its initial position before the arm, starting from the initial position, reaches a neutral position at a predetermined rotational angle to the initial position. When the neutral position is reached, the spring starts to urge the pedal arm in a treadling direction. Moreover, an urging element is attached to the support bracket or the lever. The urging element is adapted to press the pedal arm in the treadling direction, with a force smaller than the repulsive force of the torsion coil spring, within a stroke of the arm between the initial position and a position near the neutral position.