Ski brake

Abstract

A ski brake having two brake pins which can be moved from a non-fixed position to a fixed position in which the brake pins are held in a position to the side of the ski, including a brake housing, a pedal, a lever-like brake support which has a knob-like projection, and having a locking lever rotatably mounted on the brake housing and which can be moved into a lowered and a raised position. The locking lever is arranged on a locking bolt which is rotatably mounted on the brake housing and which can be rotated to a limited extent relative to the locking lever, on which at least one torsion spring. To establish the fixed position of the brake pins, the locking lever can be raised and in a second phase the locking bolt holds the brake support via the knob-like projection.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A ski brake having two brake pins which can be moved from a non-fixed position to a fixed position in which the brake pins run in a position to the side of the ski,
 furthermore having   a brake housing,   a pedal,   a lever-like brake support which is pivotally mounted on the pedal and on the brake housing, presses the pedal into the raised position by means of a spring element and has a knob-like projection, and   having a locking lever rotatably mounted on the brake housing behind the bearing of the brake support and which can be moved into a lowered and a raised position, wherein:
 the locking lever is arranged on a locking bolt which is rotatably mounted on the brake housing and which can be rotated to a limited extent relative to the locking lever, on which at least one pre-tensioned torsion spring is arranged in such a way that in order to establish the fixed position of the brake pins, in a first phase with the pedal raised, the locking lever can be raised while also turning the locking bolt and in a second phase by pressing down the pedal the knob-like projection of the brake support turns the locking bolt against the force of the torsion spring relative to the locking lever until it passes the locking bolt, the locking bolt then turns back under the action of the torsion spring and holds the brake support via the knob-like projection. 
   
     
     
         2 . The ski brake according to  claim 1 , wherein at each end of the locking bolt a support element is formed, which cooperates with one stop surface, respectively, on the locking lever in order to prestress the torsion spring(s). 
     
     
         3 . The ski brake according to  claim 1 , wherein the locking bolt has a notch in the centre for receiving the knob-like projection of the brake support, such that the brake support and the pedal can move freely in the lowered position of the locking lever. 
     
     
         4 . The ski brake according to one of  claim 1 , wherein the locking lever is releasably snapped into place in both its lowered and raised position on the brake housing. 
     
     
         5 . The ski brake according to  claim 4 , wherein the locking lever is respectively releasably snapped into a recess of the brake housing. 
     
     
         6 . The ski brake according to  claim 1 , wherein the locking lever has a central part connecting side parts, which is provided with a recessed section by means of which the locking lever ( 8 ) is releasably snapped into recesses of the brake housing in its lowered position and in its raised position. 
     
     
         7 . The ski brake according to  claim 2 , wherein the stop surfaces cooperating with the support elements of the locking bolt are formed on the side parts of the locking lever. 
     
     
         8 . The ski brake according to  claim 7 , wherein the stop surfaces are formed within openings of the side parts which receive the support elements of the locking bolt. 
     
     
         9 . The ski brake according to  claim 6 , wherein two torsion springs, which are torsion coil springs, are arranged on the locking bolt, one end of which is in each case suspended on the locking bolt and the second end of which, in each case with the locking bolt, projects through the brake housing and is held in the side part of the locking lever located there. 
     
     
         10 . The ski brake according to  claim 6 , wherein the side parts of the locking lever are received in lateral formations of the brake housing. 
     
     
         11 . The ski brake according to  claim 6 , wherein on each side part of the locking lever a tab is attached, from which an extension projects, which in the lowered position of the locking lever points towards the top of the ski.