Skibindungsteil

摘要

Safety release ski bindings with slope responsive means for adjusting release tension. Safety release ski bindings are provided which are held in normally closed position by the action of an electromagnet. Slope responsive means are connected in circuit with said electromagnet and a power source to continuously alter the strength of the electromagnet in response to the slope of the ski whereby a lesser force would be required to open the safety binding when the ski is on a relatively gentle slope and a greater force would be required to open same when the ski is on a steeper slope. Various kinds of slope responsive devices are suggested such as an electrically conductive liquid medium capable of shorting out certain wires of a rheostat, a pendulumlike armature for a rheostat which responds to gravity for variable contact with the wires thereof or motor driven gyroscopic means for altering the contact of a rheostat armature with the resistance wires thereof.