| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device capable of easily engaging a cleat with a pedal, and reducing necessary force for engagement and release of a shoe. SOLUTION: This device is applicable for automatically fixing the shoe of a cyclist to the pedal of a bicycle, and it comprises a cleat 4 provided with a side edge extended to a side edge facing it, and disposed and fixed to a recessed part 7 in a shoe sole 5, and a front fixing pawl and a rear movable pawl 6 disposed on a pedal main body to be applied for fixing the cleat 4 to the pedal main body. Each pawl 6 is molded to correspond to the female form of the front and the rear of the cleat 4 to cooperate. The rear movable pawl 6 is disposed between two fixed and protruded members 22, 23 having receiving surfaces 24, 25 to limit backward movement, and inclination surfaces 26, 27 to cooperate with side edges 28, 29 of the recessed part 7 in the shoe sole 5 as the shoe is laterally rotated to release the shoe in a lateral direction. |
