Patents Assigned to Firma Alfred Thun & Co. GmbH
  • Patent number: 4171822
    Abstract: A dual pedal crank assembly for a bicycle or the like has a shaft defining a shaft axis and having a pair of ends one of which is flatted and tapered axially away from the other end. This one end further forms a locking surface lying substantially in a plane inclined to the shaft axis and forming therewith an acute angle pointed toward the other shaft end. A fixed crank cast integrally with the shaft lies on and defined a fixed-crank axis generally perpendicular to the shaft axis. A removable crank extending along a removable-crank axis is formed with a recess centered on a recess axis generally perpendicular to the removable-crank axis, and complementarily shaped to the one end of the shaft so that this one end can be received in the recess with the removable-crank and shaft axes aligned. The crank is further formed with a bore centered on a bore axis spaced from the recess axis and lying in a plane generally perpendicular to the recess axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Firma Alfred Thun & Co. GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred H. Thun