Abstract: A ski brake comprising an elastic system of two springs acting in the same direction on a braking blade wherein one spring is an auxiliary spring of low strength acting alone on the blade until the blade attains a critical intermediate position, the second spring being a main spring of high strength acting on the blade conjointly with the first spring during a portion of the remainder of the travel of the blade from the critical intermediate position to the active position in which the blade is forcibly embedded into the snow.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 1976
Date of Patent:
January 3, 1978
Assignee:
S.A. Etablissements Francois Salomon et Fils