1. A disk insertingejecting apparatus comprising:
a disk carrying device which carries a disk between an insertionejection slot tofrom which a disk is insertedejected and a disk drive position;
a moving member which comes into contact with the disk and moves at the time of carrying said disk; and
a positioning member for positioning so that the position of said moving member before said disk comes into contact with said moving member and the position of said moving member after contact between said disk and the moving member is cancelled are different from each other.
2. The disk insertingejecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said moving member is right and left detection levers which are moved while the edge of the disk comes into contact with the right and left detection levers at the time of carrying said disk, and said positioning member performs positioning so that the width of an interval between said right and left detection levers before said disk comes into contact with said right and left detection levers and the width of the interval after contact between said disk and said right and left detection levers is cancelled are different from each other.
3. The disk insertingejecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a detector for detecting that at least said disk is being carried toward the drive position on the basis of the position of said moving member.
4. The disk insertingejecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said detector is a right-side switch and a left-side switch which are turned onoff by depression of operation pieces, and detects that the disk is being carried toward a drive position on the basis of the positions of the right and left detection levers by the right-side switch and the left-side switch.
5. The disk insertingejecting apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an energizing member which energizes the right and left detection levers to a positioning direction when positioning is performed so that the width of the interval between said right and left detection levers varies.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A device for locking lace strands, the device comprising:
a locking member;
a hollow body demarcating a cavity;
the cavity of the hollow body defining at least one passageway for passage of the lace strands;
the locking member being structured and arranged to be movable between a locking position and a release position;
in the locking position, the locking member being positioned in relation to at least the one passageway to lock each of the lace strands within at least the one passageway by a wedging effect;
in the release position, the locking member being positioned in relation to at least the one passageway to allow movement of the lace strands in relation to at least the one passageway;
an elastic mechanism biasing the locking member toward the locking position;
the locking device being structured and arranged to lock at least three lace strands;
at least the one passageway being structured and arranged to receive, superposed, at least two of the at least three lace strands.
2. A locking device according to claim 1, wherein:
a height of the cavity is equal to a thickness of the locking member, increased by a functional clearance.
3. A locking device according to claim 1, wherein:
a height of the cavity is equal to the combined cross-sectional heights of the two superposed lace strands.
4. A locking device according to claim 3, wherein:
the locking member is structured and arranged to have a thickness sufficient to engage both of the two superposed lace strands in the locking position of the locking member.
5. A locking device according to claim 1, wherein:
the at least one passageway comprises a first passageway and a second passageway, both defined by the cavity of the hollow body, for passage of the at least three lace strands;
the locking member is arranged in the cavity between the first and second passageways of the lace strands.
6. A locking device according to claim 1, wherein:
when the locking member is in the release position, a shortest distance between the locking member and a passageway is between 40 and 75% of a height of the cavity.
7. A locking device according to claim 1, wherein:
the locking device comprises no more than a single locking member.
8. A locking device according to claim 1, wherein:
the locking device comprises three parts comprising:
the hollow body;
the locking member; and
a pusher located outside of the hollow body and connected to the locking member for manipulating the locking member.
9. A locking device according to claim 1, wherein:
the locking member comprises a wheel.
10. A locking device according to claim 8, wherein:
the locking member comprises a wheel.
11. A locking device according to claim 10, wherein:
the wheel is positioned within the cavity;
the pusher includes an axle, the axle being snap-fastened to the wheel via the axle extending through an upper wall of the body through a slot extending through the upper wall, along an axial longitudinal direction of the body.
12. A locking device according to claim 1, wherein:
the locking member has the general shape of a wedge.
13. A locking device according to claim 8, wherein:
the elastic mechanism comprises two elastic tongues extending from the pusher;
the tongues have respective free ends positioned to be supported on a flange formed by an edge of the body for biasing the pusher in the locking direction.
14. A locking device according to claim 1, wherein:
each of the three lace strands has an identical diameter or thickness.
15. A tightening system comprising:
at least three lace strands;
a locking device for locking the lace strands, the locking device comprising:
a locking member;
a hollow body demarcating a cavity;
the cavity of the hollow body defining at least one passageway for passage of the lace strands;
the locking member being structured and arranged to be movable between a locking position and a release position;
in the locking position, the locking member being positioned in relation to at least the one passageway to lock each of the lace strands within at least the one passageway by a wedging effect;
in the release position, the locking member being positioned M relation to at least the one passageway to allow movement of the lace strands in relation to at least the one passageway;
an elastic mechanism biasing the locking member toward the locking position;
the locking device being structured and arranged to lock at least the three lace strands;
at least the one passageway being structured and arranged to receive, superposed, at least two of the at least three lace strands.
16. A tightening system according to claim 15, wherein:
a height of the cavity is equal to a thickness of the locking member, increased by a functional clearance.
17. A tightening system according to claim 15, wherein:
a height of the cavity is equal to the combined cross-sectional heights of the two superposed lace strands.
18. A tightening system according to claim 17, wherein:
the locking member is structured and arranged to have a thickness sufficient to engage both of the two superposed lace strands in the locking position of the locking member.
19. A tightening system according to claim 15, wherein:
the at least one passageway comprises a first passageway and a second passageway, defined by the cavity of the hollow body, for passage of the at least three lace strands;
the locking member is arranged in the cavity between the first and second passageways of the lace strands.
20. A tightening system according to claim 19, wherein:
the first passageway receives the superposed lace strands;
the second passageway receives a number of lace strands different from that of the superposed lace strands.
21. A tightening system according to claim 15, wherein:
the locking device acts on no more and no less than the three lace strands.
22. A tightening system according to claim 15, wherein:
the locking device acts on no more and no less than four lace strands.
23. An article comprising:
a tightening system comprising:
at least three lace strands;
a locking device for locking the lace strands, the locking device comprising:
a locking member;
a hollow body demarcating a cavity;
the cavity of the hollow body defining at least one passageway for passage of the lace strands;
the locking member being structured and arranged to be movable between a locking position and a release position;
in the locking position, the locking member being positioned in relation to at least the one passageway to lock each of the lace strands within at least the one passageway by a wedging effect;
in the release position, the locking member being positioned in relation to at least the one passageway to allow movement of the lace strands in relation to at least the one passageway;
an elastic mechanism biasing the locking member toward the locking position;
the locking device being structured and arranged to lock at least the three lace strands;
at least the one passageway being structured and arranged to receive, superposed, at least two of the at least three lace strands.
24. An article according to claim 23, wherein:
the article is an article of footwear;
the article of footwear comprising:
two independent zones to be tightened;
a first of the two superposed lace strands extends to a first of the two independent zones and a second of the two superposed lace strands extends to a second of the two independent zones.
25. An article according to claim 24, wherein:
the first of the two independent zones comprises tightening zone extending over a foot area of the article of footwear;
the second of the two independent zones comprises a tightening zone at a heel area of the article of footwear.