Appeal No. 2000-1471
Application No. 08/935,655
application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a quick-release bicycle axle
fastener. Claims 5 and 6 read as follows:
5. An improved bicycle wheel axle assembly for
bicycles of a type having two opposed axle mounting
plates with open-ended slots and safety retention
surfaces, a hollow wheel axle, a spindle passing
through the hollow axle, an adjustment nut on one
end of the spindle, a cam on the other end of the
spindle, the cam having a closed position that
clamps the axle between the mounting plates, the
improvement comprising a spring attached to the cam
that urges the cam to rotate to its closed position.
6. A quick-release bicycle axle fastener for
attaching a hollow axle between two safety dropouts
on a bicycle, comprising:
a spindle having a first end and a second end,
the spindle extending through the hollow axle;
a cam pivotally mounted on the first end of the
spindle;
a lever attached to the cam;
a cam follower slidably mounted on the spindle
adjacent to, and inboard of, the cam, the cam
operating against the follower to move the follower
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