{"id":19860,"date":"2017-01-20T07:02:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T07:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=19860"},"modified":"2017-01-20T07:04:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T07:04:58","slug":"czech-inventor-gives-snow-chains-a-modern-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/czech-inventor-gives-snow-chains-a-modern-makeover.html","title":{"rendered":"Czech inventor gives snow chains a modern makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Czech inventor gives snow chains a modern makeover<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Czech inventor gives snow chains a modern makeover:-<\/strong> After struggling one night to get chains on his tyres on a snowy mountain, Czech businessman Petr Gross decided he needed to come up with something that did the job better.<\/span><\/p>\n

So over the next three years he developed a new device at the back of the car parts factory he runs in the east of the Czech Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n

The result is a mechanized system that fits over the wheel like a hubcap and can be fitted before a journey. It has four arms that, when triggered by remote control, extend to grab the tire, deploying steel spikes for ice and plastic grips for snow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gross plans to roll out the first plastic devices for cars in February, with a view to making bigger models for trucks and buses later.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We see the future of the chains mainly for trucks and buses because those vehicles are using mostly only summer tyres… and the use of some anti-slips or chains is crucial for them,” he says.<\/span><\/p>\n

The device is already patented in the Czech Republic and Gross has applied for patents in other European countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-czech-snowchains-idUSKBN1532Z2<\/span><\/div>\n

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