CA1251481A

CA1251481A - Boxing training equipment

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Publication number: CA1251481A
Application number: CA000489710A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Dieter Rose; Rolf Soldner; Siegfried Punga; Lothar Rennenberg; Hans-Dieter Schmalz; Alfred Wockel; Karl-Heinz Kubus
Original assignee: VEB KOMBINAT SPORTGERATE SCHMALKALDEN
Current assignee: VEB KOMBINAT SPORTGERATE SCHMALKALDEN
Priority date: 1984-08-31
Filing date: 1985-08-29
Publication date: 1989-03-21
Also published as: EP0173129A3; DE3578540D1; FI853256L; DK328085D0; EP0173129B1; FI853256A0; DK328085A; EP0173129A2

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

The invention relates to a boxing training equipment with which one may train under real-life fight conditions the reaction capability, the leg work, the hitting accuracy and the conditioning of a boxer.
The invention has an aim to provide a movable boxing training equipment which due to its mobility represents an active real fight boxing partner for the sportsman undergoing the training.
According to the invention the above aim is solved in that on a training figure having a body and head,punching arms movable on or both sides are arranged which comprise components movable with respect to each other, a shoulder member and a linkage which comprises the upper arm and the lower arm having a punching hand thereon, wherein the training figure is mounted in a automatically movable base carriage in an adjustable fashion (Fig. 5).

Description

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BOXING TRAINING EQUIPMENT

The present invention relates to a training equipment for the boxing sport, with the help of which a comp~etition-like train-ing of the reaction capability, of the leg work, of the aiming reliability and of the condition can be attained.
Known training equipments such as the sandbag, the plat-form ball, the boxing ball, the training dummies and similar equip-ment, as well as the use of a trainer carried hand padding provide for an intensive training, however, they all have a common disadvan-tage, namely, that they are passive and the boxer undergoing the training does not have to pay attention to this opponents' reac-tions in the form of punches. Accordingly, there are a large num-ber of training equipment known from the patent literature, which make an attempt to create a real competition-like training with mechanically movable components. In the prior art, apparatus is described which operates with a shaft circulating about a vertical axis.
In other prior art, apparatus is provided even with punch-ing arms which, however, do not carry out the typical arm movements and, therefore, they must be moved by hand.
Furthermore, a toy figure resembling a boxer became known, which comprises a telescopically extendable punching arm. Due to the fact that such punching-type is very untypical for the boxing sport, such mechanism is not suitable for boxing training.
Summing it up, one may conclude, that with the known equip-ment mostly endurance and punching force exercise can be performed.
The invention has its aim to provide a boxing training equipment having a movable carriage and a training figure on it, which due to tits mobility represents an active, real-life boxing partner ~or the boxer under training and, thereby, enables the boxer to train his coordination capabilities, punching parameters, such as hitting speed, hitting accuracy, conditioning, the skill, the mobility, the reaction response, the defense capability in attack in a combined fashion during a counterattack and, which in addition, permits also to technically and tactically train the boxer to the fight with a certain opponent.
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Such object is solved according to the present invention in that the training figure is adjustable and movable in the horizontal and vertical axis on a pair of individually driven wheels and,on at least a non-driven freely movable turning wheel>by a lea~ spring which is provided with a path-dependent sensor controlling a strike counter and~which wheels are operated by a set program or by a remote control and which figure is secured on a hori~ontal plane.
According to the invention the force transmission is performed from the driving motors to the driven wheels by means of a friction disk coupling having a reverse latch or a brake device. It is within the scope of the invention to provide the leaf spring with a shock absorber in order to damp the spring oscillations which may occur.
It is preferred that the sensor for the stroke counting equipment is secured on the base carriage or on one of the pivotable units for the spring mounting~according to where the shock force is anticipated.
According to a further embodiment of the invention~ on the body of the boxing tra~ning equipment on one or both sides movable punching arms are arranged, which comprise components movable with respect to each other, a shoulder portion and a drive, which also comprises an upper arm, and a lower arm with a punching hand. In a further advantageous variation of this embodiment it has been found as a favored arrangement,when the body and the punching arms are arranged on a base plate, wherein a supporting plate for the punching arm is arranged on the shoulder member by means of a joint and about a horizontal which is parallel with respect to the plane of the base plate, and wherein the shoulder member is joined on an intermediate plate about the horizontal in the direction of the normal of the base plate and~
which is rotatable about the vertical and coupled with the base plate.
As a result)between the shoulder member and the supporting plate a joint is arranged having a horizontal axis of rotation lying in the direction parallel with respect to the plane of the base plate.
The rotation of the supporting plate is performed by the release of an arrest spring. Such preferablYbiased spring is arranged between the shoulder member and the supporting plate. After the spring release, such spring can again be tensioned by means of a drive which is arranged ! in the upper arm or in the shoulder member, so that the supporting plate can be pivoted back about the axis of the joint against the direction of action into the arresting position. As a result, it becomes possible that the punching direction is variable in the vertical direction.

- 2 --In order to accomplish a controlled rotational movement about the horizontal in the direction of the normal of the base plate of the shoulder member from the shoulder level, in the shoulder member and/or body one may provide springs, arresting elements and drives.
As a result, it becomes possible, that the punching direction can be varied not only in the vertical direction, but also in the horizontal direction.
A further feature of the invention resides in that the upper arm arranged on the supporting plate comprises one or more parallel-connected joint quadrants or rec~,angles, wherein on the non-position fixed rotation joints, the lower end of a rigid lower arm carrying the punching hand is secured. The drive compr;sing the upper and lower arm, is dimensioned in such a manner that a straight movement of the punching hand at a relative displacement of the nodal points of the joint quadrant or rectangle, will result. As a result, the so-called motion "direct hit" which is so typical in the boxing sport, will be produced.
The realization of a straight punch on the basis of relative displacement of the nodal joints of the parallel coupled joint quadrants in the upper arm by one or several springs, which are preferably effective in a region of nodal joints which are not next to each other, will come about by the release of the arresting of the tensioned spring.
With the help of a drive arranged preferably in the upper arm the joint quadrant will be returned into the arresting position against the force of the above-menti~ned spring, that is, into a strike-ready position. By an appropriate selection of the drive it becomes possible that several of the drives can be replaced by a centrally driven drive.
According/a further characteristic feature of the invention the base plate with the body arranged thereon is rotatable by means of a drive about the vertical axis,toward both sides,by about 90.
All the movements of the punching arms which have been so far individually described can be coupled with each other in that several of the arresting positions can be simultaneously released and~other drive components can be left in the arrested or non-arrested positions.
The control of the drive is performed preferably in a remGte fashion through radio signals, by cable or by similar arrangement. The control can also be performed by means of a fixed or freely adjustable program of a data storing unit.

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The reaction capability of a boxer with respect to the counterpunches of an opponent can be trained with this boxing training equipment in a real fight fashion. The trainer may take a direct influence to create a real life fight. Therefore it becomes possible with this boxing training equipment to ~ix a boxer to the specialties of a certain opponent.
An aspect of th~ inven-tion is as follows:

. A boxing training equipment comprising a movable carriage and a training figure,means for mounting said trai-ning figure on said carriage adiustably in the horizontaland vertical axes and including spring means, a sensing means for a strike or punch counter for sensing and counting the punches delivered to the figure within predetermined parameters, means for mounting said carriage on a pair of individually actuable driving wheels and on at least one non -driven freely movable turning wheel, means for cont-rolling said driving wheels according to a predetermined program.

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In the following the invention will be described on tw~ examplary embodiments, in more detail.
The drawings illustrate:
Fig. l is a schematic sideview of a boxing training equipment illustrating the drive in a automatically movable basic carriage;
Fig. 2 is a schematic sideview of a further embodiment of the boxing training equipment illustating the punching hand in attaining a torso or head strike or an upward hook;
Fig. 3 is a front view acsording to Fig. 2 with an angled right punching arm per~orming a side punch;
Fig. 4 is a top view of the boxing training equipment according to Fig. 2 with an adjointing stretched out right punching arm after perfor~ing a central punch;
Fig. 5 is a side view of the schematic internal arrangenlent of a punchin~ arm after performing a head punch.
On a base carriage l a training figure 2 constructed as a half puppet having a head and two arms is arranged and~which 7s adjustable in height 3 and horizontally 4 and movable by a leaf spring 6 which is damped by means of a shock absorber 5. The base carriage l is 20 provided with a pair of individually driven wheels 7 and a freely movable turning wheel 8. The drive of the driving wheel 7 is performed by means of a friction wheel coupling 9 by motors ll supplied by battery lO and provided by a worm gear. By means of a control unit 12 the selective switching-on of the motors ll is performed by means of a 25 program roller or by remote control. By employing a self-locking worm gear, the motion of the driving wheels 7 by outside force influence will be prevented. In addition to the turning wheel 8, further freely movable wheels can also be arranged, which automatically adjust themselves into the travelling direction defined by the driving wheels 7. The number of revolutions and the direction of revolution of the electric motors 4 can be controlled independently from each other by a built-in, but not illustrated, program device or by remote control signals.
As a result, one will a~tain that the boxin~ training equipment will be able to carry out real fight movements on a very small space, for -4a-~lZ S~L~8~

example, such as the ducking or avoidance, forward and rearward movements, rotations about an axis, moving forward in a straight line and,in a circle,at various speeds. By means of an ad~ustable sensor mounted on one of the pivoting units 13 and associated with the strike ~ounter, one may indicate the number of the hits the strength of which correspond to the training program and~also an electronic counter 15 can display it in a digital fashion. By means of a charging device, the battery 10 can be charged up during the rest periods in the training. Also the motors 4 can be supplied from the supply network. The base carriage 1 is intended to be fully covered by a cover 16.
According another embodiment, the training figure is mounted on a base plate 17, on which two punching arms are secured. The punching arm comprises an upper arm, a lower arm 18 as well as a punching hand 19 arranged on the lower arm 18.
The upper arm of the punching arm is constructed as a joint quadrant or rec~,angle 20, so that by a displacement of the joint quadrant 20 by a certain amount, a straight line movement is accomplished on the punching hand 19.
The carrying out of a punch is accomplished by release of d spring 21. The spring 21 is tensioned by means of a drive M3, wherein the joint quadrant 20 is transferred by a cable train 22 or by rods and tensioning lever 23 into position E, representing the pulled in punching hand 19. After tensioning the tensioning lever 23 remains in the position E, with the punching hand 19 being pulled in. By turning on the drive M3, the tensioning lever 23 will be moved out by means of a carrier plate 8 of the drive M3 from the position E and becomes forced due to the spring force 21 freely moving into pos~tion A , representing the stretched out punching hand 19.
The drive M3 will run further and the carrier plate 24 will again tension the spring 21, so that the punching readiness is restored.
The joint quadrant 20 is coupled to a supporting plate 25 and by means of a joint 25 is pivotably mounted thereon.
In the position R, which is the position for accomplishing a body hit, the drive M2 will carry out a body punch. After rotating the drive M2 into position K, ~hich represents the position for accomplishing a head punch, and the associated therewith pivoting of the supporting plate 25 about joint 26, the resulting next following straight line ~25~8~

movement of the punching hand 19 will carry out a head punch.
An upward hook will be carried out by a simultaneous free-running rotation of a tensioning lever 27 of the drive M2 by means of carrier plate 38 from the position R, which represents the position for accomplishing a body hit, into the position K, the position representing the accomplishing of a a head hit by a simultaneous releasing of the tensioning of a spring 39 and of a tensioning lever 23 of the drive M3 from the position E, the position representing a pulled-in punching hand into position A, representing a stretched out punching hand.
With the help of a drive Ml the shoulder member 28 will be moved upwardly by means of a pivotable joint 29 which is secured to an abutting plate 30, in a vertical direction and angularly adjustable fashion with respect to the body axis 31. The drive Ml has at this time the position S, meaning a side punch.
By the next following accomplishment of the already described upward hook1 the drive Ml being in position G, meaning a straight punch, accord~ng to Fig. 3 will carry out a side hook. The abuttlng plate 30 is rigidly coupled with the base plate 17. A centered punch becomes carried out in that on the back wall on the shoulder member 28 and of an intermediate plate 32 a pivotable joint 33 mounted,angularly adjustable in the horizontal direction with respect to the shoulder level 34 and~by means of a drive M0 the shoulder member 28 is rotated into the plane of the base plate 17 according to Fig. 4 into position C, representing the centered punch.
The body of the boxing training equipment is arranged for being able to rotate about the axis of the body 31, wherein in the axis 31 of the body a shaft 36 carrying a toothed wheel 35 is arranged and which is fixedly coupled with the body. Into such toothed wheel 35 engages a toothed wheel 37 driven by a drive M4. The drives M0, Ml, M2, M3, M4 are intended to carry out the various punching types, such as body hit, head punch, upward hook, side hook, straight or centered punch. The rotation of the body can be initiated by an electrically coupled fixed or adapted program which is transmitted by means of remote controls over radio signals or by a cable. The drives M0, Ml, M2, M3 and M4 are mounted fixedly in their immediate functlonal ~5~D~B~

area where they operate.
The boxing training equipment according to the invention is in the position to fully create all punching types and their comhinations which may occur in a real life fight. The boxing training equipment advantageously is provided by a padded cover from leather or similar material in order to prevent an injury.
On the basis of the free movement of both punching arms the inYention makes it possible to train the coordination capabilities of the sportsman under full control by the trainer.
Within a certain defined time period the boxer is forced to deliver a certain number of punches onto the boxing training equipment, therefore, his punching speed, especially his punching accuracy can also be trained.
In contrast to all the heretofore known boxing training equipments, the use of the equipment according to the present invention enables the training of the four basic punches common in the boxing sport, namely, the straight punch to the body, the straight punch to the head, upward hook, side hook. On the basis of various combinations ! of the basic punches the boxer will become trained as to his adaptability, reaction capability, mobility and conditioning due to the use of the equipment according to the invention.
By means of certain punching sequences planned by the trainer, certain weaknesses in the defense of the boxer can be reliably eliminated.
Also from the defense aspect one may train the boxer to plan a controlled counterattack.
In preparation for a real fight the equipment according to the invention will make it possible for the first time ever that the boxer can be tactically and technically trained against a certain opponent.
As a result, it becomes possible, to carry out a training directed specially against an anticipated opponent.

Claims

1.A boxing training equipment comprising a movable carriage and a training figure,means for mounting said trai-ning figure on said carriage adjustably in the horizontal and vertical axes and including spring means, a sensing means for a strike or punch counter for sensing and counting the punches delivered to the figure within predetermined parameters, means for mounting said carriage on a pair of individually actuable driving wheels and on at least one non-driven freely movable turning wheel,means for cont-rolling said driving wheels according to a predetermined program.

2.The boxing training equipment according to claim 1, comprising at least one driving motor and a frictional wheel coupling for transmitting the force between said motor and said driven wheels, a reverse latch or brake means for preventing rollback of said carriage.

3.The boxing training equipment according to claim 1, wherein said spring means includes a shock absorber.

4.The boxing training equipment according to claim 1, wherein said sensing means for the strike or puch counter is secured on the base carriage where the anticipated punching force is optimum,preferably on a pivotable member for the mounting on the spring means, and including means for adjusting the sensitivity of said sensing means.

5.The boxing training equipment according to claim 1, wherein said training figure comprises at least on one side a movable punching arm mounted thereon,said punching arm including a shoulder member,an upper arm and a lower arm with a punching hand, means for selectively moving said shoulder member,said upper and lower arms with respect to each other.

6.The boxing trainin equipment according to claim 5, wherein said body is mounted on a base plate,and wherein a supporting plate is provided for carrying said one or each punching arms,and a joint means mounting said or each arms about the horizontal axis and parallel with the plane of the base plate on the shoulder member,inter-mediate plate means for pivotably mounting said shoulder member about the horizontal axis in the direction of the normal of the base plate,said intermediate plate means being rotatable about the vertical axis and is coupled with the base plate.

7.The boxing trainin equipment according to claim 5, wherein said upper arm comprises at least one joint quadrant, and wherein on a variably movable rotatable joint said lower arm is coupled,said puncing hand being rigidly coupled to said lower arm.

8.The boxing trainin equipment according to claim 6, including drive means for rotating said base plate together with the body mounted thereon about the vertical axis of said body toward both sides of said body about 90°.