CN111714846B - Anti-dizziness physical exercise device based on gear transmission - Google Patents

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CN111714846B
CN111714846B CN202010572687.1A CN202010572687A CN111714846B CN 111714846 B CN111714846 B CN 111714846B CN 202010572687 A CN202010572687 A CN 202010572687A CN 111714846 B CN111714846 B CN 111714846B
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The invention provides an anti-dizziness physical exercise device based on gear transmission, and relates to the technical field of exercise equipment. This anti dizzy physical training device based on gear drive, the on-line screen storage device comprises a base, the top of base is rotated and is connected with the revolving stage, interior sawtooth has been seted up to the inboard of revolving stage, the left side of revolving stage is rotated and is connected with first gear, the right side meshing of first gear has the second gear, you fixed mounting on the top of second gear has first bevel gear, the top meshing of first bevel gear has second bevel gear, second bevel gear's peripheral fixed mounting has the ratchet. This anti dizzy physical training device based on gear drive can make the user carry out the arm and anti dizzy comprehensive exercise of ability voluntarily, has improved the practicality of taking exercise the device, has realized adjusting spring pressure, can come to adjust the intensity of taking exercise according to the difference of user's physique, has improved the effect of taking exercise.

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Anti-dizziness physical exercise device based on gear transmission
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of exercise equipment, in particular to an anti-dizziness physical exercise device based on gear transmission.
Background
Physical training means that people carry out the self-election according to the health needs, utilize various sports means to combine natural force and sanitary measures, in order to develop the health, promote healthy, the body building, adjust the spirit, rich culture life and the physical activities of dominating leisure time as the purpose, and in order to carry out physical training to supplementary people, also more and more physical training apparatus has appeared gradually, plays the effect of auxiliary exercise for the personage who has the demand.
And to some special crowds, for example military pilots, astronauts etc, at the in-process of carrying out physical training, need promote the anti dizzy ability of self, and traditional anti dizzy exerciser only has simple carousel and rotary drum to constitute, at the in-process of using, need other people to cooperate, and just can resist dizzy ability and take exercise, the practical function is low, and at the in-process of carrying out physical training, can't adjust the intensity of taking exercise according to the difference of everyone's physique, the effect of taking exercise has been reduced.
In order to solve the above problems, the inventors provide an anti-vertigo exercise device based on gear transmission, which enables a user to autonomously perform comprehensive exercise of arms and an anti-vertigo capability, improves the practicability of the exercise device, realizes adjustment of spring pressure, can adjust the exercise intensity according to the difference of user physique, and improves the exercise effect.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme: the utility model provides an anti vertigo physical training device based on gear drive, includes base, revolving stage, interior sawtooth, first gear, second gear, first bevel gear, second bevel gear, ratchet, slide, pawl, pivot, knob, disc, spring, seat, pull rod, handle, transfer line.
Wherein:
the top of the base is rotatably connected with a rotary table, inner sawteeth are arranged on the inner side of the rotary table, the left side of the rotary table is rotatably connected with a first gear, the right side of the first gear is meshed with a second gear, the top end of the second gear is fixedly provided with a first bevel gear, the top of the first bevel gear is meshed with a second bevel gear, the periphery of the second bevel gear is fixedly provided with a ratchet wheel, a sliding plate is slidably connected above the ratchet wheel in the rotary table, the bottom end of the sliding plate is fixedly provided with a pawl, the rotary table is rotatably connected with a rotating shaft, the left end of the rotating shaft is fixedly provided with a knob, the periphery on the right side of the rotating shaft is sleeved with a disc, a spring is fixedly connected between the right end of the sliding plate and the disc, the top of the rotary table is fixedly provided with a seat, and a transmission rod is connected between the pull rod and the sliding plate in a transmission manner.
Preferably, first gear and second gear all rotate the inside of connecting at the revolving stage, and intermeshing, first gear extends to the periphery of revolving stage bottom, and with the inboard interior sawtooth intermeshing of base, consequently, when the second gear drives first gear and rotates, utilize the intermeshing of the inboard interior sawtooth of first gear and base, can make first gear drive the revolving stage and rotate in the inside of base.
Preferably, the first bevel gear is horizontally rotatably connected inside the turntable, the second bevel gear is vertically rotatably connected inside the turntable, and the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear are meshed with each other, so that the second bevel gear can drive the first bevel gear to rotate when rotating.
Preferably, the bottom of pawl inclines to the right side, with ratchet looks adaptation, and with ratchet intermeshing, consequently, when the slide drives the pawl and slides to the right side, can drive the ratchet and rotate, and when the slide drives the pawl and slides to the left side, can not drive the ratchet and rotate.
Preferably, the sliding plate is slidably connected to the periphery of the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the inside of the rotating platform, and the left end of the rotating shaft extends to the left side of the rotating platform, so that the sliding plate can stably slide on the periphery of the rotating shaft.
Preferably, the upper end and the lower end of the disc are fixedly provided with limiting blocks, the limiting blocks are connected inside the rotary table in a limiting sliding mode, threads are formed in the right side of the rotary shaft and are meshed with the center of the disc, and therefore the disc can be driven to move left and right stably inside the rotary table by rotating the rotary shaft.
Preferably, the combination of the pull rod and the handle is two groups, the pull rod and the handle are symmetrically distributed at the top of the rotary table, and the bottom surfaces of the pull rods at two sides are in transmission connection with the sliding plate through the transmission rod, so that the sliding plate can be driven to move towards the right side under the action of the transmission rod when the pull rod is pulled upwards.
The invention provides an anti-dizziness physical exercise device based on gear transmission. The method has the following beneficial effects:
1. this anti dizzy physical training device based on gear drive, interior sawtooth and the peripheral gear in revolving stage bottom and bevel gear intermeshing through the base inboard is seted up to and the design of the transfer line that the transmission is connected between revolving stage top pull rod and the slide, come compression spring at the pulling pull rod and carry out the arm and take exercise when, also can make the revolving stage carry out one-way continuous rotation at the top of base, and then can carry out the exercise of arm and anti dizzy ability voluntarily, improved the practicality of taking exercise the device.
2. This anti dizzy physical training device based on gear drive, through pivot right side threaded connection's disc to and fixed connection's spring between pivot right-hand member and the disc, utilize the rotation of knob drive pivot, can make the disc remove about, and then compress or stretch the spring, realized adjusting to spring pressure, can come to adjust the intensity of taking exercise according to the difference of user's physique, improved the effect of taking exercise.
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FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the structure of FIG. 1 at A in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the structure of FIG. 1 at B in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the structure of FIG. 1 taken along line A-A thereof in accordance with the present invention;
figure 5 is a top view of the turret structure of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a base; 2. a turntable; 3. inner saw teeth; 4. a first gear; 5. a second gear; 6. a first bevel gear; 7. a second bevel gear; 8. a ratchet wheel; 9. a slide plate; 10. a pawl; 11. a rotating shaft; 12. a knob; 13. a disc; 14. a spring; 15. a seat; 16. a pull rod; 17. a handle; 18. and a transmission rod.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
An embodiment of the anti-vertigo gymnastic device based on a gear transmission is as follows:
referring to fig. 1-5, a gear-based anti-vertigo physical exercise device comprises a base 1, a turntable 2, an inner sawtooth 3, a first gear 4, a second gear 5, a first bevel gear 6, a second bevel gear 7, a ratchet 8, a sliding plate 9, a pawl 10, a rotating shaft 11, a knob 12, a disk 13, a spring 14, a seat 15, a pull rod 16, a handle 17 and a transmission rod 18.
Wherein:
the top of the base 1 is rotatably connected with a rotary table 2, inner saw teeth 3 are arranged on the inner side of the rotary table 2, the left side of the rotary table 2 is rotatably connected with a first gear 4, the right side of the first gear 4 is engaged with a second gear 5, the first gear 4 and the second gear 5 are both rotatably connected in the rotary table 2 and are engaged with each other, the first gear 4 extends to the periphery of the bottom of the rotary table 2 and is engaged with the inner saw teeth 3 on the inner side of the base 1, therefore, when the second gear 5 drives the first gear 4 to rotate, the first gear 4 can drive the rotary table 2 to rotate in the base 1 by utilizing the engagement of the first gear 4 and the inner saw teeth 3 on the inner side of the base 1, the top end of the second gear 5 is fixedly provided with a first bevel gear 6, the first bevel gear 6 is horizontally rotatably connected in the rotary table 2, the second bevel gear 7 is vertically rotatably connected in the rotary table 2, and the first bevel gear 6 is engaged with the second, when the second bevel gear 7 rotates, the first bevel gear 6 can be driven to rotate, the second bevel gear 7 is meshed with the top of the first bevel gear 6, a ratchet 8 is fixedly arranged on the periphery of the second bevel gear 7, a sliding plate 9 is connected above the ratchet 8 in the rotary table 2 in a sliding manner, a pawl 10 is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the sliding plate 9, the bottom end of the pawl 10 inclines towards the right side, is matched with the ratchet 8 and is meshed with the ratchet 8, therefore, when the sliding plate 9 drives the pawl 10 to slide towards the right side, the ratchet 8 can be driven to rotate, when the sliding plate 9 drives the pawl 10 to slide towards the left side, the ratchet 8 cannot be driven to rotate, the inner saw teeth 3 arranged on the inner side of the base 1 are meshed with the peripheral gear and the bevel gear at the bottom of the rotary table 2, and a transmission rod 18 in transmission connection between a pull rod 16 at the top of the rotary table 2 and the sliding plate 9 is, also can make revolving stage 2 carry out the unidirectional rotation that lasts at the top of base 1, and then can carry out the exercise of arm and anti vertigo ability voluntarily, improve the practicality of tempering the device.
The inside of the rotary table 2 is rotatably connected with a rotary shaft 11, a sliding plate 9 is slidably connected to the periphery of the rotary shaft 11, the rotary shaft 11 is rotatably connected to the inside of the rotary table 2, the left end of the rotary shaft 11 extends to the left side of the rotary table 2, so that the sliding plate 9 can stably slide on the periphery of the rotary shaft 11, a knob 12 is fixedly mounted at the left end of the rotary shaft 11, a disc 13 is sleeved on the periphery of the right side of the rotary shaft 11, stoppers are fixedly mounted at the upper end and the lower end of the disc 13, the stoppers are slidably connected to the inside of the rotary table 2 in a limiting manner, threads are formed on the right side of the rotary shaft 11 and are meshed with the center of the disc 13, so that the disc 13 can be driven to stably move left and right in the rotary table 2 by rotating the rotary shaft 11, a spring 14 is fixedly, the handle 17 is fixedly installed at the adjacent one end on the left side of the pull rod 16, the pull rod 16 and the handle 17 are combined into two groups, the two groups are symmetrically distributed at the top of the rotary table 2, the bottom surfaces of the pull rods 16 on the two sides are in transmission connection with the sliding plate 9 through the transmission rod 18, therefore, when the pull rod 16 is pulled upwards, the sliding plate 9 can be driven to move towards the right side through the action of the transmission rod 18, the transmission rod 18 is in transmission connection between the pull rod 16 and the sliding plate 9, the disk 13 is in threaded connection with the right side of the rotating shaft 11, and the spring 14 is fixedly connected between the right end of the rotating shaft 11 and the disk 13, the rotating shaft 11 is driven to rotate by the knob 12, the disk 13 can be driven to move leftwards and rightwards, the spring 14 is compressed or stretched, the pressure of the spring 14 is adjusted, the exercise intensity can.
When the exercise device is used, when an exercise is required, the user sits on the seat 15 and ties the fixing belt, then holds the handle 17 with both hands to pull the pull rod 16 backwards to enable the pull rod 16 to rotate upwards, in the rotating process of the pull rod 16, under the action of the transmission rod 18, the sliding plate 9 can be driven to compress the spring 14 rightwards to move, the effect of exercising the arms is achieved by the pressure of the spring 14, when the exercise intensity is required to be adjusted, the rotating shaft 11 is driven to rotate by the knob 12, in the rotating process of the rotating shaft 11, the disc 13 can move leftwards and rightwards through the mutual meshing of the threaded rod on the right side of the rotating shaft 11 and the disc 13, the spring 14 is compressed or extended, the pressure of the spring 14 is changed, the exercise intensity is adjusted, in the process that the sliding plate 9 slides rightwards, the pawl 10 at the bottom end of the sliding plate 9 is meshed with the ratchet 8, the ratchet 8 can be driven to rotate, the second bevel gear 7 is driven to select, the first bevel gear 6 and the second bevel gear 5 can be driven to rotate by utilizing the mutual meshing of the second bevel gear 7 and the first bevel gear 6, the first bevel gear 4 is driven to rotate by utilizing the mutual meshing of the second bevel gear 5 and the first bevel gear 4 in the rotating process of the second bevel gear 5, the rotary table 2 can be driven to rotate at the top of the base 1 by matching the mutual meshing of the first bevel gear 4 and the inner saw teeth 3 of the inner side of the base 1, and can rotate under the action of inertia, the pawl 10 at the bottom end of the sliding plate 9 is matched with the ratchet 8, when the pull rod 16 is put down, the ratchet 8 cannot be driven to rotate reversely when the pull rod 16 rotates downwards, and then the rotary table 2 can continuously rotate at the top of the base 1 in the same direction in the process of continuously pulling the pull rod 16, and then a user is driven to rotate, to achieve exercise against vertigo ability of the user.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. An anti-vertigo physical exercise device based on gear transmission, comprising a base (1), characterized in that: the top of the base (1) is rotatably connected with a rotary table (2), inner sawteeth (3) are arranged on the inner side of the rotary table (2), a first gear (4) is rotatably connected to the left side of the rotary table (2), a second gear (5) is meshed with the right side of the first gear (4), a first bevel gear (6) is fixedly mounted at the top end of the second gear (5), a second bevel gear (7) is meshed with the top end of the first bevel gear (6), a ratchet wheel (8) is fixedly mounted at the periphery of the second bevel gear (7), a sliding plate (9) is slidably connected above the ratchet wheel (8) inside the rotary table (2), a pawl (10) is fixedly mounted at the bottom end of the sliding plate (9), a rotary shaft (11) is rotatably connected inside the rotary table (2), a knob (12) is fixedly mounted at the left end of the rotary shaft (11), and a disc (13) is sleeved at the, a spring (14) is fixedly connected between the right end of the sliding plate (9) and the disc (13), a seat (15) is fixedly installed at the top of the rotary table (2), pull rods (16) are rotatably connected to the front side and the rear side of the seat (15) at the top of the rotary table (2), a handle (17) is fixedly installed at one end adjacent to the left side of each pull rod (16), and a transmission rod (18) is in transmission connection between each pull rod (16) and the sliding plate (9); the first gear (4) and the second gear (5) are rotatably connected inside the rotary table (2) and are meshed with each other, and the first gear (4) extends to the periphery of the bottom of the rotary table (2) and is meshed with the inner saw teeth (3) on the inner side of the base (1); the first bevel gear (6) is horizontally and rotatably connected inside the rotary table (2), the second bevel gear (7) is vertically and rotatably connected inside the rotary table (2), and the first bevel gear (6) and the second bevel gear (7) are meshed with each other; the bottom end of the pawl (10) inclines to the right side, is matched with the ratchet wheel (8) and is meshed with the ratchet wheel (8); the sliding plate (9) is connected to the periphery of the rotating shaft (11) in a sliding manner, the rotating shaft (11) is rotatably connected in the rotary table (2), and the left end of the rotating shaft extends to the left side of the rotary table (2); the upper end and the lower end of the disc (13) are fixedly provided with limiting blocks, the limiting blocks are connected inside the rotary table (2) in a limiting sliding mode, and the right side of the rotating shaft (11) is provided with threads and is meshed with the center of the disc (13); the combination of the pull rods (16) and the handles (17) is divided into two groups, the two groups are symmetrically distributed at the top of the rotary table (2), and the bottom surfaces of the pull rods (16) at the two sides are in transmission connection with the sliding plate (9) through transmission rods (18).
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