CN113546365A - Multifunctional telescopic dumbbell - Google Patents

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CN113546365A
CN113546365A CN202110818403.7A CN202110818403A CN113546365A CN 113546365 A CN113546365 A CN 113546365A CN 202110818403 A CN202110818403 A CN 202110818403A CN 113546365 A CN113546365 A CN 113546365A
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徐肃高
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A multifunctional telescopic dumbbell comprises a hollow handle and dumbbell discs respectively arranged at two ends of the handle, wherein a positioning seat is arranged in the handle, a cross rod is fixedly arranged on the positioning seat, the length of the cross rod corresponds to that of the handle and is arranged in parallel, springs are respectively arranged at two ends of the positioning seat, the springs are sleeved with the cross rod, one end of each spring is fixed on the positioning seat, the dumbbell disc comprises a counterweight body, an installation sleeve and a limiting mechanism arranged on the installation sleeve, the counterweight body is fixedly sleeved on the installation sleeve, a through hole and a movable cavity for the cross rod to pass through are sequentially communicated in the installation sleeve, the installation sleeve is sleeved between the handle and the cross rod, the other end of each spring is elastically connected with the tail end of the installation sleeve, so that the installation sleeve can transversely reciprocate relative to the handle and further drive the whole dumbbell disc to transversely reciprocate, realize dumbbell dish for the flexible vibration of handle, the atress is stable, uses smoothly, realizes gear regulatory function through stop gear, reaches different body-building purposes, simple operation.

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Multifunctional telescopic dumbbell
Technical Field
The invention relates to a multifunctional telescopic dumbbell.
Background
The dumbbell exercise is a common body-building exercise mode, can achieve the effect of modifying muscle lines to achieve healthy exercise by insisting on exercising the dumbbell for a long time, has the advantages that a large activity space is not needed, the use difficulty is low, and people who are subjected to body building can pursue the exercise, however, the traditional dumbbell has a single function, can only achieve lifting and lifting, cannot perform exercise in more modes, and lacks body building interest, while the swinging dumbbell disclosed in the patent No. 201020004731.0 utilizes the inertia of the counterweight unit to alternately compress the spring to generate elastic force to enable the handle to axially reciprocate relative to the guide rod, achieves the effect of reciprocating oscillation exercise, achieves different body building purposes, but because the hand directly acts on the handle during use, due to the effect of the inertia force, the mode of handle movement can influence the direct acting force of the palm, further causes the hand to do work again difficultly, the use effect is not good due to uneven oscillation, influence use experience, can cause the wrist to sprain when serious, in addition, the screw thread section threaded connection of adjustment button and guide arm makes the guide arm rotate and then makes the mode of adjustment button relative handle axial motion adjustment load through the rotatory counter weight unit of one end, needs the linkage of a plurality of accessories just can realize, and the structure is complicated, and the operation is hard, can't realize the fast switch-over between conventional dumbbell and the vibration dumbbell simultaneously, and the security is poor.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects in the background technology, the invention provides the multifunctional telescopic dumbbell which can vibrate in a reciprocating manner, has a safe and stable structure, can quickly switch gears and is convenient to use.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows: the utility model provides a multi-functional flexible dumbbell, includes hollow handle and sets up the dumbbell dish at the handle both ends respectively, be equipped with the positioning seat in the handle, the fixed horizontal pole that is equipped with on the positioning seat, the length of horizontal pole is corresponding with the length of handle, the both ends of positioning seat are equipped with the spring respectively, the spring cup joints with the horizontal pole and spring one end is fixed on the positioning seat, the dumbbell dish includes the counter weight body, installation cover and sets up the stop gear on the installation cover, the counter weight body cover is established on the installation cover, it is equipped with through-hole and the activity chamber that can supply the horizontal pole to pass to communicate in proper order in the installation cover, the installation cover cup joints between handle and horizontal pole, the spring other end and the terminal elastic connection of installation cover make the installation cover can be for the horizontal reciprocating motion of handle, stop gear and the cooperation of horizontal pole tip removal butt in the activity intracavity.
Further settlement, stop gear including rotate the lid and with rotate the spacing post that covers integrated into one piece, it covers with the installation cover and closes mutually to rotate the lid, the horizontal pole tip form with the one-way spacing rectangle contact of through-hole, the outer terminal surface of spacing post and the rotatory butt of rectangle contact, correspond in the spacing post and be equipped with the communicating rectangular hole of outer terminal surface with spacing post, after the rectangular hole is counterpointed with the rectangle contact rotation, the rectangular hole can supply the rectangle contact to penetrate.
It is further provided that the rectangular contact ends abut the through-hole aperture.
Further presume, spacing post outer wall circumference equipartition has to be no less than one separation blade, the corresponding equipartition of activity intracavity wall has a plurality of draw-in grooves with the rotatory block of separation blade.
Further, the outer surface of the rotating cover is an inward-concave arc surface.
And setting in another step, wherein the limiting mechanism comprises a sealing cover and a limiting column connected with the sealing cover, the limiting column is installed on the sealing cover through transverse movement of threads, the sealing cover is covered with the installation sleeve, and the end part of the cross rod is matched with the limiting column in a movable abutting mode.
Further, a knob for adjusting the transverse movement of the limiting column is arranged outside the sealing cover.
Further setting, be equipped with counting assembly on the handle, counting assembly includes count sensor and display screen.
Further, the counterweight block is arranged in the counterweight body in a detachable mode.
Further, a rubber sleeve is wrapped outside the counterweight body.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the invention relates to a multifunctional telescopic dumbbell, wherein a cross rod is fixedly arranged in a handle, a spring at two ends of a positioning seat is elastically connected with an installation sleeve to realize the transverse reciprocating movement of a dumbbell disc, the telescopic vibration effect is achieved, the fitness mode is enriched, the vibration mode for fixing the handle relatively is novel, the possibility of generating inertia force due to the movement of the handle is avoided when a hand exerts force on the handle, the force is exerted more directly and smoothly, a limiting mechanism is directly arranged on the installation sleeve, the telescopic adjustment on the dumbbell disc is more convenient and rapid, the one-key switching function and the vibration amplitude torsion rapid gear adjusting function of a conventional dumbbell and a vibrating dumbbell are respectively realized according to the difference of the specific structure of the limiting mechanism, the different fitness requirements are met, and the operation is simple and convenient.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the present invention showing the structure thereof disassembled.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the limiting mechanism in fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the mounting sleeve of fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a sectional structure diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a small-amplitude vibration gear according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a sectional view of a large-amplitude vibration position according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a sectional view schematically showing a conventional dumbbell according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a sectional view schematically showing a configuration in which a hand is forced upward in a state of a vibrating dumbbell according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 10 is a sectional view schematically showing a configuration of applying a downward force to the hand in a dumbbell state according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 12 is a first cross-sectional structural diagram of a third embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 13 is a sectional structure diagram ii of the third embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure, a handle 1, a positioning seat 11, a dumbbell disc 2, a counterweight body 21, an installation sleeve 22, a through hole 221, a movable cavity 222, a clamping groove 223, a cross rod 3, a rectangular contact 31, a spring 4, a limiting mechanism 5, a rotating cover 51, a limiting column 52, a rectangular hole 521, a separation blade 522, a sealing cover 53, a knob 6, a counting device 7, a counterweight block 8 and a rubber sleeve 9.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the invention are further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings:
as shown in fig. 1-2, a multifunctional telescopic dumbbell comprises a hollow handle 1 and dumbbell discs 2 respectively arranged at two ends of the handle 1, wherein a positioning seat 11 is arranged in the handle 1, the positioning seat 11 is positioned in the middle of the handle 1 and integrally formed with the handle 1, a cross rod 3 is fixedly arranged on the positioning seat 11, so that the cross rod 3 and the handle 1 are relatively fixed, meanwhile, the length of the cross rod 3 corresponds to that of the handle 1 and is arranged in parallel, two ends of the positioning seat 11 are respectively provided with a spring 4, the spring 4 is sleeved with the cross rod 3, one end of the spring 4 is fixed on the positioning seat 11, the dumbbell disc 2 comprises a counterweight body 21, an installation sleeve 22 and a limiting mechanism 5 arranged on the installation sleeve 22, the counterweight body 21 is fixedly sleeved on the installation sleeve 22, and the installation sleeve 22 is sequentially communicated with a through hole 221 and a movable cavity 222 for the cross rod 3 to pass through, installation cover 22 cup joints between handle 1 and horizontal pole 3, the spring 4 other end and the terminal elastic connection of installation cover 22 make installation cover 22 can be for 1 horizontal reciprocating motion of handle, and during the installation cover 22 removed, through-hole 221 inner wall and 3 surface facies laminating of horizontal pole, and installation cover 22 outer wall and 1 inner wall of handle are laminated mutually, and installation cover 22 removes the stable not rocking of process, and then drives 2 whole horizontal reciprocating motion of dumbbell dish, realizes 2 flexible vibrations of dumbbell dish for handle 1, separates mutually noninterfere through the fixing base between the spring 4 elasticity at both ends simultaneously, and the atress is stable, uses smoothly.
Example one
3-7, the limiting mechanism 5 includes a rotating cover 51 and a limiting post 52 integrally formed with the rotating cover 51, the rotating cover 51 is covered with the mounting sleeve 22, the end of the cross bar 3 forms a rectangular contact 31 unidirectionally limited with the through hole 221, the cross section length of the rectangular contact 31 is greater than the aperture of the through hole 221, when the handle 1 is stressed, the spring 4 at one end of the spring 4 is pulled, and the spring 4 at the other end is compressed, the rectangular contact 31 at one end of the spring 4 is abutted against the aperture of the through hole 221, the maximum pulling distance is determined, the mounting sleeve 22 is prevented from falling off, the outer end face of the limiting post 52 is rotatably abutted against the rectangular contact 31, a rectangular hole 521 communicated with the outer end face of the limiting post 52 is correspondingly arranged in the limiting post 52, after the rectangular hole 521 is rotated and aligned with the rectangular contact 31, the rectangular hole 521 can be penetrated by the rectangular contact 31, so as to relatively increase the moving range of the mounting sleeve 22, the compression distance of the spring 4 is increased, the vibration amplitude is larger, and the rotary rotating cover 51 can complete the quick switching between two gears of small-amplitude vibration and large-amplitude vibration.
Spacing post 52 outer wall circumference equipartition has to be no less than one separation blade 522, the corresponding equipartition in activity chamber 222 inner wall has a plurality of draw-in grooves 223 with the rotatory block of separation blade 522, in this embodiment, separation blade 522 evenly is equipped with two, and draw-in groove 223 evenly is equipped with four, and the joint is stable, and rotatory rotation lid 5190 can realize the gear and switch convenient operation.
The outer surface of the rotating cover 51 is an inward-concave arc surface, so that in addition to weight lifting exercise, the dumbbell discs 2 at two ends can be respectively arranged on the inner sides of knees to carry out leg clamping exercise, and large-amplitude vibration or small-amplitude vibration gears can be selected according to the requirements of leg clamping strength.
Be equipped with counting assembly 7 on handle 1, counting assembly 7 includes count sensor and display screen, can be convenient for calculate the energy consumption of taking exercise to the accurate count of vibration number of times.
Dismantle in the weight body 21 and be equipped with balancing weight 8, can fix a position the installation that carries out weight balancing weight 8 such as 1KG, 2KG, 3KG according to different crowds.
The rubber sleeve 9 is wrapped outside the counterweight body 21, so that the rubber sleeve plays a role in buffering and protecting when the foot is hit carelessly when the shoe is used.
The working process of the embodiment: dumbbell dish 2 is the small amplitude vibration gear during conventional use, be applicable to the less user of strength or the beginner that the dumbbell vibration was taken exercise, transfer to the gear that vibrates greatly when needs, rotatory pressing rotates lid 5190 to separation blade 522 and draw-in groove 223 block once more, rectangle contact 31 and spacing post 52 no longer the butt this moment, rectangle contact 31 can penetrate rectangular hole 521, the hand is again to handle 1 power, the moving range of installation cover 22 strengthens, the flexible range of spring 4 increases and then realizes the regulation of the gear that vibrates greatly.
Example two
As shown in fig. 8-10, the limiting mechanism 5 includes a rotating cover 51 and a limiting post 52 integrally formed with the rotating cover 51, the rotating cover 51 is covered with the mounting sleeve 22, the end of the crossbar 3 forms a rectangular contact 31 unidirectionally limited with the through hole 221, the cross-sectional length of the rectangular contact 31 is greater than the aperture of the through hole 221, the end of the rectangular contact 31 abuts against the aperture of the through hole 221 to prevent the mounting sleeve 22 from falling off, the outer end face of the limiting post 52 rotatably abuts against the rectangular contact 31, a rectangular hole 521 communicated with the outer end face of the limiting post 52 is correspondingly arranged in the limiting post 52, after the rectangular hole 521 is rotatably aligned with the rectangular contact 31, the rectangular hole 521 can be penetrated by the rectangular contact 31, and the rotating cover 51 can complete one-key switching between the conventional dumbbell and the vibrating dumbbell.
The outer surface of the rotating cover 51 is an inward-concave arc surface, and the dumbbell can be used for leg clamping exercise when in a vibrating dumbbell state.
The working process of the embodiment: when the dumbbell disc 2 is used in a normal state, the dumbbell disc 2 cannot be stretched and vibrated because the front end and the rear end of the rectangular contact 31 are respectively abutted to the outer end face of the limiting column 52 and the hole of the through hole 221, the mounting sleeve 22 cannot move transversely, the dumbbell disc 2 is in a locked state, the dumbbell disc 2 can not be stretched and vibrated in the locked state, when the dumbbell disc is needed to be adjusted to the vibration state, the rotating cover is rotated and pressed for 5190 degrees until the blocking piece 522 is clamped with the clamping groove 223 again, the rectangular contact 31 is not abutted to the limiting column 52, after the hand exerts force on the handle 1, one end of the handle 1 is compressed by the elastic force of the spring 4, the rectangular contact 31 can penetrate into the rectangular hole 521, the mounting sleeve 22 at the compression end moves inwards relative to the handle 1, the front end of the rectangular contact 31 is abutted to the bottom of the rectangular hole 521, the other end of the handle 1 is abutted to the hole of the through hole 221 because the tail end of the rectangular contact 31, the spring 4 cannot stretch elastically, and the mounting sleeve 22 at the compression end keeps relatively static, in the process that the mounting sleeve 22 at the compression end is reset by the elastic force, the hand exerts force on the handle 1 reversely, the mounting sleeve 22 at the static end moves inwards relative to the handle 1 under the force, the mounting sleeve 22 moves to the front end of the rectangular contact 31 to abut against the bottom of the rectangular hole 521, and the mounting sleeve 22 moves in a reciprocating mode alternately to achieve the vibration effect of the dumbbell disc 2 and complete one-key switching.
EXAMPLE III
As shown in fig. 11 to 12, the limiting mechanism 5 and the end of the cross bar 3 move in the movable cavity 222 to abut against each other, the limiting mechanism 5 includes a sealing cover 53 and a limiting post 52 connected to the sealing cover 53, the limiting post 52 is mounted on the sealing cover 53 through a thread to move transversely, the sealing cover 53 is covered with the mounting sleeve 22, and the end of the cross bar 3 moves in the abutting against each other to engage with the limiting post 52.
And a knob 6 for adjusting the transverse movement of the limiting column 52 is arranged outside the sealing cover 53.
As shown in fig. 13, the working process of the present embodiment: when the vibration amplitude needs to be adjusted, the knobs 6 at the two ends are rotated simultaneously to enable the limiting columns 52 to move outwards relatively along the rotation direction of the threads, so that the moving range of the mounting sleeve 22 is increased, the compression distance of the spring 4 is increased, the vibration amplitude is larger, and otherwise, the vibration amplitude is smaller.
Other technical features are the same as those of the first embodiment, and are not described herein again.
The above examples are merely for illustrative clarity and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications therefrom are within the scope of the invention.

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1. A multifunctional telescopic dumbbell comprises a hollow handle and dumbbell discs respectively arranged at two ends of the handle, a positioning seat is arranged in the handle, a cross rod is fixedly arranged on the positioning seat, the length of the cross rod corresponds to the length of the handle, two ends of the positioning seat are respectively provided with a spring, the springs are sleeved with the cross rod, one end of each spring is fixed on the positioning seat, it is characterized in that the dumbbell disk comprises a counterweight body, a mounting sleeve and a limiting mechanism arranged on the mounting sleeve, the counterweight body is sleeved on the mounting sleeve, a through hole and a movable cavity for the cross rod to pass through are sequentially communicated in the mounting sleeve, the mounting sleeve is sleeved between the handle and the cross rod, the other end of the spring is elastically connected with the tail end of the mounting sleeve, so that the mounting sleeve can transversely reciprocate relative to the handle, and the limiting mechanism and the end part of the cross rod move in the movable cavity to be abutted and matched.
2. The multi-functional dumbbell of claim 1, characterized by, the stop mechanism includes the rotation lid and with rotate the lid integrated into one piece with the spacing post, the rotation lid with install the cover and cooperate, the crossbar tip forms the rectangle contact with one-way spacing of through-hole, the outer terminal surface of spacing post with the rectangle contact rotatory butt, the corresponding rectangle hole that communicates with the outer terminal surface of spacing post that is equipped with in the spacing post, the rectangle hole can supply the rectangle contact to penetrate after the rectangle hole and the rectangle contact rotate the counterpoint.
3. The multi-functional telescoping dumbbell of claim 2, wherein the rectangular contact tip abuts a through-hole aperture.
4. The multifunctional telescopic dumbbell of claim 2, wherein at least one blocking piece is uniformly distributed on the outer wall of the limiting column in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of clamping grooves which are rotatably clamped with the blocking pieces are correspondingly and uniformly distributed on the inner wall of the movable cavity.
5. The multi-functional telescopic dumbbell of claim 2, wherein the outer surface of the rotary cap is an inwardly depressed circular arc surface.
6. The multifunctional telescopic dumbbell of claim 1, wherein the limiting mechanism comprises a sealing cover and a limiting column connected with the sealing cover, the limiting column is installed on the sealing cover through a thread in a transverse moving mode, the sealing cover is covered with the installation sleeve, and the end portion of the cross rod is in movable abutting fit with the limiting column.
7. The multi-functional dumbbell of claim 6, characterized in that, the closing cap is equipped with the knob of adjusting the spacing post lateral shifting outward.
8. The multi-functional dumbbell of claim 1, wherein the handle is provided with a counting device, and the counting device comprises a counting sensor and a display screen.
9. The multi-functional dumbbell of claim 1, wherein a weight is detachably provided in the weight body.
10. The multifunctional telescopic dumbbell of claim 1, wherein the weight body is wrapped with a rubber sleeve.
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