EP0233128B1 - Beschichteter Tennisschläger - Google Patents

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EP0233128B1
EP0233128B1 EP87420011A EP87420011A EP0233128B1 EP 0233128 B1 EP0233128 B1 EP 0233128B1 EP 87420011 A EP87420011 A EP 87420011A EP 87420011 A EP87420011 A EP 87420011A EP 0233128 B1 EP0233128 B1 EP 0233128B1
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Gilles Du Gardin
Roger Macaire
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B49/00Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis
    • A63B49/02Frames
    • A63B49/10Frames made of non-metallic materials, other than wood
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/06Handles
    • A63B60/14Coverings specially adapted for handles, e.g. sleeves or ribbons
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2209/00Characteristics of used materials
    • A63B2209/02Characteristics of used materials with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres
    • A63B2209/023Long, oriented fibres, e.g. wound filaments, woven fabrics, mats
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/06Handles
    • A63B60/08Handles characterised by the material
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the invention relates to the field of rackets used for the practice of sports requiring the striking of an object, in particular a ball. It therefore particularly targets tennis rackets, squash, badminton, etc.
  • rackets many are those whose frame and handle are made of composite materials with fiber and synthetic resin layering.
  • braids of fibers are arranged around a flexible mandrel, inflatable or heat-deformable, and this fibrous reinforcement is impregnated by injection of resin under pressure.
  • the fiber braids extend over the entire length of the frame and the only structural discontinuities are constituted by possible local reinforcements.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a racket obtained economically, having an excellent weight / resistance ratio, and responding best to mechanical stresses.
  • the racket that it concerns, of the type formed by superimposing at least two braids of fibers impregnated with synthetic resin or by winding plies or fabrics of fibers impregnated with synthetic resin around a mandrel made of cellular material.
  • the frame constituting the core of the racket, the frame comprising a handle connected to the basket by two branches, the basket and the two branches forming the main frame of the frame which is produced by one or more elements, the handle and the frame elements main forming zones of the frame, which follow one another but are differentiated by the nature of the mandrel, is characterized in that these zones are also differentiated by the nature and / or the arrangement of the fibers enveloping each .
  • the connection of the two zones of the frame being made by local overlap of the envelopes of the mandrels, and in that in the zone of the handle, the stops of the two branches and of the mandrel of the handle are axially offset one relative to the other.
  • a racket frame according to the invention is produced with a lower material cost and an improved strength / weight ratio thanks to the judicious choice of the nature and orientation of the fibers according to the mechanical stresses specific to each region of the frame.
  • this racket frame is constituted by a basket 1, two branches 2, a point 3 and a handle 4.
  • the assembly 1, 2 forms the main frame of the frame.
  • connection between the various areas of the framework is effective. It is, in fact, produced by local overlapping of the windings of fibers from one zone of the frame to the other; this is the case in 13 for the connection of the basket 1 with the branches 2, in 14 for the connection of the bridge 3 with the basket 1 and the branches 2, and in 15 for the connection of the handle 4 with the branches 2.
  • This connection by overlapping and by the subsequent impregnation of resin can, moreover, be completed by an adhesive bonding, end to end, of the mandrels of the various parts of the frame.
  • connection between the handle 4 and the branches 2 is ensured by overlapping, over a few centimeters, of the braids 7 by the braids 11.
  • This connection by overlapping the textile plies 7 and 11 and by resin impregnation is advantageously completed by bonding. , butt to, of the mandrels 8 and 12.

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Claims (7)

1. Rahmen für ein Racket für Tennis oder andere Spiele, der aus Schichtwerkstoff besteht und durch die Anordnung wenigstens zweier kunstharzgetränkter Fasergeflechte über einem die Racketseele bildenden Kern aus zellbildendem Werkstoff oder durch Umwickeln dieses Kerns mit kunstharzgetränkten Faserlagen oder -geweben gebildet ist,
wobei der Rahmen einen durch zwei Schenkel (2) mit dem Korb (1) verbundenen Griff (4) besitzt und der Korb (1) und die beiden Schenkel (2) das Hauptgestell des Rahmens (1, 2) bilden, der aus einem oder mehreren Elementen besteht,
und wobei der Griff und die Elemente des Hauptgestells Zonen des Rahmens bilden, die aneinander anschließen, die sich jedoch durch die Art des Kerns (8, 12) voneinander unterscheiden, dadurch gekennzeichnet,
daß diese Zonen sich außerdem durch die Art und/oder die Anordnung der jeden Kern umschließenden Fasern (7, 11) voneinander unterscheiden, wobei die Verbindung der beiden Zonen des Rahmens durch lokales Übergreifen der Umhüllungen der Kerne erfolgt,
und daß in der Zone des Griffs (4) die Endbereiche (17,18) der beiden Schenkel (2) und des Kerns (12) des Griffs (4) in axialer Richtung gegeneinander versetzt sind.
2. Racketrahmen nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Endbereiche (19, 20) der die Kerne (8) der beiden Schenkel (2) umschließenden Fasern (7); in der Zone des Griffs (4) ebenfalls in axialer Richtung gegeneinander versetzt sind.
3. Racketrahmen nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß vier Zonen unterschiedlicher Anordnung vorgesehen sind, nämlich der Korb (1), die beiden Schenkel (2), die Brücke (3) und der Griff (4).
4. Racketrahmen nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß drei Zonen unterschiedlicher Anordnung vorgesehen sind, nämlich der Korb (1) und die beiden Schenkel (2), die Brücke (3) und der Griff (4).
5. Racketrahmen nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwei Zonen unterschiedlicher Anordnung vorgesehen sind, nämlich der Korb (1) und die beiden Schenkel (2) einerseits und der Griff (4) anderseits.
6. Racketrahmen nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kern (6) des Korbs (1) aus Polyäthylenschaum, der Kern (8) der beiden Schenkel (2) aus halbsteifen Polyurethanschaum, der Kern (9) der Brücke (3) aus steifen Polyurethanschaum und der Kern (12) des Griffs aus Acrylschaum bestehen und daß die Fasern (5) der Umwicklung des Korbs (1) aus Kohlenstoff bestehen und eine Richtung a haben, die Fasern (7) der Unwicklung der beiden Schenkel (2) aus Glas und Kohlenstoff bestehen und mit der Längachse dieser Schenkel einen Winkel β bilden, die Fasern (9) der Umwicklung der Brücke (3) aus Glas und Kohlenstoff bestehen und mit der Längsachse der Brücke einen von dem vorgenannten Winkel abweichenden Winkel y bilden, und die Fasern der Umwicklung des Griffs (4) aus Glas bestehen und mit der Längsachse des Griffs einen Winkel 5 bilden.
7. Racketrahmen nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Kern (8) des den Korb (1) und die beiden Schenkel (2) umfassenden Hauptgestells aus weichen Schaum, beispielsweise aus Polyäthylenschaum, besteht und einem weichen Kern bildet, der von drei aufeinanderfolgenden Faserschichten umgeben ist, einer zentralen Schicht (21) mit einem überwiegenden Anteil von Kohlenstoffasern, die zwischen zwei dünne, im wesentlichen aus Glasfasern bestehende Schichten (12, 23) gefaßt ist, und daß der Kern (12) des Griffs (4) aus steifen Schaum, beispielsweise aus Acrylschaum, besteht und von zwei dickwandigen Geflechten (24, 25) aus Glasfasern völlig überzogen ist, die die Endbereiche der drei Faserschichten des Hauptgestells lokal übergreifen.
EP87420011A 1986-01-13 1987-01-12 Beschichteter Tennisschläger Expired - Lifetime EP0233128B1 (de)

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FR8600726A FR2592804B1 (fr) 1986-01-13 1986-01-13 Raquette de tennis en materiau stratifie
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