EP0942774B1 - Vorrichtung zum training und messen der physischen leistungen einer person auf einem nicht-motorisierten,rollenden fahrzeug - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum training und messen der physischen leistungen einer person auf einem nicht-motorisierten,rollenden fahrzeug Download PDF

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EP0942774B1
EP0942774B1 EP97947130A EP97947130A EP0942774B1 EP 0942774 B1 EP0942774 B1 EP 0942774B1 EP 97947130 A EP97947130 A EP 97947130A EP 97947130 A EP97947130 A EP 97947130A EP 0942774 B1 EP0942774 B1 EP 0942774B1
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Bernard Sauvignet
Paul Calmels
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Centre Stephanois de Recherches Mecaniques Hydromecanique et Frottement SA
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/0009Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00 for handicapped persons
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/005Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using electromagnetic or electric force-resisters
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B22/00Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
    • A63B22/0002Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements involving an exercising of arms
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B22/00Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
    • A63B22/0002Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements involving an exercising of arms
    • A63B22/0005Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements involving an exercising of arms with particular movement of the arms provided by handles moving otherwise than pivoting about a horizontal axis parallel to the body-symmetrical-plane
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B22/00Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
    • A63B22/20Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements using rollers, wheels, castors or the like, e.g. gliding means, to be moved over the floor or other surface, e.g. guide tracks, during exercising
    • A63B22/201Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements using rollers, wheels, castors or the like, e.g. gliding means, to be moved over the floor or other surface, e.g. guide tracks, during exercising for moving a support element in reciprocating translation, i.e. for sliding back and forth on a guide track
    • A63B22/203Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements using rollers, wheels, castors or the like, e.g. gliding means, to be moved over the floor or other surface, e.g. guide tracks, during exercising for moving a support element in reciprocating translation, i.e. for sliding back and forth on a guide track in a horizontal plane
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B69/00Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
    • A63B69/16Training appliances or apparatus for special sports for cycling, i.e. arrangements on or for real bicycles
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B22/00Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
    • A63B22/20Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements using rollers, wheels, castors or the like, e.g. gliding means, to be moved over the floor or other surface, e.g. guide tracks, during exercising
    • A63B22/201Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements using rollers, wheels, castors or the like, e.g. gliding means, to be moved over the floor or other surface, e.g. guide tracks, during exercising for moving a support element in reciprocating translation, i.e. for sliding back and forth on a guide track
    • A63B2022/206Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements using rollers, wheels, castors or the like, e.g. gliding means, to be moved over the floor or other surface, e.g. guide tracks, during exercising for moving a support element in reciprocating translation, i.e. for sliding back and forth on a guide track on a curved path
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/0009Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00 for handicapped persons
    • A63B2071/0018Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00 for handicapped persons for wheelchair users
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/002Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices isometric or isokinetic, i.e. substantial force variation without substantial muscle motion or wherein the speed of the motion is independent of the force applied by the user
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2220/00Measuring of physical parameters relating to sporting activity
    • A63B2220/30Speed
    • A63B2220/34Angular speed
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
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  • the invention relates to the technical sector of devices of the hometrainer type for training physical persons on bicycles or wheelchairs.
  • these home trainers or revolving assemblies can receive a bicycle or a wheelchair, see DE-A-2 950 505.
  • these devices comprise at least two motorized rollers cooperating either with the wheel of the driven bicycle. by the user under a pedaling action, either with the two wheels of the wheelchair driven directly by the user's arms.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks in a simple, safe, effective and rational manner.
  • the problem which the invention proposes to solve is to allow any user of a rolling vehicle of the bicycle or wheelchair type to work in the best conditions, that is to say to provide the desired effort to a comfortable operating speed.
  • a device has been designed and developed for training and measuring the physical forces of a person in a non-motorized rolling vehicle, arranged on a rotating assembly capable of exerting a resistant torque, characterized in that it comprises means capable of providing the assembly with a braking torque, passing from a preset value to a zero value in a cyclical manner, a function of parameters dependent on the speed of said vehicle to allow the person to drive the vehicle at constant or substantially constant speed.
  • the means capable of supplying the rotating assembly with a braking torque, passing from a preset value to a zero value in a cyclical manner are subject to means for measuring and detecting the speed of said vehicle so as to provide said torque only when a predetermined set speed is exceeded.
  • the means capable of supplying the rotating assembly with a non-constant braking torque are subject to members for measuring and detecting the acceleration of the vehicle so as not to provide said torque only when said assembly is motor, that is to say when it provides positive acceleration.
  • the acceleration is canceled while the braking torque becomes zero.
  • the subject can choose to work at his comfort speed, the power supplied being very substantially equal to the braking power.
  • this device comprises means for measuring the power supplied by the person by integrating the parameters relating to the real speed, the braking torque and the accelerations of the inertias in motion.
  • an assembly rotating in the form of an apparatus of the home-trainer type having in particular two driving rollers (R1) and (R2) on which is supported, or support, the wheel or wheels, either of a bicycle or of a wheelchair.
  • the wheel or wheels bearing on the two rollers (R1, R2) which are arranged in two parallel planes, are driven by the user according to arrow F, thereby exerting a driving torque.
  • the rollers (R1, R2) are retained by a force in the opposite direction F1 to create a resisting braking torque of variable and adjustable value.
  • the rollers (R1, R2) are controlled by means capable of supplying the assembly with a braking torque (CF) which is no longer constant, but which is a function of parameters dependent on the speed of the vehicle to allow the user to drive it at constant or substantially constant speed.
  • CF braking torque
  • the device according to the invention essentially implements two technical embodiments, each using the same physical principle consisting in controlling the braking torque as a function of parameters related to speed.
  • the braking torque (CF) (curve 2a) is applied only when the speed ( ve ⁇ ) of the vehicle (V), and therefore of the rotating assembly, exceeds a preset speed setpoint Vc (curve 2c).
  • the braking torque (CF) (curve 3a) is only applied when the subject accelerates the rotating assembly (E), that is to say when the subject exercises a motor torque, let ( ⁇ ) these different accelerations (curve 3c). As soon as the subject releases his effort, that is to say when he no longer exerts engine torque, the acceleration ( ⁇ ) is canceled and the braking torque (CF) is canceled. As before, the subject can choose work at comfort speeds, the power supplied by the latter being equal to the braking power at this speed.
  • the device comprises means for measuring the power supplied by the subject by integrating the parameters relating to the real speed, the braking torque and the accelerations of the inertias in motion.
  • the device finds a particularly advantageous application for training and measuring the physical efforts of a person on a bicycle or in a wheelchair.
  • the various measurement and detection means in particular the speed of the rollers (R1, R2) are subject to any electronic control system for subjecting said rollers to a braking torque under the conditions indicated, integrating the parameters depending on the speed of the rolling vehicle (bicycle, wheelchair).
  • the brake (FM) is applied. Conversely, if the speed value is lower than the set speed (Vc), the brake (FM) is not applied.
  • the brake (FM) is applied, while if this acceleration is negative, the brake is no longer applied.
  • the device applies to any type of rotating assembly comprising at least one roller.
  • it is not excluded to use an assembly comprising a single roller subject to a braking system.
  • the example illustrated in FIG. 4 is given for purely indicative purposes.

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Claims (7)

  1. Vorrichtung zum Trainieren und zum Messen von körperlichen Anstrengungen einer Person in einem unmotorisierten rollenden Fahrzeug auf einem umlaufenden System (R1) und (R2), das geeignet ist, ein Reibungsmoment (F1) zu erzeugen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung Einrichtungen umfasst, die geeignet sind, dem System (R1) und (R2) ein Bremsmoment zu liefern, das zyklisch von einem voreingestellten Wert auf einen Nullwert übergeht und von Parametern abhängig ist, die von der Geschwindigkeit des Fahrzeugs (V) beeinflusst werden, damit die ausübende Person das Fahrzeug mit konstanter oder ziemlich konstanter Geschwindigkeit antreiben kann.
  2. Vorrichtung zum Trainieren und zum Messen von körperlichen Anstrengungen einer Person in einem unmotorisierten rollenden Fahrzeug nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einrichtungen, die geeignet sind, dem System (R1) und (R2) das Bremsmoment zu liefern, von Einrichtungen zur Messung und Erfassung der Fahrzeuggeschwindigkeit abhängig sind, um dieses Moment nur dann zu liefern, wenn eine fest voreingestellte Sollgeschwindigkeit überschritten wird.
  3. Vorrichtung zum Trainieren und zum Messen von körperlichen Anstrengungen einer Person in einem unmotorisierten rollenden Fahrzeug nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Einrichtungen, die geeignet sind, dem System (R1) und (R2) das Bremsmoment zu liefern, von Einrichtungen zur Messung und Erfassung der Fahrzeugbeschleunigung abhängig sind, um dieses Moment nur dann zu liefern, wenn das System eine Antriebskraft entwickelt.
  4. Vorrichtung zum Trainieren und zum Messen von körperlichen Anstrengungen einer Person in einem unmotorisierten rollenden Fahrzeug nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Einrichtungen für die Messung der von der Person gelieferten Leistung umfasst, wobei die Parameter tatsächliche Geschwindigkeit, Bremsmoment und Beschleunigungen der in Bewegung versetzten Trägheiten in die Messung einfließen.
  5. Vorrichtung zum Trainieren und zum Messen von körperlichen Anstrengungen einer Person in einem unmotorisierten rollenden Fahrzeug nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das umlaufende System (R1) und (R2) mindestens eine Rolle umfasst, das von Bremseinrichtungen (FM) abhängig ist, die mit dem bzw. den vom Benutzer in Drehung versetzten Rad bzw. Rädern des Fahrzeugs zusammenwirken.
  6. Vorrichtung zum Trainieren und zum Messen von körperlichen Anstrengungen einer Person in einem unmotorisierten rollenden Fahrzeug nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es sich bei dem Fahrzeug um ein Fahrrad handelt.
  7. Vorrichtung zum Trainieren und zum Messen von körperlichen Anstrengungen einer Person in einem unmotorisierten rollenden Fahrzeug nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es sich bei dem Fahrzeug um einen Rollstuhl handelt.
EP97947130A 1996-11-25 1997-11-24 Vorrichtung zum training und messen der physischen leistungen einer person auf einem nicht-motorisierten,rollenden fahrzeug Expired - Lifetime EP0942774B1 (de)

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FR9614727A FR2756189B1 (fr) 1996-11-25 1996-11-25 Dispositif pour l'entrainement et la mesure d'efforts physiques d'une personne en vehicule roulant non motorise
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PCT/FR1997/002120 WO1998023332A1 (fr) 1996-11-25 1997-11-24 Dispositif pour l'entrainement et la mesure d'efforts physiques d'une personne en vehicule roulant non motorise

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