EP2164579A1 - Équipement de frappe de balle - Google Patents

Équipement de frappe de balle

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EP2164579A1
EP2164579A1 EP08763313A EP08763313A EP2164579A1 EP 2164579 A1 EP2164579 A1 EP 2164579A1 EP 08763313 A EP08763313 A EP 08763313A EP 08763313 A EP08763313 A EP 08763313A EP 2164579 A1 EP2164579 A1 EP 2164579A1
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head frame
impact device
string
ball impact
holding elements
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EP2164579B1 (fr
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Hubert Nagler
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TEC Sportmanagement AG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B49/00—Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis
    • A63B49/02—Frames
    • A63B49/10—Frames made of non-metallic materials, other than wood
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B49/00—Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis
    • A63B49/02—Frames
    • A63B49/022—String guides on frames, e.g. grommets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B49/00—Stringed rackets, e.g. for tennis
    • A63B49/02—Frames
    • A63B49/028—Means for achieving greater mobility of the string bed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2209/00—Characteristics of used materials
    • A63B2209/02—Characteristics of used materials with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/54—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like with means for damping vibrations

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a ball impact device, in particular tennis, squash or badminton rackets, according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • plastic ball impact devices have a head frame with a hollow profile, in which through holes are drilled. Through these holes, the continuous string is stretched crosswise in loops. It is known that the through holes on the one hand mechanically weaken the head frame and on the other hand scrub the string or string sections, whereby they can tear there under heavy load. Therefore, the through holes are provided with single eyelets or ⁇ senb species of a soft thermoplastic material.
  • racquets with a median strip of thermoplastic material whose hardness is less than or equal to the hardness of the string.
  • Hollow profiles of fiber-reinforced plastic are integrally formed on both sides of the median strip.
  • the through holes are drilled or prefabricated in the median strip, e.g. with injection molded or pressed channels.
  • EP-A-0142286 discloses a tennis racket which is manufactured by an injection molding process and which has formed a wire with rectangular eyelets in which the string is stretched crosswise.
  • the rectangular eyelets are arranged in the plane of the striking surface. Since the head frame is pear-shaped and the rectangular eyelets are arranged with the upper edges approximately parallel to the inside of the head frame, the string is pulled when stringing either in the left or right corner of the respective eyelets. Therefore, it is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve a uniform tension of the tennis racket.
  • the respective string sections are not all in the same plane because they are pulled around the eyes and thus a stringing or striking surface, which is exactly plane-parallel to the head frame, can hardly be reached.
  • the present invention is based on the object to improve a ball impact device of the aforementioned type so that a uniform covering of the head frame is obtained, making it irrelevant whether the ball is hit in the middle or at the ends of the racket.
  • FIG. 1 shows a detail of a first head frame of a tennis racket
  • FIG. 2 shows a cross section through the head frame according to the line A-A in Fig. 1st
  • FIG. 3 shows a cross section through the head frame in the region of the so-called heart piece
  • Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a section of a second
  • Fig. 8 is a schematic representation of a conventional tennis racket in the ball acceptance
  • Fig. 9 is a schematic representation of a tennis racket according to the invention in the ball acceptance.
  • FIG 1 is purely schematic a section of a head frame 1 of a known tennis racket with four formed as loops holding elements 2 and each clamped in two adjacent eyelets strings 3 and 3 '.
  • the eyelets 2 are attached to the head frame 1, that the annular surface of the eyelets 2 is substantially perpendicular to the frame plane 4, in which the fabric of the tennis racket is.
  • Figure 2 shows a cross section through the head frame 1 along the line AA in Fig. 1.
  • the head frame 1 is hollow with a on the inner side a circumferential annular sector-shaped shallow groove 5, which has a perpendicular thereto introduced bore 6, which for receiving an eyelet 2 is used.
  • FIG. 3 shows the head frame 1 in the region of the so-called heart of the tennis racket, in which the two frame parts 7 have a smaller diameter and these frame parts 7 pinch an H-shaped middle part 8, which also has a similar annular sector-shaped shallow groove 5 'and a bore 6'. has for receiving an eyelet.
  • FIG. 4 shows an oval eyelet 2A, FIG. 5 an elliptical eyelet 2B and FIG. 6 a circular eyelet 2C.
  • the shank 9 of these eyelets 2A to 2C is provided with a helical coil 10 and a front tip 11, respectively, for easier insertion into the bore 6.
  • Figure 7 shows a second variant of a head frame 13, which is also hollow and has a circular sector-shaped shallow groove 14.
  • head frame retaining elements are also provided here as arcuate items or bracket 15 formed, which have a circular sector-shaped central portion 16 and two curved legs 17, which corresponds to the curvature of the head frame 13 in the region of the upper inner and lower inner edge.
  • the bracket 15 forms with the flat groove 14 an oval opening 18 through which the string 19 of the fabric is passed.
  • the brackets 15 are fully integrated in the head frame 13, which is produced by lamination with so-called prepregs or in an injection molding process.
  • FIG. 8 now shows a frame cutout 20 of a conventional tennis racket, with a string covering by through holes provided in the head frame (not shown). Characterized that the string 21 is fixed at its end 22 on the head frame 20, a ball striking the string will deflect the head frame, so that the ball does not jump perpendicular to the racket plane (resting state), but at an angle of about 80 °. A professional tennis player can compensate for such a deflection of the head frame 20 with the wrist. To accurately determine the direction of the ball and the speed of the ball, it takes daily practice and a good eye, which only tennis players in the upper class succeeds.
  • the head frame 1 or 13 of the tennis racket described here is injection-molded from a suitable fiber-reinforced plastic.
  • the eyelets 2 and bracket 15 are optionally made of fiber-reinforced plastic, metal such as titanium, steel, non-ferrous metal, light metal such as aluminum or their alloys, or made of a composite of these materials.
  • the head frame can also be designed aerodynamically cheaper.

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  • Physical Education & Sports Medicine (AREA)
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne un nouvel équipement de frappe de balle, en particulier une raquette de tennis, de squash ou de badminton, qui comprend un cadre de tête (1 ; 13) enserrant une surface de frappe ainsi qu'un manche formé sur celui-ci avec une poignée. La surface de frappe est définie par une corde (3 ; 19) tendue en croisillons qui forme des sections de corde fixées de manière sensiblement parallèle sur le cadre de tête. Les sections de corde sont guidées dans des éléments de retenue (2 ; 15) sur le côté intérieur du cadre de tête de telle sorte que les sections de corde se situent dans un plan unique formant la surface de frappe.
EP08763313A 2007-07-04 2008-06-12 Équipement de frappe de balle Not-in-force EP2164579B1 (fr)

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CH10752007 2007-07-04
PCT/IB2008/052325 WO2009004514A1 (fr) 2007-07-04 2008-06-12 Équipement de frappe de balle

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WO2009004514A1 (fr) 2009-01-08
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CN101687109B (zh) 2012-09-19
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