EP2164580B1 - Corde multiple pour une raquette de jeu de balle - Google Patents

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EP2164580B1
EP2164580B1 EP08773883.7A EP08773883A EP2164580B1 EP 2164580 B1 EP2164580 B1 EP 2164580B1 EP 08773883 A EP08773883 A EP 08773883A EP 2164580 B1 EP2164580 B1 EP 2164580B1
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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
    • A63B51/00—Stringing tennis, badminton or like rackets; Strings therefor; Maintenance of racket strings
    • A63B51/02—Strings; String substitutes; Products applied on strings, e.g. for protection against humidity or wear
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B51/00—Stringing tennis, badminton or like rackets; Strings therefor; Maintenance of racket strings
    • A63B51/002—Stringing tennis, badminton or like rackets; Strings therefor; Maintenance of racket strings using strings with different cross-sections on the same frame, e.g. with different thickness
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B51/00—Stringing tennis, badminton or like rackets; Strings therefor; Maintenance of racket strings
    • A63B51/001—Stringing tennis, badminton or like rackets; Strings therefor; Maintenance of racket strings using strings made of different materials on the same frame, e.g. gut and nylon
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B51/00—Stringing tennis, badminton or like rackets; Strings therefor; Maintenance of racket strings
    • A63B51/02—Strings; String substitutes; Products applied on strings, e.g. for protection against humidity or wear
    • A63B51/023—Strings having characteristics varying along the length of the string, e.g. diameter or elasticity
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B51/00—Stringing tennis, badminton or like rackets; Strings therefor; Maintenance of racket strings
    • A63B51/10—Reinforcements for stringing

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  • the present invention relates to a ball game racket, in particular for tennis, squash, badminton, racquetball or paddle tennis rackets.
  • the ball game racket is covered with a string with sections varying structure.
  • the present invention relates to two methods for covering such a ball game racket.
  • Conventional strings for such clubs are typically made of a variety of natural materials or plastics and may be constructed of multiple layers, such as a core and a shell.
  • the DE 200 16 733 U1 a racket string constructed of a toothed core of a first plastic material having a serrated outer surface and a cladding layer of a second plastic material molded over the core so as to be bonded to the serrated outer surface.
  • the first plastic material has hardness and abrasion resistance smaller than that of the second plastic material.
  • the string has a conjugated monofilament structure having one or more core portions surrounded by one or more cladding layers.
  • a Wickelitzen structure ie a string consisting of a core and winding strands, which are wound around the core, wherein the core and the strands are mutually adherent secured, both the core and the winding strands of a synthetic resin monofilament , and the core and the winding strands have different diameters.
  • either the core or the winding strands are formed of the conjugated monofilament.
  • the string has a structure with twisted strands, that is, the string consists of a plurality of strands of a synthetic resin monofilament, which are twisted together and secured by an adhesive mutually adhesive.
  • strings are known in the prior art, the cross section may assume a deviating from a circle shape, such as in the DE 27 37 751 A1 and DE 1 831 958 described.
  • the DE 851 450 C and DE 85 01 864 U1 reveal strings that are designed as a winding construction of several individual elements.
  • the GB 2 056 287 describes a racket, in which parallel, adjacent longitudinal strings are coupled together by a connecting element.
  • the present invention is based on the consideration that it is of interest for the tuning of a ball game racket to combine various properties in a string and to optimally adapt to the respective requirements.
  • the string of the racket is constructed differently in sections along its longitudinal direction. This significantly improves the characteristics of the string for a ball game racket.
  • the string of the racket is designed as a multi-string, which has at least two filaments which preferably extend essentially parallel to one another, these filaments being connected in sections integrally with one another.
  • a connecting section in which the filaments are connected to each other is followed by a section in which the filaments are not connected to each other, i. in which the filaments run loosely next to each other.
  • the length proportion of the connecting portions to the overall length of the string is preferably between 10% and 80%, more preferably between 25% and 60%, and most preferably between 35% and 50%.
  • the length of a connection section is preferably 20 mm to 200 mm, more preferably 50 mm to 150 mm, and particularly preferably 80 mm to 120 mm.
  • the length of the sections in which the two filaments are unconnected is preferably 50 mm to 250 mm, more preferably 100 mm to 200 mm, and particularly preferably 130 mm to 170 mm.
  • the individual filaments consist of conventional racket strings. In another embodiment of the present invention, the filaments consist of parts of conventional sports racquet strings.
  • a multiple string of the present invention may have two or more filaments of the same or different type. In the context of the invention it is preferred to combine several filaments which differ in their cross-sectional shape, their dimensions (for example diameter), their material and / or their nature.
  • the filaments may be ordinary multifilament and / or single filament strings.
  • the diameter of the respective filaments can be chosen variably, but is preferably in the range between 0.5 mm and 1 mm and particularly preferably in a range between 0.65 mm and 0.8 mm.
  • the present invention relates to a method for covering a ball game racket.
  • a racket string which is produced in a substantially conventional manner and which serves as a filament for the string according to the invention, is provided with a coating which allows a later partial connection of the filaments.
  • the two or more filaments thus coated pass lengthwise, parallel to each other (ie, in substantially the same longitudinal direction), a mechanism that allows two or more filaments to be permanently and integrally joined in sections.
  • This mechanism preferably uses high temperatures, UV light or laser light to bond the filaments together by means of the coating. In this case, this mechanism can be used in such a targeted manner, ie, limited in space, that a connection takes place only in the connection sections.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a string 1 according to the invention and an enlarged section thereof. Therein visible are a first filament 3 and a second filament 5 and connecting sections 7, in which the two filaments 3, 5 are connected to each other. Between two adjacent connecting portions 7, a portion 9 is arranged in each case, in which the two filaments 3, 5 are not connected to each other.
  • the connecting portions 7 are designed so that the material 11, the two Filaments 3, 5 connects to each other, not only located between them, but the two filaments 3, 5 wrapped.
  • FIG. 2 shows a further preferred embodiment of a string 1 according to the invention in the form of a double string.
  • This double string 1 also has two filaments 3, 5, connecting sections 7, in which the two filaments 3, 5 are connected to one another, and an intermediate region 9, in which the two filaments 3, 5 are not connected to one another.
  • the two filaments 3, 5 are connected to each other in such a way that the connecting material 11 is located substantially only between the two.
  • FIG. 3 shows various cross-sectional profiles of several embodiments of multiple strings according to the invention, in each case in an unconnected section 9 (FIG. Fig. 3a, 3c and 3e ) and for a connection section 7 (FIG. Fig. 3b, 3d and 3f).
  • Fig. 3a shows the cross-sectional profile of a double string 1 according to the invention, in a section 9 in which the two filaments are not connected to each other.
  • the two filaments 3, 5 have in this embodiment of the double string 1 substantially the same cross-sectional shapes and the same diameter.
  • Fig. 3b shows the cross-sectional profile of the same double string 1, but in the connecting portion 7, in which the two filaments 3, 5 are interconnected.
  • Fig. 3c shows a further embodiment of a double string 1 according to the invention, again in cross-sectional profile, in which case the first filament 3 has a larger diameter than the second filament 5.
  • Fig. 3d is the double string 1 according to Fig. 3c shown in a connecting portion 7, in which the two filaments 3, 5 are interconnected.
  • Fig. 3e shows the cross-sectional profile of another embodiment of the string 1 according to the invention, here in the form of a triple string, again a section 9 is shown, in which the three filaments are not connected to each other.
  • the first and second filaments 3, 5 have the same diameter, whereas a third filament 13 has a smaller diameter.
  • Fig. 3f shows the triple string 1 according to Fig. 3e in a connecting portion 7 in which the three filaments 3, 5, 13 are connected to each other.
  • the individual filaments 3, 5, 13 in the unconnected sections 9 are substantially parallel to each other without being connected or coupled.
  • the filaments can also be wound helically or helically around each other. From the cross sections according to the FIGS. 3b, 3d and 3f It can be seen that the individual filaments 3, 5, 13 in the connecting sections 7 are firmly coupled together or are integrally joined together.
  • the length of the connecting portions 7 on the total length of the string 1 is preferably between 10% and 80%, more preferably between 25% and 60% and particularly preferably between 35% and 50%.
  • the length of a connecting portion 7 is preferably 20 mm to 200 mm, more preferably 50 mm to 150 mm, and particularly preferably 80 mm to 120 mm.
  • the length of the sections 9 in which the filaments 3, 5, 13 are unconnected is preferably 50 mm to 250 mm, more preferably 100 mm to 200 mm and particularly preferably 130 mm to 170 mm.
  • Fig. 4 a manufacturing method for producing an embodiment of the string 1 according to the invention in the form of a double string is shown schematically.
  • the production runs from right to left as shown. Starting from the right, two filaments 3, 5 are visible, which are each coated by a coating device 15, 17 assigned to these filaments. Alternatively, the coating with a common coating device is possible.
  • the individual filaments 3, 5 are brought together via a guide mechanism 19, for example in the form of deflection rollers.
  • the guide mechanism 19 is capable of depending on the string configuration, the two or more filaments 3, 5 merge, for example, to a parallel course. Further, the filaments 3, 5 may be twisted, intertwined, or otherwise arranged by the guide mechanism 19 to extend parallel to each other.
  • connection mechanism 21 preferably uses high temperatures, UV light or laser light to bond the filaments 3, 5 together by means of the coating.
  • the mechanism 21 can be targeted, i. local limited, use that a connection is made only in the connecting sections 7.
  • the finished double string 1 for example, can be wound into a roll.
  • Fig. 5 shows the result of a measurement in which the recovery coefficient was determined by a ball game racket. A ball is shot at a certain speed on the fixed racket and measured the speed of the rebounding ball. This measurement was carried out at different points of the racket, which was once covered with a conventional string and once with a string according to the invention.
  • the dashed curve shows the recovery coefficient of the racket for various positions on the racket head in the case of a string of the present invention, whereas the solid line represents the same measurement in the case of a conventional racket string. It turns out that with the string according to the invention a significantly improved recovery coefficient is ensured, resulting in higher kickback forces.
  • the multiple strings according to the invention have in the sections 7, in which the filaments 3, 5, 13 are joined together, the properties and appearance a conventional racket string, whereas the properties and the appearance of the multifilament in the areas 9, in which the filaments 3, 5, 13 are not connected to each other, the properties and appearance of a bundle of two or more parallel individual strings.
  • the characteristics of the multiple string of the present invention are defined by the combination of the characteristics of the different portions.
  • the properties of the multiple string can be varied by, for example, varying the ratio of the lengths of the bonded and unconnected filament sections.

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  1. Raquette de jeu de balle, garnie d'une corde comprenant au moins deux filaments (3, 5, 13) s'étendant parallèlement entre eux, où lesdits filaments ne sont réunis de manière intégrée que sur certains segments.
  2. Raquette de jeu de balle selon la revendication 1, où les filaments (3, 5, 13) sont de même type.
  3. Raquette de jeu de balle selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, où les filaments (3, 5, 13) sont de diamètre et/ou de nature différents.
  4. Raquette de jeu de balle selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, où se succèdent des segments (7) de filaments (3, 5, 13) réunis et des segments (9) de filaments (3, 5, 13) non réunis, où la part des filaments réunis sur la longueur totale de la corde est comprise entre 10 % et 80 %, avantageusement entre 25 % et 60 % et préférentiellement entre 35 % et 50 %.
  5. Raquette de jeu de balle selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, où les filaments (3, 5, 13) sont dans les segments (7) réunis durablement réunis sur leurs surfaces extérieures dans le sens de la longueur.
  6. Raquette de jeu de balle selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, où les segments (7) de filaments (3, 5, 13) réunis ont une longueur comprise entre 20 mm et 200 mm, avantageusement entre 50 mm et 150 mm et préférentiellement entre 80 mm et 120 mm.
  7. Raquette de jeu de balle selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, où les segments (9) de filaments (3, 5, 13) non réunis ont une longueur comprise entre 50 mm et 250 mm, avantageusement entre 100 mm et 200 mm et préférentiellement entre 130 mm et 170 mm.
  8. Raquette de jeu de balle selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, où les filaments (3, 5, 13) ont un diamètre comprise entre 0,5 mm et 1 mm, avantageusement entre 0,65 mm et 0,8 mm.
  9. Procédé de cordage d'une raquette de jeu de balle, en particulier d'une raquette de jeu de balle selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    a) préparation d'au moins deux filaments (3, 5, 13) de corde ;
    b) assemblage des filaments (3, 5, 13) de corde pour former une configuration à extension parallèle ;
    c) raccordement partiel des filaments (3, 5, 13) de corde, pour réunir ceux-ci de manière intégrée et former ainsi une corde ; et
    d) cordage d'une raquette de jeu de balle au moyen de ladite corde.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, où les filaments (3, 5, 13) de corde sont revêtus avant l'étape d'assemblage.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 9 ou la revendication 10, où le raccordement partiel des filaments (3, 5, 13) de corde est obtenu sous l'effet d'une température élevée, d'une lumière UV et/ou d'une lumière laser.
  12. Procédé de cordage d'une raquette de jeu de balle, en particulier d'une raquette de jeu de balle selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    a) préparation d'une corde ;
    b) fendage partiel de la corde, pour générer au moins deux filaments (3, 5, 13) de corde (1) à extension parallèle, lesquels ne sont réunis de manière intégrée que sur certains segments; et
    c) cordage d'une raquette de jeu de balle au moyen de la corde.
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