EP3153215A2 - Ladeanpassungssystem für gymnastische maschinen und spannungs- und rücklaufvorrichtung für ein solchen system - Google Patents

Ladeanpassungssystem für gymnastische maschinen und spannungs- und rücklaufvorrichtung für ein solchen system Download PDF

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EP3153215A2
EP3153215A2 EP16189963.8A EP16189963A EP3153215A2 EP 3153215 A2 EP3153215 A2 EP 3153215A2 EP 16189963 A EP16189963 A EP 16189963A EP 3153215 A2 EP3153215 A2 EP 3153215A2
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Rocco Andrea Galante
Simone Casagrande
Filippo Crudi
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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
    • A63B23/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body
    • A63B23/035—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for limbs, i.e. upper or lower limbs, e.g. simultaneously
    • A63B23/12—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for limbs, i.e. upper or lower limbs, e.g. simultaneously for upper limbs or related muscles, e.g. chest, upper back or shoulder muscles
    • A63B23/1209—Involving a bending of elbow and shoulder joints simultaneously
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/06—User-manipulated weights
    • A63B21/062—User-manipulated weights including guide for vertical or non-vertical weights or array of weights to move against gravity forces
    • A63B21/0626—User-manipulated weights including guide for vertical or non-vertical weights or array of weights to move against gravity forces with substantially vertical guiding means
    • A63B21/0628—User-manipulated weights including guide for vertical or non-vertical weights or array of weights to move against gravity forces with substantially vertical guiding means for vertical array of weights
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/06—User-manipulated weights
    • A63B21/062—User-manipulated weights including guide for vertical or non-vertical weights or array of weights to move against gravity forces
    • A63B21/0626—User-manipulated weights including guide for vertical or non-vertical weights or array of weights to move against gravity forces with substantially vertical guiding means
    • A63B21/0628—User-manipulated weights including guide for vertical or non-vertical weights or array of weights to move against gravity forces with substantially vertical guiding means for vertical array of weights
    • A63B21/063—Weight selecting means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/15—Arrangements for force transmissions
    • A63B21/151—Using flexible elements for reciprocating movements, e.g. ropes or chains
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/15—Arrangements for force transmissions
    • A63B21/151—Using flexible elements for reciprocating movements, e.g. ropes or chains
    • A63B21/154—Using flexible elements for reciprocating movements, e.g. ropes or chains using special pulley-assemblies
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2208/00—Characteristics or parameters related to the user or player
    • A63B2208/02—Characteristics or parameters related to the user or player posture
    • A63B2208/0228—Sitting on the buttocks
    • A63B2208/0233—Sitting on the buttocks in 90/90 position, like on a chair

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  • the present invention relates to a system for adjusting a load for gymnastic machines.
  • the present invention relates also to a tensioning and returning device or said adjusting system.
  • the invention concerns a system of the above type, studied and realized in particular for adjusting the weight of the load group or weights pack of an exercise machine for the execution of exercises.
  • Said machines also known as to strength training machines, essentially comprise a frame and a drive assembly, installed on the frame, on which a user can act to perform the exercises.
  • Said machines also include a load group, having an adjustable load, connected by means of suitable connecting members to said drive assembly, and means for adjusting the load itself.
  • Said load is normally constituted by a plurality of weights or blocks, typically arranged stacked one on the other, vertically movable.
  • Said adjusting means instead comprise a load support member, known as "cruise”, having a first weight or “brick” coupled to an elongated member, arranged vertically, parallel to the movement of the load, also known as "dip”, provided with a plurality of holes.
  • the stacked weights or bricks are also perforated, and said dip is inserted through said holes.
  • the adjustment means also comprise a pin insertable through a further hole on the bricks, so as to engage with one of said holes of the dip. In this way, a weight is adjusted for the execution of the exercise given by the sum of bricks arranged above the pin. In such a way, the user performs the exercise with the suitably adjusted load.
  • the lanyard remains slack when selecting the weight closer to the attachment point of the lanyard itself. This implies that lanyard may fit between the weights or get stuck, with the risk of breaking.
  • a system for adjusting a load movable along a vertical direction for gymnastic machines provided with a frame
  • said system comprising a supporting member of said mobile load, provided with a plurality of adjustment holes, said movable load consisting of a plurality of weights arranged stacked and selectively selectable, a selector member intended to be inserted in one of said adjustment holes of said supporting member, in order to select a group of said weights, adjusting said movable load, and a string having an end fixed to said selector member, said system being characterized by comprising tensioning means of said string, to keep said string in tension when said selector member is inserted in one hole of said plurality of adjustment holes, and to return said selector member when it is disengaged from said plurality of adjustment holes.
  • said tensioning means comprise a tensioning device having a guide, connectable to said frame of said gymnastic machine, and a counterweight movable slidingly along said guide, to which said string is fixed.
  • said guide is a wire, arranged substantially parallel to said vertical direction, having the ends fixed to said frame, said counterweight having a through hole through which said cable is inserted.
  • said tensioning device comprises at least one return element of said string, such as a ring or the like.
  • said at least one return element is fixed to said supporting member by a bracket or the like.
  • said at least one return element is arranged in such a way that said string is tilted with respect to said guide, when it is tensioned, so as to form a "V" with said guide.
  • said tensioning means comprise a winder spring of said string.
  • said supporting member comprises an elongated element parallel arranged and movable with respect to said vertical direction, said plurality of adjustment holes being obtained on said elongated element, a first weight of said plurality of weights being integral with said elongated element, and each one of said weights have a first through hole, through which said elongated element is insertable, and a second through hole, substantially perpendicular to said first through hole, arranged so that when said weights are stacked and said elongated element is inserted in said first through holes, each of said second through hole of each one of said weights is arranged in correspondence of a respective adjustment hole of said elongated element.
  • said system comprises a lever movably coupled with said movable load, and said string is kept in tension by said tensioning means and by said lever.
  • a tensioning and returning device for a system for adjusting a movable load of a gymnastic machine characterized by comprising a selector member capable to adjust said movable load, a string having an end fixed to said selector member, a guide substantially vertically arranged, a counterweight slidingly movable along said guide, to which said string is fixed.
  • said device comprises at least one return element of said string, such a ring or the like.
  • said at least one return element is arranged so that said string is tilted, when it is tensioned, with respect to said guide, so as to form a "V" with said guide.
  • said counterweight has a through hole and said guide is a cable inserted in said through hole.
  • said device comprises a bracket or the like to fix said return element to said gymnastic machine.
  • Figure 1 shows an exercise machine, generally indicated by the reference number 1, provides with the system for adjusting a load for gymnastic machines object of the present invention.
  • the gymnastic machine 1 essentially comprises a frame 2, a drive assembly 3, installed on said frame 2, a loading unit 4 and an adjusting system 5 of the load.
  • the drive unit 3 is equipped, in this case, with a seat 31 and groups of levers 32, for the execution of the exercises by a user.
  • the loading unit 4 arranged on said frame 2, comprises a movable and adjustable load 41, connected by means of suitable connection members 42 to the levers 32 of said actuation assembly 3.
  • the moving load 41 comprises a plurality of weights or bricks 41', stacked one on the other, vertically movable in a vertical direction A.
  • Said adjusting system 5 comprises a support member 6 of the movable load 41, known as "cruise”, having a first weight or brick 41'a of said movable load 41 and an elongated member 61, arranged vertically, parallel to the movement of the movable load 41 (i.e. to said vertical direction A), also known as “dip”, provided with a plurality of adjacent holes 61 a, 61 b, ..., 61 N obtained on the lateral surface.
  • Each one of said plurality of stacked weights 41' has a first through hole 41'n, so that said dip 61 can be inserted through said through holes 41'n.
  • Said adjusting system 5 also comprises a selector member or pin 7, insertable into a second through hole 42"n formed on said weights or bricks 41', so as to engage with one of the holes 61 a, 61 b, ..., 61 N of said dip 61, corresponding to said second hole 42"n of a brick 41'.
  • a total weight is adjusted for the execution of the exercise, given by the sum of the weights 41' stacked above the one said pin 7 is inserted therein. The user can then perform the exercise with the movable load 41 appropriately adjusted.
  • the bricks 41' have all the same weight, with the exception of the first brick 41'a, which has a weight equal to half of each of said bricks 41'.
  • the first brick 41'a will have a weight of 2,5 kg.
  • Said pin 7 is connected to said support member 6 of the load 41 by means of a lanyard 8, which has a first end fixed to said pin 7 and a second end fixed to tensioning means described below.
  • said adjusting system 5 comprises means for tensioning the lanyard 8, to prevent that the same lanyard 8 can intertwine with parts of the gymnastic machine 1.
  • said tensioning means comprise a tensioning device 9 of said lanyard 8, adapted to keep it in tension when the pin 7 is inserted into one of the adjustment holes 61 a, 61 b, 61 N, and return it when it is extracted.
  • Said tensioning device 9 comprises a guide or cable 91, which is arranged substantially parallel to said vertical direction A, having a first and a second end, both fixed to said frame 2 of said gymnastic machine 1.
  • Said tensioning device 9 also comprises a counterweight 92, having a through hole 92', which said cable 91 passes therethrough.
  • Said counterweight 92 can slide on said cable 91 and movable according to the vertical direction A.
  • the second end of said lanyard 8 is fixed to said counterweight 92.
  • said tensioning device 9 also comprises a return element 10 of said lanyard 8, which in this embodiment is a ring that is fixed to said support member 6, in particular to said first brick 41'a, by means of a bracket 11 or the like.
  • Said lanyard 8 therefore, is fixed to said pin 7 at a first end and to said counterweight 92 at second end, passing through said return ring 10.
  • said lanyard 8 is preferably inclined with respect to said guide 91, so as to form a "V" with it.
  • Figure 4 shows a second embodiment of said adjusting system 5, in which a lever 12 is provided, also referred to as "knight", removably coupled with said first weight or brick 41'a, so as to exclude or include in the mobile load 41.
  • a lever 12 also referred to as "knight”
  • Said lever 12 is used by the user to exclude or include said brick 41'a in the setting of the movable load 41 for performing an exercise.
  • the user can adjust a load, both according to intervals equal to the weight of the single brick 41', and according to intervals equal to half of the weight of a single brick 41'.
  • said lanyard 8 is also returned by said lever 12.
  • the lanyard 8 fixed at a first end to said pin 7 and at said second end to said counterweight 92, is returned both by said transmission ring 10 and with the lever 12.
  • said tensioning means comprise a spring-winder of said lanyard 8, so as to return it when it is disengaged from one of the adjustment holes 61 a, 61 b, ..., 61 N.
  • the counterweight 92 pulled by the lanyard 8, slides upwards vertically according to the vertical direction A along said cable 91.
  • the lanyard 8 is kept under tension. Furthermore, the lanyard 8, passing through said transmission ring 10, is generally subject to a limited wear.
  • the user After adjusting the moving load 41, the user performs the exercise by acting on said actuating unit 3, in particular on said groups of levers 32.
  • said selected moving load 41 moves vertically according to the vertical direction A by means of said connecting members 42.
  • said connecting members 42 During exercises the lanyard remains always in tension and never slack.
  • said lanyard 8 remains in tension when the user selects the load required to perform the exercise, by inserting said pin 7 in one of said adjustment holes 61 a, 61 b, ..., 61 N.
  • pin 7 itself is returned toward said transmission ring 10 by said lanyard 8.
  • adjustment system 5 allows to keep always in tension the lanyard 8, which is connected to said pin 7, when it is inserted or extracted in/from one of the adjustment holes 61 a, 61 b, ..., 61 N. In this way, preventing said lanyard 8 from twisting around to the movable load 41 is possible.
  • An advantage of the present invention is that the parts of said tensioning and return device are subject to little wear.

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