JP2003265645A - Training machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a training machine which can be used soon and can be utilized at low costs by sending air of adjusted oxygen density to the vicinity of a user's face. <P>SOLUTION: The machine comprises: a motility conversion means for converting motility generated by training by the user to rotation; an air pump connected to this motility conversion means to be driven by the converted rotation; oxygen density for adjusting the oxygen density of air by making the air pass through an oxygen separation by using the suction or pressurizing force of this air pump; and an oxygen-adjusted air supplying means for supplying oxygen-adjusted air to a user in the middle of training. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a training device capable of effectively exercising a user by adjusting oxygen concentration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a training apparatus of this type, there has been one found in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-114119. The details are as follows. The present invention provides a low oxygen concentration control type training device capable of controlling the oxygen concentration and carbon dioxide concentration in a room so that a person or the like can continue training for a long time in a low oxygen concentration state such as in high mountains. To do.

As shown in FIG. 4, this training apparatus takes in air from a training room 41 and receives oxygen from an oxygen measuring instrument 44 and a carbon dioxide measuring instrument 46 for measuring the oxygen concentration and the carbon dioxide concentration, respectively. A nitrogen generator 42 for removing oxygen and carbon dioxide from the air to generate nitrogen is interposed, and a nitrogen supply system 45 for supplying the nitrogen from the nitrogen generator 42 to the training room 41 and oxygen for the training room 41. A nitrogen control means for controlling the nitrogen supply amount by the nitrogen supply system 45 according to the oxygen concentration by the oxygen measuring device 44, and oxygen according to the carbon dioxide concentration by the carbon dioxide measuring device 46. Oxygen control means for controlling the amount of oxygen supplied by the supply system 47 is provided.

However, in the conventional training apparatus as described above, it is necessary to adjust the oxygen concentration of the air in the entire training room, and thus large-scale equipment is required. In addition, it took a considerable amount of time from the start of operation of the equipment until the oxygen concentration in the training room became stable and could be used.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a training that can be used immediately and at low cost by sending air whose oxygen concentration is adjusted to the vicinity of the user's face. It made the device possible.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problem and Its Action / Effect] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the first aspect of the present invention is to provide a kinetic force converting means for converting the kinetic force generated by the training of the user into a rotational motion, and this kinetic force converting An air pump connected to the means and driven by the converted rotary motion, and an oxygen concentration adjusting means for adjusting the oxygen concentration of the air by passing air through the oxygen separation membrane by using suction or pressure of the air pump. It is characterized by having an oxygen-adjusted air supply means for supplying the air whose oxygen concentration has been adjusted to a user who is training.

As a result, it is not necessary to adjust the oxygen concentration in the entire room, and it can be realized with a small facility and can be used immediately when desired. Further, due to the exercise power of the user during training, electricity for operating the air pump is not required, and the running cost can be suppressed.

Further, in the present invention, the oxygen concentration adjusting air contains oxygen at a higher concentration than the surrounding air. As a result, the user can obtain a large diet effect by performing aerobic exercise easily.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, the oxygen concentration adjusting air contains oxygen at a concentration lower than that of surrounding air. As a result, the cardiopulmonary function of the user is enhanced and the blood flow can be increased.

Further, according to a fourth aspect, in the training device, the oxygen concentration can be changed. Therefore, the user can
Oxygen concentration can be freely controlled according to the purpose and load during training. Therefore, it fits the purpose,
You can do more effective training.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of a training apparatus according to the present invention will be described based on examples. Figure 1
1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an exercise bike as a training device to which the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the exercise bike 1 includes a base 2, a pedal 3, a saddle 4, a control box 5, a handle 6, and an oxygen concentration adjuster 7.
And a regulated air supply passage 8 and a regulated air discharger 9.

The pedal 3 is rotatably supported on both sides of the base 2, and a saddle 4 on which the trainee 10 sits and a handle for the user 10 to grip the base 2. 6 and 6 are arranged. This handle 6
A control box 5 is attached to the central part of the. An oxygen concentration adjuster 7 connected to the pedal 3 and a drive shaft 11 is arranged in the base 2, and an adjustment air supply passage 8 extends from the oxygen concentration adjuster to the vicinity of the user's face. An oxygen adjusting air supply unit 9 is attached to the tip of the cage.

FIG. 2 is an internal block diagram of the oxygen concentration adjuster 7. The atmospheric air 21 is guided by the intake fan 23 through the intake filter 22 to the oxygen enriched membrane module 24 including the selective oxygen permeable membrane and configured in multiple stages. The inside of the oxygen enrichment membrane module 24 is decompressed by the decompression pump 28 via the communication pipe 25 and the concentration varying means 20, whereby the communication pipe 25 is supplied with oxygen from the oxygen enrichment membrane module 24. Is derived. On the other hand, the air having a higher nitrogen concentration than the atmosphere that has not permeated the oxygen permeable membrane is discharged from the discharge port 30 via the path 27. The decompression pump 28 is driven by the drive shaft 11 by the force from the pedal.

Further, the air supplied to the decompression pump 28 is
By the concentration varying means 20, the oxygen enriched membrane module 24
It is possible to mix the oxygen-enriched air from the external air and the external air introduced from the external air introduction port 19 to adjust the oxygen concentration according to preference.

When the user starts training, the motion is converted into a rotary motion by the pedal, and the rotary motion becomes a forward and backward motion by the drive shaft 11, and a negative pressure is produced by the reciprocating type decompression pump 28. As shown in FIG. 2, the negative pressure produces high-concentration oxygen, which is adjusted to a desired concentration by the concentration varying means 20 and sent from the oxygen concentration adjuster 7 to the regulated air supply passage 8. The adjusted air discharged from the oxygen concentration adjuster 7 is supplied through the oxygen air supply passage 8 to the adjusted air discharge part 9 mounted near the face of the user as shown in FIG. Can breathe conditioned air.

As in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to adjust the air concentration of the entire room by sending the air whose oxygen concentration has been adjusted from the vicinity of the user's face, and the training is immediately started when the user wants to train. I can do things. In addition, you don't have to wear a special mask on your body, so you can train without feeling bothersome.

Since the conditioned air contains a higher concentration of oxygen than the surrounding air, aerobic exercise is promoted and
The decomposition of lactic acid produced in blood is promoted. Therefore,
There is less fatigue during exercise and the burning of body fat is promoted.
Thereby, the diet can be effectively promoted.

In this embodiment, air containing oxygen at a higher concentration than atmospheric air was supplied, but supplying air containing a lower oxygen concentration than atmospheric air produces another effect. That is, this is called pseudo Kochi training, and the training can be performed in a state of low oxygen. In particular, training in an environment of low oxygen concentration makes it difficult to supply sufficient oxygen to muscle cells, and as a result, internal organs have to adapt to the new environment. When the oxygen concentration decreases, the number of red blood cells in the blood increases, and at the same time, hemoglobin increases. This allows oxygen to be easily taken up by muscle cells, improving the aerobic ability of the user.

FIG. 3 is an overall view for explaining another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an example of a room runner 39 is shown as a training device. This room runner comprises a running part 31 having a long plate-shaped slope and a handrail part 32 which is mounted on both side surfaces of the running part 31 so as to rise.
And a controller 33 provided above the handrail 32
With. The traveling unit 31 is provided with a base 34 having an upper opening, and rollers 35 are rotatably arranged at two positions inside the base 34, namely, a front and a rear, and an annular flat belt 36 is provided on the roller 35.
Is being applied.

When the user starts training, the flat belt 36 is slid backward by the weight of the user and the pressure of the foot, and the roller 35 is rotated by the force. The rotation is transmitted to the decompression pump provided in the oxygen concentration adjuster 7 by the drive shaft 11. As shown in the above-described embodiment, the high-concentration oxygen adjusted by the oxygen concentration adjuster 7 is sent to the user's inhalation mask 37 through the adjusted air supply passage 8 and the user can take in it. . By using the inhalation mask as in this embodiment, it is possible to reliably send a predetermined oxygen concentration to the user.

In this embodiment, the negative pressure air is produced by the pressure reducing pump and the regulated air is generated. However, it is not limited to the pressure reducing pump.
A pressure pump may be used. When a pressure pump is used, it is possible to discharge air using the energy of the compressed air.
The adjusted air can be effectively supplied to the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of training according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an oxygen concentration adjuster according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall view of a training device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a conventional training device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Exercise bike 2 ... base 3 ... pedal 4 ... saddle 5 ... Control box 6 ... Handle 7 ... Oxygen concentration adjuster 8 ... Adjusted air supply path 9 ... Adjusted air discharge part 10 ... User 11 ... Drive shaft 20 ... Concentration changing means 21 ... Atmospheric air 22 ... Intake filter 23 ... Inhalation fan 24 ... Oxygen-enriched membrane module 25 ... Communication pipe 26 ... Evaporator 27 ... Route 28 ... Decompression pump 29 ... Heater 30 ... Discharge port 31 ... Running section 32 ... Handrail 33 ... Controller 34 ... Base 35 ... roller 36 ... Flat belt 37 ... Inhalation mask 41 ... Training room 42 ... Nitrogen generator 44 ... Oxygen meter 45 ... Nitrogen supply system 46 ... Carbon dioxide measuring instrument 47 ... Oxygen supply system

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Usui             2-1-1 Nakajima, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture             No. Totoki Equipment Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Nobuhiro Shono             2-1-1 Nakajima, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture             No. Totoki Equipment Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takahiro Ohashi             2-1-1 Nakajima, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture             No. Totoki Equipment Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A kinetic force converting means for converting a kinetic force generated by training of a user into a rotary motion, an air pump linked with the kinetic force converting means and driven by the converted rotary motion, and an air pump of the air pump. Oxygen concentration adjusting means for adjusting the oxygen concentration of the air by passing the air through the oxygen separation membrane using suction or pressure, and oxygen adjusting air supply means for supplying the air having the adjusted oxygen concentration to the user during training. A training device comprising: 2. The training apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the oxygen-concentration-adjusted air contains a higher concentration of oxygen than the surrounding air. 3. The training apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the oxygen-concentration-adjusted air contains a lower concentration of oxygen than the surrounding air. 4. The training device according to claim 1, wherein the training device has a variable oxygen concentration.