JP2007029329A - Training machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a training machine wherein the adjustment of a seat and the inclination of a backrest and a footrest can be easily and continuously controlled while a user sits on a seat with an excellent maneuverability and the training effect can be obtained corresponding to the user. <P>SOLUTION: In an action mechanism section 24 of the training machine, the sitting section 26 and the backrest section 27 are fixed to a seat fixing member 28 and a seat transfer member 29 is fastened by screwing to the seat fixing member 28 to constitute a seat transfer block 50. An end side of a linear actuator 30 which is an electric drive means is fixed to the seat transfer block 50 and a load transmitting mechanism section 60 is fixed to the other end side to constitute the seat transfer block 50 to be movable by driving the linear actuator 30. The linear actuator 30 has a motor which is incorporated at the inside of its drive section side and has functions to convert a rotary motion of the motor to a rectilinear motion and to make a drive rod 30a execute the rectilinear motion. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a training machine that mainly trains the quadriceps and greater gluteus muscles.

  As is well known, a training machine called a so-called leg press type is used to train the quadriceps and greater gluteus. FIG. 13 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of this type of training machine. In FIG. 13, the training machine 1 selects a weight block 3 having a desired weight in the load application device 2, and this is used as an operation mechanism unit 4. The predetermined part is trained by applying a load and operating the plate-like footrest 5 provided on the operation mechanism 4 with both feet.

  In addition, a part of footrest part 5 which comprises the operation | movement mechanism part 4 is connected with the weight block 3 of the load application apparatus 2 as mentioned later. As shown in the figure, the footrest 5 is movably fitted into a guide frame 6 made of a member fixed with an inclination to the base frame 10, and the weight block 3 and the cable of the load loading device 2 are fitted in the fitted portion. Connected using Article 7.

  Further, the footrest 5 of the training machine 1 shown in FIG. 14 is pivotally attached in the front-rear direction so as to be pivotable, and is fixed to an inclined frame 12 projecting in an oblique direction from the end of the base frame 10. ing.

  In this type of training machine 1, a seating portion 8 and a backrest portion 9 are attached to a movable mechanism portion 11, and a load load device 2 is connected to the movable mechanism portion 11. The back support portion 9 of the type training machine 1 is configured such that the angle can be adjusted in the front-rear direction.

As an example of the above-described leg press type training machine, a training machine disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1 is known.
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  The above-mentioned leg press type training machine has recently been adopted for the rehabilitation of the elderly, so that it is demanded that the elderly can easily handle the training machine. I came.

  However, in the training machine described above, in order to adjust the angle of the back rest, a means for operating an angle adjusting mechanism that is usually provided behind the back rest is provided. As shown in FIG. 14, the angle adjusting mechanism section is composed of a rod-shaped angle adjusting body 14 having a hole drilled in advance according to the angle, and an angle positioning body 13 that movably holds the angle adjusting body 14. In addition, it is necessary to adjust the angle by inserting and removing a pin from the angle positioning body 13 to the hole of the angle adjustment body 14.

  It is difficult for elderly people to perform such work, because the operability is not good and it is relatively time-consuming and troublesome, and there is a problem that the use of training machines is not easily spread among elderly people.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to adjust the moving position of the seating part and the rotation angle of the back rest part and the foot rest part even in the elderly and general trainees while sitting. An object of the present invention is to provide a training machine that can be set in a stepless and simple manner, has good operability, and can improve the training effect according to the user.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a load applying device having a weight block laminated in a weight frame, and a footrest, a seating portion, and a backrest provided in the vicinity of the load applying device. In a training machine comprising: an operation mechanism portion having a load transmission mechanism portion that is disposed on a seating portion and a backrest portion of the operation mechanism portion, and a load of the load load device is transmitted via a transmission means. The operating mechanism portion has a driving means, and a seat moving block body provided with a seating portion and a backrest portion is attached to one end side of the driving means, and on the other end side of the driving means, The load transmission mechanism is connected, and the seat moving block body is movable by the driving means.

  The seat moving block body includes a seat mounting portion to which a seating portion and a backrest portion are attached, and a seat moving member provided with a sliding body that slides linearly on a rail mounting frame. It is characterized by consisting of.

  Thus, by configuring the seat moving block body, the seat moving block body can be easily moved.

  The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the seat portion is configured to be rotatable in the horizontal direction.

  By making the seating portion rotatable, it becomes easy for an elderly person to sit down.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that a pair of grips to be gripped during training are provided on both sides of the lower end of the backrest, and one of the grips is configured to be rotatable.

  If one of the grips is rotatable, the grip does not get in the way when sitting on the seat.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the drive means includes a drive unit and a linear motion member that is fed out by an operation of the drive unit, and the drive unit and the linear motion member are connected to a seat moving block body and a load transmission. It is characterized by being attached to each mechanism part.

  By using this driving means, there is an advantage that the seat moving block body can be moved according to the training force while sitting.

  The invention described in claim 6 is characterized in that the driving means is provided on the rear side of the back rest and the foot rest, and the rotation angle adjustment of both parts is set separately.

  By setting in this way, the rotation angle of the back rest and the foot rest can be adjusted separately during training, and the training effect can be further improved.

  In addition, as a drive means, you may use the means to perform electrically or drive means, such as hydraulic pressure.

  As described above, according to the present invention, according to the training level as in the prior art, without performing an adjustment operation with a pin or the like, even an elderly person and a general trainer can sit and sit down. The moving position adjustment and the rotation angle adjustment of the back rest and foot rest can be set steplessly and easily, so that the operability is good and the training effect according to the user can be improved.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIGS. 1 to 3 are a front view of a training machine showing an embodiment of the present invention and a perspective view when a load loading device is omitted. In FIGS. 1 to 3, 21 is a training machine, 22 is a load loading device, Reference numeral 23 denotes a weight frame, 24 denotes an operation mechanism part of the training machine, and 25 denotes a rectangular plate-like footrest part on which a trainee touches. As shown in FIG. 1, the foot rest 25 is provided with a foot rest rotation angle display section 25a.

  Next, the configuration of the operation mechanism unit 24 will be described. The operation mechanism unit 24 is configured as follows. That is, the seating portion 26 having the seating seat 26a and the backresting portion 27 having the backrest pad 27a are attached to the seat mounting member 28. The seat mounting member 28 has a seat moving member shown in detail in FIG. The tip of a drive rod 30a (linear motion member) of a linear actuator 30 that is an electric drive means is attached to a projecting piece 29a that is fixed by screwing 29 and protrudes from the lower surface of the seat moving member 29. The linear actuator 30 has a function of causing the drive rod 30a to linearly move by converting a rotary motion of the motor into a linear motion on the drive unit side.

  The seat moving block body 50 is formed by the seat mounting member 28 and the seat moving member 29, and one end side of the linear actuator 30 which is an electric drive means is attached to the seat moving block body 50 as described above. As will be described later, the other end side is attached to a load transmission mechanism 60 (FIG. 4), and by driving the linear actuator 30, the seat moving block body 50 is configured to be electrically movable.

  In contrast to the above, the tip of the drive rod 30a of the linear actuator 30 may be attached to the load transmission mechanism 60 side, and the drive part side may be attached to the seat moving block body 50.

  In the drive portion on the other end side of the linear actuator 30, an end portion of a belt (load transmission means) connected to a weight block of a load load device 22 described later is fixed to a member 29c forming the load transmission mechanism portion 60. Is done. Thereby, after the seat moving block body 50 is moved to a predetermined position by the linear actuator 30, when a trainee starts training, a predetermined load acts on the load load device 22.

  The linear actuator 31 is also disposed and fixed on the back surface side of the backrest portion 27, and the distal end portion of the drive rod 31a is pivotally attached to the seat mounting member 28. Thereby, the back support part 27 can change the rotation angle adjustment of the back support part 27 continuously by the linear actuator 31 according to the state of training. A rotation angle display unit (not shown) similar to the rotation angle display unit 25a of the footrest unit 25 is provided as a guide indicating how much the rotation angle of the backrest unit 27 is. A part of the linear actuator 31 is covered with a cover (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the seat moving member 29 is configured as a U-shaped groove 29b, and the bottom of the groove 29b includes a well-known ball bearing (not shown in detail) or the like that linearly moves. Is installed. The sliding body 70 is slidably mounted on a rail 33a provided on the lower surface of a rail mounting frame 33 that is configured to be spaced upward from the base frame 32.

  Since the upper surface of the rail mounting frame 33 is provided with a movement position setting scale as a guide indicating the movement position of the seating section 26, the trainee will see the position setting of the seating section 26 from the next time. This can be done easily.

  The groove 29b of the seat moving member 29 configured as described above is covered with the seat mounting member 28 from above, and then the seat mounting member 28 and the seat moving member 29 are screwed and fixed, so that the seat moving block 50 is formed. It is formed. Accordingly, the seat moving block body 50 can be moved along the rail 33a by the linear actuator 30, and the position of the seating portion 26 can be easily changed while the trainee is seated.

  Note that both ends of the rail mounting frame 33 are fixed to the base frame 32 by welding or the like using curved members 34 and 35.

  An end of a belt 23b, which is a load transmission means connected to a weight block 23a provided in the load load device 22, is formed on a member 29c constituting the load transmission mechanism 60 provided on the lower surface of the seat moving member 29. The portion is fixed, and the drive portion side of the linear actuator 30 is attached to the back surface of the member 29c in FIG.

  In addition, a guide bar 36 is fixed to the member 29c constituting the load transmission mechanism 60, and the guide bar 3 is disposed along a lower portion of the seat moving member 29 in the moving direction. Is fitted with a guide mechanism portion 36 a protruding from the lower surface of the seat moving member 29. Reference numeral 37 denotes a pulley.

  As shown in detail in FIGS. 5, 6, and 10, the seat portion 26 operates the knob 26 b provided at the lower portion of the seat seat 26 a to rotate the seat portion seat 26 a in the 90 ° horizontal direction. Since it is configured to be movable, the seat 26a can be rotated from the state shown in FIGS. 10a and 10b to the state shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D, a stopper 26c that prevents the seating seat 26a from rotating is provided.

  Thus, by turning the seating seat 26a, the seating on the seating seat 26a can be easily and easily performed. After the seating, the seat 26a is easily returned to the training position while being seated by operating the knob 26b. Therefore, even an elderly person can easily sit on the seating seat 26a, and training can be performed easily.

  Reference numeral 38 denotes a pair of left and right grips provided at the lower part of the backrest portion 27. The grips 38 are gripped by the trainee during training. In order to allow the trainee to sit easily. When the seat 38a is rotated by 90 ° and the lever 38a (FIGS. 11a, 11b, and 12) in the vicinity of the grip 38 is operated in order to prevent the grip 38 from interfering when sitting, the grip 38 Since the pin 38b incorporated in the rotating shaft releases the pressing force of the spring 38c and rotates the grip 38 upward, the seating becomes easy.

  Further, a linear actuator 39 for adjusting the rotation angle of the foot rest 25 is provided on the back side of the foot rest 25, and the drive rod 39a is a frame in which the end of the base frame 32 is raised. It is pivotally attached to 40 ends. The frame 40 is fixed to the weight frame 23 with a connecting member 41. The linear actuator 39 is covered with a cover as indicated by an imaginary line in the figure, and a mark or the like serving as an angle display indicator of the footrest rotation angle display unit 25a is attached to the cover.

  In the embodiment described above, the linear actuator 30 for moving the seat moving block body 50 has been described on the front side. However, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the back surface of the seat moving block body 50 is provided. It may be provided on the side.

  FIG. 9 shows the operation of turning on the power for driving the linear actuators 30, 31, 39, and operating the button of the switch 42 with the switch 42 for supplying power to each actuator via the controller 71. Thus, power is separately supplied to the linear actuators 30, 31, and 39 to drive them.

  Thus, the trainee can change the training position because the seating portion 26 can be moved and the rotation angle of the footrest portion 25 and the backrest portion 27 can be changed while the trainee is seated on the seat 26b. Can be easily done.

  In the embodiment configured as described above, in order to perform the leg press training, first, the grip 38 is turned upward as shown in FIG. 11, and then the seating seat 26a is operated by the knob 26b. By rotating 90 ° to the near side.

  Then, after sitting on the seat 26a, the knob 26b is operated to return the seat 26a to the training position, and according to the training state and the load load, the seating position, the rotation angle adjustment of the footrest 25 and the back rest The linear actuators 30, 31, 39 are driven by adjusting the rotation angle of the unit 27 by operating the switch 42. At this time, the rotation angles of the footrest 25 and the backrest 27 are displayed on the display section (the rotation angle display of the backrest 27 is not shown).

  If the training state is set, when the trainee puts his / her foot on the foot rest 25 and his / her back on the back rest 27 to operate the operation mechanism 24, the trainer responds to the weight block 23 a of the load device 22. A load is applied to the leg of the trainee. By repeating this action as many times as necessary, the leg is trained.

  In addition, the movement position setting scale which shows the change position of the seating part 26 is attached | subjected to the upper surface of the rail attachment frame 33 as a standard of a training person's leg training position. This moving position setting scale is also used as a guideline for the instructor to advise the trainee of training exercise power.

  In the above embodiment, the case where an electrical device is used as the drive unit has been described. However, a drive unit such as a hydraulic pressure may be used in combination, or the drive unit may be configured by only the hydraulic drive unit.

  Note that the linear actuator in the above embodiment is the height of the seat used in leg press, leg X tension, seated rowing, seated leg curl, hip abduction, chest press, shoulder press, fly, crunch, back extension, etc. You may make it employ | adopt for position adjustment, angle adjustment of a backrest part, etc.

The front view of the training machine which shows embodiment of this invention. The perspective view of the training machine which excluded the load application apparatus from the said embodiment. The perspective view of the training machine which excluded the load application apparatus from the said embodiment. The perspective view of a seat moving member and a load transmission mechanism part. Explanatory drawing which shows the seat moving block body which has a seating part and backrest part when a drive means is provided in the back side. Explanatory drawing when the seating part of a seat movement block body is rotated. The perspective view which shows the example which provided the electrical drive means in the back side of the seat movement block body. The perspective view when an electric drive means is driven and the seat movement block body is moved. The figure which shows the switch means which supplies a power supply to an electrical drive means. The top view and front view which show the rotation state of a seat. Explanatory drawing of the rotation state of the grip provided in the frame of the backrest part. The disassembled perspective view which shows the detail of the rotation state of a grip. The perspective view of the conventional leg press training machine. The perspective view of the conventional leg press training machine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Training machine 22 ... Load application apparatus 23 ... Weight frame 24 ... Operation | movement mechanism part 25 ... Footrest part 26 ... Seating part 27 ... Backrest part 28 ... Seat attachment part 29 ... Seat moving member 30, 31, 39 ... Linear actuator 32 ... Base frame 33 ... Rail mounting frame 36 ... Guide rod 50 ... Seat moving block body 60 ... Load transmission mechanism

Claims (6)

A load-bearing device having a weight block stacked in a weight frame;
An operation mechanism portion disposed in the vicinity of the load load device, having a footrest portion, a seating portion, and a backrest portion;
In a training machine provided with a load transmission mechanism portion disposed on a seating portion and a backrest portion of the operation mechanism portion, and a load of the load load device is transmitted via a transmission means,
The operating mechanism portion has a driving means, and a seat moving block body provided with a seating portion and a backrest portion is attached to one end side of the driving means, and on the other end side of the driving means, A training machine characterized in that the load transmission mechanism is connected, and the seat moving block body is movable by the driving means. 2. The seat moving block body includes a seat mounting portion to which a seating portion and a backrest portion are mounted, and a seat moving member provided with a sliding body that linearly slides on a rail mounting frame. The training machine described. The training machine according to claim 2, wherein the seating portion is configured to be rotatable in a horizontal direction. The training machine according to claim 2, wherein a pair of grips gripped during training are provided on both sides of the lower end of the backrest, and one of the grips is configured to be rotatable. The drive means includes a drive unit and a linear motion member that is drawn out by the operation of the drive unit, and the drive unit and the linear motion member are respectively attached to a seat moving block body and a load transmission mechanism unit. The training machine according to claim 1. 2. The training machine according to claim 1, wherein the driving means is provided on the rear side of the back pad and the foot pad, and the rotation angle adjustment of both parts is set separately.

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