JPH1028750A - Gauge pole for bending ski pole - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gauge pole which can measure accurately a size fitting a skier's feeling of manipulation and the necessary size of the boy of the skier in his crouching position in order to determine the shape and the size of a bending skiing pole to suit it to the skier who uses it. SOLUTION: A lower pole 16 which can make an axial relative movement from the lower end side is fit into a tubular upper pole 15 having a grip 17 at the upper end, a relative position fixing means which can fix the axial relative position of poles 15, 16 is provided between the poles 15, 16, and a slide member 20 is mounted to the outer periphery of the upper pole 15 whose axial relative position in relation to the upper pole 15 can be adjusted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gauge pole for determining the shape and dimensions of a bending stock for a skier using the bending stock.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Bending stock is one hundredth.
It was designed to reduce the air resistance in alpine skiing competitions, competing for seconds, and it is obvious that the overall length of the bending stock is adapted to the skier's body, and the effect of reducing the air resistance is better. In order to do so, the curvature must match the curve on the side of the skier in the cloaking position.
Therefore, it is necessary to measure the length of each part of the skier's body while using the bending stock and reflect it on the shape and dimensions of the bending stock.
No accurate and simple measurement of these dimensions has been realized.

[0003]

The length of the straight portion of the bending stock is set at a position substantially corresponding to the elbow when the skier grips the upper end of the straight portion. The outermost point of the curved portion is located at a position substantially corresponding to the hipbone of the skier in the crocking posture by gripping the upper end of the straight portion. When manufacturing the bending stock according to the skier, measure the total length of the bending stock that matches the skier's operational feeling, the length from the hand in the gripped state to the elbow, and It is necessary to measure the length from the hand to the hipbone when the skier is in the crocking position, holding the upper end of the straight part.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and accurately and easily measures a size suitable for a skier's operation feeling and a required size of a skier's body in a cloaking posture, and determines a bending stock. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bending pole for bending stock which can be reflected on the size and shape of the bending stock.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a bending pole for bending stock according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a pipe-shaped upper pole provided with a grip at an upper end, and the upper pole having a grip. A lower pole fitted to enable axial relative movement from the lower end side, a relative position fixing means provided between the upper pole and the lower pole to fix an axial relative position of the upper pole and the lower pole, and an upper pole And a slide member mounted on the outer periphery of the upper pole so as to adjust the relative position in the axial direction with respect to

According to this configuration, the relative positions of the upper pole and the lower pole in the axial direction are adjusted according to the sense of operation of the skier, and the relative positions of both poles are fixed by the relative position fixing means. By measuring the total length of the bending stock can be determined according to the skier. Also, by fixing the slide member to the elbow of the skier holding the grip, the position of the connecting point of the straight portion and the curved portion in the bending stock, that is, the length of the straight portion can be determined. Furthermore, by holding the grip and fixing the slide member to the hip bone of the skier in the cloning position, the length from the hand to the hip bone when the skier is in the cloning position by holding the upper end of the straight portion, that is, The position of the outermost point in the curved portion of the bending stock can be determined.

According to the second aspect of the invention, a scale indicating the length from a reference position set on the upper end side of the upper pole is provided on the outer periphery of the upper pole, and the slide member is applied to the elbow. When the slide member is fixed to the hip bone, the length from the reference position when the slide member is fixed to the hip bone, that is, the length of the straight portion, and the length of the outermost point in the curved portion from the reference position are extremely determined. Can be easily read.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a scale is provided on the outer periphery of the lower pole, and the scale read from the lower end edge of the upper pole ranges from the upper end of the upper pole to the lower end of the lower pole. And the length of the bending stock when the axial relative positions of the upper pole and the lower pole are determined can be easily determined.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on one embodiment of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 8 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a use state of a bending stock, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a bending stock and a gauge pole in correspondence with each other. FIG. 3 and FIG.
3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the relative position fixing means, and FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view of the gauge pole in a state where the position of the waist is measured, and FIG. 8 is a side view of the gauge pole in a state where the position of the hip bone is measured.

Referring to FIG. 1, a bending stock 11 includes a straight portion 11a having a grip 12 provided at an upper end and extending linearly, and a curved portion 11b connected to a lower end of the straight portion 11a. The curved portion 11b is formed so as to be curved substantially along the side surface of the waist portion H _S of the skier S when the skier S holding the grip 12 is in the cloaking posture, and is formed at the lower end of the curved portion 11b. Is equipped with a basket 13.

In FIG. 2, the bending stock 11
, It communicates setting point P ₁ of the straight portion 11a and the curved portion 11b,
Lies substantially corresponding positions in the elbow E _S skiers S, moreover outermost point P ₂ of the curved portion 11a, it is necessary that there substantially corresponding positions in the hip in the lumbar H _S skiers S, The gauge pole 14 according to the present invention is used to measure the dimensions of each part of the skier S so as to satisfy the required shape and dimensions of the bending stock 11.

The upper and lower poles 15 and 1 are fitted with each other so that they can be extended and contracted.
6 is provided. Both poles 15, 16 are pipe-shaped, and the outer diameter of the lower pole 16 is set smaller than the inner diameter of the upper pole 15, and the upper end of the lower pole 16 is moved relative to the upper pole 15 from the lower end in the axial direction. It is fitted as possible.

A grip 17 is provided at an upper end of the upper pole 15, and a coaxial stone foot 36 is provided at a lower end of the lower pole 16.
Is detachably mounted. At the lower end of the lower pole 16, a basket 1 in the bending stock 11 is provided.
The distance corresponding to the distance from the lower end of the bending stock 11 to the lower end of the lower pole 16,
A basket 18 is provided at a distance from the lower end of the basket 6.
Further, a rubber cap 19 is provided at the lower end of the upper pole 15 so as to slide on the outer surface of the lower pole 16.

Referring also to FIG. 3, a slide member 20 is mounted on the outer periphery of the upper pole 15 so that the relative position in the axial direction with respect to the upper pole 15 can be adjusted. The slide member 20 has a base 20 formed in a rectangular block shape having a fitting hole 21 into which the upper pole 15 is fitted.
a, and a flat plate-like overhanging plate portion 20b projecting outward from the base portion 20a. The overhanging plate portion 20b is provided in a plane substantially orthogonal to the axis of the upper pole 15. distance from 15 outer surface to the tip L _P issued Zhang from the base 20a (see FIG. 2) for example as above 5 cm.

A screw hole 22 extending in the radial direction of the upper pole 15 is provided in the base portion 20a such that the inner end of the screw hole 22 is opened to the inner surface of the fitting hole 21.
Then, a thumb screw 23 capable of bringing the tip into contact with the outer surface of the upper pole 15 is screwed into the screw. By tightening the thumb screw 23, the position of the slide member 20 with respect to the upper pole 15 is fixed, and by loosening the thumb screw 23, the slide member 20 can be moved in the axial direction with respect to the upper pole 15.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG.
Relative position fixing means 24 for fixing the axial position of the lower pole 16 with respect to the upper pole 15 is provided between the upper pole 15 and the lower pole 16. A screw shaft 25 whose base end is coaxially fixed to the upper end of the upper pole 15 and an expander which is inserted into the upper pole 15 by frictionally engaging the inner surface of the upper pole 15 and increasing the frictional engagement force when the diameter is increased. 26, the expander 26 can be expanded and contracted in accordance with the rotation of the lower pole 16 with respect to the upper pole 15, and the screw shaft 25 and the expander 2
And an expansion / contraction mechanism 27 provided between them.

The screw shaft 25 has a large-diameter press-fit portion 2 on the base end side.
5a is coaxially and integrally connected to a small-diameter screw portion 25c on the distal end side through a tapered pressing portion 25b having a smaller diameter toward the upper pole 15 side. Is press-fitted into the upper end of the lower pole 16. At this time, screw shaft 2
In order to further firmly fix the 5 to the lower pole 16, the lower pole 16 may be caulked in the state where the large-diameter press-fit portion 25 a is pressed into the lower pole 16 to engage with the large-diameter press-fit portion 25 a. Good.

The expander 26 has a cylindrical portion 26a and a plurality of portions whose base ends are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion 26a, for example, so that the distal end side can be expanded and contracted along the radial direction of the upper pole 15. Are formed of a synthetic resin and have four expanding and contracting portions 26b, 26b,... Which are integrally provided at four places. Each of the expanding and contracting portions 26b, 26b. Is fitted to. Moreover, a lip 29 that resiliently slides on the inner surface of the upper pole 15 to exert a frictional engagement force regardless of the expansion and contraction of the expansion and contraction portions 26b, 26b,. Provided.

The screw shaft 25 passes through the expander 26, and the small-diameter screw portion 25c of the screw shaft 25 is screwed into a female screw 30 engraved on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 26a. In addition, a stopper 31 is fixed to the tip of the screw shaft 25, that is, the tip of the small-diameter screw portion 25c, for engaging and abutting with the expander 26 to prevent the expander 26 from detaching from the tip of the screw shaft 25. You. This stopper 31
Is a cap nut screwed to the tip of the small-diameter screw portion 25c, for example, and the screwing tightening force of the stopper 31 is relatively large in order to surely fix the stopper 31 to the tip of the screw shaft 25. Is set.

The expanding / contracting mechanism 27 is capable of coming into contact with the pressing portion 25b provided on the screw shaft 25 and the outer surface of the tapered pressing portion 25b so that the distal end side of each of the expanding / contracting portions 26b in the expander 26. Are formed on the inner surface.

According to such an expansion / contraction mechanism 27, when the lower pole 16 is rotated in the loosening direction with respect to the upper pole 15, and the pressing portion 25b is separated from each of the pressure receiving surfaces 32, 32, the pressure receiving pressure increases. Because the pressing force does not act on the surfaces 32, 32, the expanding and contracting portions 26b, 26b are in a reduced diameter state, and the frictional engagement force generated between the expander 26 and the upper pole 15 is mainly due to the lips 29, 29,. This frictional engagement force prevents the expander 26 from rotating with the rotation of the screw shaft 25, but the lower pole 16, that is, the screw shaft 25 is
When it moves in the axial direction, the sliding operation of the expander 26 in the axial direction is only allowed. Therefore, when the lower pole 16 is rotated in the loosening direction with respect to the upper pole 15, the lower pole 1 with respect to the upper pole 15 is rotated.
6 can be freely adjusted in the axial relative position.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the lower pole 16 is rotated with respect to the upper pole 15 in a direction opposite to the above-mentioned loosening direction, the pressing portions 25b are pressed against the respective pressure receiving surfaces 32, 32. The distal end of each of the expanding and contracting portions 26b is expanded so as to be strongly pressed against the inner surface of the upper pole 15. At this time, the frictional engagement force generated between the expander 26 and the upper pole 15 causes It is strong enough to maintain the axial relative position of the panda 26, that is, the axial relative positions of the upper pole 15 and the lower pole 16. Therefore, the axial position of the expander 26 in the upper pole 15 is adjusted, and thereafter, a strong frictional engagement force is generated between the expander 26 and the upper pole 15 by the expansion / contraction mechanism 27 as shown in FIG. Thus, the axial position of the lower pole 16 with respect to the upper pole 15 is determined.

Referring again to FIG. 2, a scale 33 is provided on the outer periphery of the upper pole 15 to indicate a reference position set at the upper end thereof, for example, the length from the upper end. A scale 34 is provided on the outer periphery of the lower pole 16.
4 is a scale value read at the lower edge of the upper pole 15;
It is graduated to correspond to the length from the upper end of the upper pole 15 to the lower end of the lower pole 16. That is, the scale 34 is positioned at the lower end position of the lower pole 16
The value corresponds to the total length of 5, and is graduated so that the value gradually increases upward.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
And bending stock 1 using gauge pole 14
When determining the shape and dimensions of the lower pole 15,
Operation of skier S with the lower end of the ski touching the floor
Upper pole 15 and lower pole 16 to fit the sense
Of the gauge pole 14 to adjust the relative position of the gauge pole 14 in the axial direction.
_A(See FIG. 2) that match the skier S's operational feeling
Is reached, the relative position fixing means 24
The axial relative position of the ruler 15 and the lower pole 16 is fixed.
Then, in this state, from the reference position on the upper side of the upper pole 15
Length to lower end of lower pole 16, ie gauge pole
14 total length L_AIs measured. At this time, the lower pole 16
A scale 34 is provided on the outer periphery, and the scale 34
The value read at the lower edge of the upper pole 15 is the upper pole 1
Corresponding to the length from the upper end of 5 to the lower end of the lower pole 16
The total length L of the gauge pole 14_AExtremely easy
And the total length L of the gauge pole 14_ATo
Set it as the total length of the bending stock 11
No.

By the way, depending on the person, the gauge pole 1
When adjusting the length of the wheel 4, there is a possibility that the user may want to confirm the operational feeling from the upper side of the snow, and in that case, grasp the basket 18 and contact the grip 17 with the floor. The upper pole 15 and the lower pole 16 are adjusted by adjusting the relative position of the upper pole 15 and the lower pole 16 in the axial direction, or by bringing the basket 18 into contact with the floor with the ram 36 removed from the lower pole 16. What is necessary is just to adjust the axial relative position of 16. On this occasion,
A value obtained by subtracting the length of the stone foot 36 from the length obtained from the scale 34 may be set as the total length of the bending stock 11.

[0027] Then, as shown in Figure 7, moved the slide member 20 in the axial direction of the upper pole 15, slides elbow E _S skier S which holds the grip 17 member 2
In the state where the overhanging plate portion 20b is applied, the thumb screw 23 is tightened to slide the slide member 20 along the axial direction of the upper pole 15.
Fix the position of. While measuring the length L _E in this state from the top of the top pole 15 to the slide member 20, on the outer periphery of the upper pole 15, since the scale 33 indicating the length from the upper end is provided, the sliding member by reading the scale 33 at the location of 20, it is possible to obtain the length L _E from the upper end of the upper pole 15 until the slide member 20 very easily, this length L _E, the straight portions of the bending stock 11 The length of 11a is determined.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Skiers S which holds the can when taking Kurochingu posture, shed Zhang plate portion 20b of the slide member 20 to the back of the hip bone in the lumbar H _S of the skier S. That is,
Together allowed to move the slide member 20 in the axial direction of the upper pole 15 by loosening the thumbscrew 23 from the state shown in FIG. 7, the slide member 20 as ChoIzuruban portion 20b extends to the waist H _S side of the skier S top The slide member 20 is fixed by rotating the pawl 15 around the axis thereof so that the overhang plate portion 20b is brought into contact with the back of the hip bone, and the thumb screw 23 is tightened. In this state, the length L _H from the upper end of the upper pole 15 to the slide member 20 is measured by the slide member 20 on the scale 3.
3 was measured by reading the, by the length L _E, the position of the outermost point P ₂ is determined in the curved portion 11b of the bending stock 11.

[0029] In this way, by using a gauge pole 14, the total length L _A that is bending stock 1 of the gauge pole 11 that matches the operation feeling of skiers S
1 and the required dimensions L _E and L _H of the body of the skier S using the bending stock 11 can be accurately and easily measured, and their measured values L
By reflecting _A , L _E , and L _H on the size and shape of the bending stock 11, the bending stock 11 having an appropriate shape and size suitable for the body of the skier S can be manufactured.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the appended claims. It is possible to do.

[0031]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by adjusting the relative positions of the upper pole and the lower pole in the axial direction according to the skier and measuring the total length of the gauge pole in a fixed state, The overall length of the bending stock can be determined according to the skier's operational sensation, and the length of the straight part of the bending stock can be determined by fixing the sliding member to the elbow of the skier holding the grip. It is possible to determine the position of the outermost point on the curved part of the bending stock by holding the grip and fixing the slide member to the hip bone of the skier in the cloning position, and adapts to the skier's operating feeling Dimensions
In addition, the required size of the skier's body in the cloating position can be accurately and easily measured and reflected on the size and shape of the bending stock.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a scale indicating the length from the reference position set at the upper end of the upper pole is provided on the outer periphery of the upper pole, so that the length of the straight portion is increased. The length of the outermost point of the curved portion from the reference position can be read very easily.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, a scale is provided on the outer periphery of the lower pole, and the scale read from the lower end edge of the upper pole ranges from the upper end of the upper pole to the lower end of the lower pole. The length from the upper end of the upper pole to the lower end of the lower pole when the axial relative position of the upper and lower poles is determined, that is, the total length of the gauge pole, It can be easily read and the total length of the bending stock can be easily determined.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bending stock in use.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a bending stock and a gauge pole in correspondence with each other.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a relative position fixing unit.

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view of the gauge pole in a state where the position of the elbow is measured.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the gauge pole in a state where the position of the hip bone is measured.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Bending stock 11a Straight part 11b Curved part 14 Gauge pole 15 Upper pole 16 Lower pole 17 Grip 20 Slide member 24 ..Relative position fixing means 33, 34...

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A straight portion (11a) extending linearly, and a shape curved substantially along the waist side surface of a skier in a croching posture while gripping an upper end of the straight portion (11a). The curved portion (1) connected to the lower end of the straight portion (11a)
1b) a bending stock gauge pole for determining the dimensions of the bending stock (11), the pipe-shaped upper pole (15) provided with a grip (17) at the upper end, and the upper pole (15). ), And a lower pole (16) fitted so as to allow relative movement in the axial direction from the lower end thereof, and an upper pole (15) capable of fixing the relative positions of the upper pole (15) and the lower pole (16) in the axial direction. Relative position fixing means (24) provided between the upper pole (15) and the lower pole (16).
5) A gauge pole for bending stock, comprising: a slide member (20) mounted on the outer periphery of (5). 2. A scale (33) indicating a length from a reference position set on an upper end side of the upper pole (15) is provided on an outer periphery of the upper pole (15). Bending stock gauge pole described. 3. A scale (3) on the outer periphery of the lower pole (16).
4), and the scale (34) is provided with an upper pole (1).
The scale value read at the lower edge of 5) is the upper pole (1).
3. A gauge pole for bending stock according to claim 1, wherein the scale is graduated so as to correspond to a length from an upper end of (5) to a lower end of the lower pole (16).