EP0220181A1 - Apparatus for training muscles - Google Patents
Apparatus for training musclesInfo
- Publication number
- EP0220181A1 EP0220181A1 EP85903410A EP85903410A EP0220181A1 EP 0220181 A1 EP0220181 A1 EP 0220181A1 EP 85903410 A EP85903410 A EP 85903410A EP 85903410 A EP85903410 A EP 85903410A EP 0220181 A1 EP0220181 A1 EP 0220181A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- cylinder
- rope
- piston
- free end
- counter
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- 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
- A63B21/008—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using hydraulic or pneumatic force-resisters
- A63B21/0083—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using hydraulic or pneumatic force-resisters of the piston-cylinder type
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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
- 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
- A63B21/00058—Mechanical means for varying the resistance
- A63B21/00069—Setting or adjusting the resistance level; Compensating for a preload prior to use, e.g. changing length of resistance or adjusting a valve
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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
- 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
- A63B21/16—Supports for anchoring force-resisters
- A63B21/169—Supports for anchoring force-resisters for anchoring on or against a wall
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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
- 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
- A63B21/40—Interfaces with the user related to strength training; Details thereof
- A63B21/4027—Specific exercise interfaces
- A63B21/4033—Handles, pedals, bars or platforms
- A63B21/4035—Handles, pedals, bars or platforms for operation by hand
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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
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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
- 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
- A63B21/40—Interfaces with the user related to strength training; Details thereof
- A63B21/4041—Interfaces with the user related to strength training; Details thereof characterised by the movements of the interface
- A63B21/4043—Free movement, i.e. the only restriction coming from the resistance
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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
- A63B23/0355—A single apparatus used for either upper or lower limbs, i.e. with a set of support elements driven either by the upper or the lower limb or limbs
Definitions
- This invention refers to a muscles training apparatus of the type comprising a support-forming post having at least two vertically spaced-apart pulley wheels, a lower one of which is adjustable and securable in varying positions of height along the post so as to locate a free end of a pull rope or the like extending between said pulley wheels at a level desired by a training person, said rope being, at its end being opposite to the free end, connected to a counter-loading means having the . purpose to exert a counter-force when the rope is pulled.
- Training apparatuses of the above mentioned type are advantageous insofar as they are comparatively cheap to manufacture and all-round in respect of their fields of application since they can, by a simple adjustment of the adjustable pulley wheel, be used by persons having most differing statures and for training several different parts of the body, such as arms and legs.
- the conventional training apparatuses of this type are, however, also associated with a plurality of disadvantages • being founded on the fact that counter-weights are used as counter-loading means, i.e. bodies exerting the necessary counter-force by their deadweight.
- the present invention aims at setting aside the above mentioned disadvantages of the previously known training apparatuses of the type related in the preamble and creating an apparatus which is simple and easy to handle and gives a training result being optimal from the physiological point of wiev.
- the counterloading means consists of a piston-cylinder mechanism being provided with a check valve and operating with a pressure medium and that the pull rope is connected to the piston-cylinder mechanism by way of a multiple pulley block means in order to obtain a large transmission ratio between on one hand the maximum distance that the free end of the rope can be pulled out and, on the other hand, the stroke of the piston rod of said mechanism.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the training apparatus according to the invention and Fig. 2 a diagram illustrating the function of the piston-cylinder mechanism. Detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 1 generally designates a support in the form of a long post, while 2 designates a pull rope having a free end which advantageously may have a handle 3.
- the post 1 is attached to a bottom plate 4 being fixable to a floor and has at its upper part two bracket-shaped arms 5,5' which may be attached to a wall.
- Four pulley wheels or means are associated with the post 1, namely two stationary pulley wheels 6,7 mounted in the area of the upper part of the post and two movable pulley wheels 8,9 arranged at opposite sides of the post 1.
- the two movable pulley wheels are each arranged on a sled-like element 10 which is displaceable along a guide-forming groove 11 and has a locking mechanism 12 by means of which the same can be locked in arbitralily positions along the post.
- the pull rope 2 extends from the first adjustable pulley wheel 8 to the second adjustable pulley wheel 9 by way of the first stationary wheel 6 and further to a counter- loading means, designated 13 in its entirety, by way of the second stationary pulley wheel 7.
- the pull rope in this manner runs over two pulley wheels being vertically adjustable it is guaranteed that the free end of the pull rope in its initial position extends out from the post an equally long distance irrespectively of whether the first adjustable pulley wheel is located high or low, because if the first adjustable pulley wheel 8 is lowered then the second adjustable pulley wheel 9 can be raised and vice versa.
- a piston-cylinder mechanism As a main component in the counter loading means for the pull rope 2 a piston-cylinder mechanism, the cylinder of which is designated 14 and the piston-rod of which is designated 15, is included according to the principle or the invention, said mechanism preferably operating with a hydraulic pressure medium.
- the cylinder 14 is mounted on a U-shaped frame 16 the two shanks of which are stationary affixed, preferably on the bottom plate 4. More precisely the cylinder 14 is turned upside down so that the piston rod 15 projects vertically down from the overhead part 17 of the frame 16.
- the rope 2 is connected to the piston-cylinder mechanism by way of a multiple pulley block means which comprises a number of stationary blocks 18 attached to the overhead part 17 as well as a number of movable blocks 19 attached to a cross piece 20 which is movable along the shanks of the frame 16, said shanks serving as guides.
- a multiple pulley block means which comprises a number of stationary blocks 18 attached to the overhead part 17 as well as a number of movable blocks 19 attached to a cross piece 20 which is movable along the shanks of the frame 16, said shanks serving as guides.
- the handle 3 should be capable of being pulled out 2 to 3 metres from its initial position when using a piston-cylinder mechanism the piston rod of which has a stroke of 0.5 metre.
- the piston-cylinder mechanism is of the single-acting type having a separate tank 21 mounted above the cylinder, e.g on the wall in question.
- the cylinder 14 is connected to the tank 21 through a conduit 22 in which a check valve 23 as well as a non- return valve 24 are arranged, said nonreturn valve making a pressure medium flow from the cylinder to the tank impossible, but allowing a free flow in the reversed direction.
- the check valve 23 it is extremely simple to adjust the resistance that the pressure medium exerts when the piston is moved upwardly through the cylinder.
- the cross piece 20 has a consider ⁇ able weight so as to automatically return the piston rod 15 to an initial position pulled out of the cylinder as soon as the tractive force in the rope 2 ceases. Possibly the cross piece can be completed with one or more springs for providing the same function.
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- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Orthopedic Medicine & Surgery (AREA)
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- Biophysics (AREA)
- Rehabilitation Tools (AREA)
Abstract
Un appareil de musculation comprend un montant (1) formant un support possédant au moins deux poulies (6, 8) espacées verticalement dont une inférieure (8) peut être réglée et fixée dans des positions variables de hauteur le long du montant de manière à situer une extrémité libre (3) d'une corde de traction (2) à un niveau désiré, la corde de traction étant, à son extrémité opposée à l'extrémité libre, reliée à un organe contre-poids (13) ayant pour fonction d'exercer une contre-force lorsque l'on tire sur la corde. Cet organe contre-poids comporte un mécanisme de vérin à piston (14, 15) pourvu d'une soupape de commande (23) et fonctionnant avec un milieu de pression. En outre la corde de traction (2) est reliée au mécanisme de vérin à piston (14, 15) au moyen d'un bloc à poulie multiple (18, 19) afin d'obtenir un grand rapport de transmission entre d'une part la distance maximale de traction de l'extrémité libre de la cordre, et d'autre part la course de la tige du piston (15) dudit mécanisme.A weight training machine comprises an upright (1) forming a support having at least two pulleys (6, 8) spaced apart vertically, a lower one (8) of which can be adjusted and fixed in variable height positions along the upright so as to locate a free end (3) of a traction rope (2) at a desired level, the traction rope being, at its end opposite the free end, connected to a counterweight member (13) having the function of '' exert a counter-force when pulling on the rope. This counterweight member comprises a piston cylinder mechanism (14, 15) provided with a control valve (23) and operating with a pressure medium. In addition the traction cord (2) is connected to the piston cylinder mechanism (14, 15) by means of a multiple pulley block (18, 19) in order to obtain a large transmission ratio between on the one hand the maximum pulling distance of the free end of the rope, and on the other hand the stroke of the piston rod (15) of said mechanism.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| SE8306407A SE442954B (en) | 1983-11-21 | 1983-11-21 | Apparatus for muscle training |
| PCT/SE1985/000201 WO1986006644A1 (en) | 1983-11-21 | 1985-05-10 | Apparatus for training muscles |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| EP0220181A1 true EP0220181A1 (en) | 1987-05-06 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP85903410A Withdrawn EP0220181A1 (en) | 1983-11-21 | 1985-05-10 | Apparatus for training muscles |
Country Status (3)
| Country | Link |
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| EP (1) | EP0220181A1 (en) |
| SE (1) | SE442954B (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1986006644A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (19)
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| US4799672A (en) * | 1988-01-04 | 1989-01-24 | Barrett William L | Powerlift competition safety device |
| US5011142A (en) * | 1989-11-20 | 1991-04-30 | Christopher Eckler | Exercise control system |
| GB2249487A (en) * | 1990-11-06 | 1992-05-13 | Verimark Pty Ltd | Exercising apparatus |
| US5397287A (en) * | 1991-02-06 | 1995-03-14 | Lindfors; Kai | Muscle exercising device |
| EP0783349B1 (en) * | 1994-09-23 | 2001-09-05 | Tranas Rostfria Ab | An arrangement for practising walking |
| US5725459A (en) * | 1996-05-03 | 1998-03-10 | Rexach; Marco L. | Exercise apparatus providing simulated free weight exercises and compact stowage |
| US7083554B1 (en) | 1997-02-27 | 2006-08-01 | Nautilus, Inc. | Exercise machine with infinite position range limiter and automatic belt tensioning system |
| US5951449A (en) * | 1998-03-12 | 1999-09-14 | Oppriecht; Clair E. | Exercise device |
| US7108641B2 (en) | 2000-05-03 | 2006-09-19 | Nautilus, Inc. | Exercise equipment with multi-positioning handles |
| US6273844B1 (en) | 2000-08-25 | 2001-08-14 | Paradigm Health Systems International, Inc. | Unloading system for therapy, exercise and training |
| US7070545B2 (en) | 2002-07-01 | 2006-07-04 | Nautilus, Inc. | Leg press and abdominal crunch exercise machine |
| US7115080B2 (en) | 2002-08-01 | 2006-10-03 | Nautilus, Inc. | Collapsible seat for combination hack squat and leg press machine |
| US7789812B2 (en) * | 2008-09-30 | 2010-09-07 | Joseph M. Anderson | Rope climbing exercise apparatus |
| EP3145598A4 (en) | 2014-06-19 | 2018-03-21 | Kennington, Brandon | Fitness machine |
| US10709924B2 (en) | 2015-06-19 | 2020-07-14 | Flexline Fitness, Inc. | Squat bar for fitness machine |
| CN106984005B (en) * | 2017-05-05 | 2019-01-18 | 湖北大学 | A kind of multiple lifting device of physical education arm strength |
| WO2019014558A1 (en) | 2017-07-13 | 2019-01-17 | Flexline Fitness, Inc. | Fitness machine |
| CN108201677B (en) * | 2018-02-24 | 2019-06-18 | 太仓市康辉科技发展有限公司 | A kind of rehabilitation parallel bar |
| CN117205519B (en) * | 2023-10-19 | 2025-08-19 | 南京市觉醒智能装备有限公司 | Auxiliary force quantitative adjustable pull-up training device and method thereof |
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| US3387843A (en) * | 1964-08-19 | 1968-06-11 | Lloyd E. Chandler | Exercise machine in which the user pushes or pulls against a resisting force produced by a pneumatic cylinder operating in conjunction with compressed air |
| GB1151656A (en) * | 1967-04-13 | 1969-05-14 | William Hunter | Improvements in Exercising Apparatus |
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1983
- 1983-11-21 SE SE8306407A patent/SE442954B/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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1985
- 1985-05-10 WO PCT/SE1985/000201 patent/WO1986006644A1/en not_active Ceased
- 1985-05-10 EP EP85903410A patent/EP0220181A1/en not_active Withdrawn
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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| WO1986006644A1 (en) | 1986-11-20 |
| SE8306407L (en) | 1985-05-22 |
| SE8306407D0 (en) | 1983-11-21 |
| SE442954B (en) | 1986-02-10 |
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