US2004097350A1PendingUtilityA1

Training machine for the physical training of persons and traction device for same

Priority: Nov 22, 1996Filed: May 22, 2003Published: May 20, 2004
Est. expiryNov 22, 2016(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Günther Beutel
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Abstract

A training machine ( 100 ) for the physical training of persons, having, arranged on it, traction devices ( 102 ) with pull cords and deflecting rollers, is characterized by a central carrying device ( 106 ) displaceably mounted as a unit, traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) articulated in the upper region of the carrying device ( 106 ), which are present circumferentially around the carrying device ( 106 ), at least in regions, in a predeterminable pattern, which are designed to be capable of being unfolded and folded up, as required, and which, in the unfolded state, delimit the respective training area available to a person for training purposes, floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) articulated in the lower region on the carrying device ( 106 ), which are present circumferentially around the carrying device ( 106 ) in a predeterminable pattern, which are designed to be capable of being unfolded and folded up, as required, and which, in the unfolded state, are supported on a standing floor and ensure the stability of the training machine ( 100 ), the traction devices ( 102 ) being arranged on the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) and/or the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) and/or the carrying device ( 106 ).

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01 ) Training machine ( 100 ) for the physical training of persons, having, arranged on it, traction devices ( 102 ) with pull cords ( 142 ) and deflecting rollers ( 104 ), 
 characterized by    a central carrying device ( 106 ) displaceably mounted as a unit, 
 traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) articulated in the upper region of the carrying device ( 106 ),  
 which are present circumferentially around the carrying device ( 106 ), at least in regions, in a predeterminable pattern,  
 which are designed to be capable of being unfolded and folded up, as required, and  
 which, in the unfolded state, delimit the respective training area available to a person for training purposes,  
 floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) articulated in the lower region on the carrying device ( 106 ),  
 which are present circumferentially around the carrying device ( 106 ) in a predeterminable pattern,  
 which are designed to be capable of being unfolded and folded up, as required, and  
 which, in the unfolded state, are supported on a standing floor and ensure the stability of the training machine ( 100 ),  
 the traction devices ( 102 ) being arranged on the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) and/or the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) and/or the carrying device ( 106 ).  
   
     
     
         02 ) Training machine according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) and the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) are arranged around the carrying device ( 106 ) in a radial pattern.  
     
     
         03 ) Training machine according to claim l and/or  2 , characterized in that, as seen in a top view of the training machine ( 100 ), the unfolded floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) are arranged in each case essentially centrally between two unfolded traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) in the unfolded state.  
     
     
         04 ) Training machine according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that a seat ( 132 ) is arranged on each of the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ).  
     
     
         05 ) Training machine according to one or more of  claims 2  to  4 , characterized in that the circumferential angle between two adjacent traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) is 180° or 120° or 90° or 60° (old degrees) or has an even smaller devisor of 360°.  
     
     
         06 ) Training machine according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that 
 the carrying device ( 106 ) has essentially vertically arranged profile bars ( 112 ) which are connected on the top side to a head unit ( 107 ), in particular a head plate ( 114 ), and on the bottom side to a base unit ( 111 ), and    between the head unit and base unit ( 107 ,  111 ) there is at least one guide unit ( 118 )    which is guided longitudinally displaceably in or on the profile bars ( 112 ),    the guide unit ( 118 ) is connected directly or indirectly to the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) and/or the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ), and    the folding movement of the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) and of the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) is determined by the displacement of the guide unit ( 118 ).    
     
     
         07 ) Training machine according to  claim 6 , characterized in that there are stroke profile bars ( 120 ) which are articulated rotatably on the guide unit ( 118 ) via a lower rotary joint ( 122 ) and on the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) via an upper rotary joint ( 124 ), and in that the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) are in each case articulated on the head unit ( 107 ) via a rotary joint ( 134 ).  
     
     
         08 ) Training machine according to  claim 6  and/or  7 , characterized in that the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) are articulated on the carrying device ( 106 )/profile bar ( 112 ) via a longitudinally displaceable rotary joint ( 126 ), on which the guide unit ( 118 ) acts, and in each case there is a rotary profile bar ( 128 ) which is in each case connected in an articulated manner, via rotary joints ( 136 ,  138 ), between the floor supporting profile ( 110 ) and the base unit ( 111 ) or the carrying device ( 106 ).  
     
     
         09 ) Training machine according to  claim 7 , characterized in that traction devices are arranged on the stroke profile bars ( 120 ).  
     
     
         10 ) Training machine according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that a manually actuable unit, in particular a spindle stroke rod with a rotary grip, is present for displacing the guide unit.  
     
     
         11 ) Training machine according to one or more of  claims 1  to  9 , characterized in that an electrically or hydraulically or pneumatically operated drive unit, in particular linear drive unit ( 130 ), is present for displacing the guide unit ( 118 ).  
     
     
         12 ) Training machine according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the operation of folding together the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) and the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) is designed in such a way that the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) are folded away or folded up with a time lag only after the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) are already at least partially folded up.  
     
     
         13 ) Training machine according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the carrying device ( 106 ) and/or the traction-device holding rods ( 108 ) and/or the floor supporting profiles ( 110 ) and/or the stroke profile bars ( 120 ) are designed as metallic profile units which have at least one mortise ( 125 ), in particular essentially T-shaped, which is continuous in the profile longitudinal direction, in such a way that structural elements to be connected can be connected via correspondingly shaped tenon blocks.  
     
     
         14 ) Traction device ( 102 ) for use on a training machine ( 100 ) for the physical training of persons, in particular according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein 
 a pull cord ( 142 ),    a first deflecting unit ( 144 ) for the pull cord ( 142 ), having 
 a roller block ( 148 ) articulated rotatably about an axis of rotation ( 146 ) on a bearing body ( 150 ),  
 a first deflecting roller ( 104 . 1 ) and a second deflecting roller ( 104 . 2 ) which are mounted in a rolling plane and rotatably on the roller block ( 148 ) and between which the pull cord ( 142 ) can be pulled out by the exercising person,  
 characterized in that  
   a rotary bearing unit ( 152 ) is present concentrically to the axis of rotation ( 146 ) on the top side and bottom side of the roller block ( 148 ) in each case,    at least one rotary bearing unit ( 152 ) is designed as a bearing bush ( 154 ) with a continuous recess ( 154 ), the pull cord ( 142 ) being fed to the first and second deflecting rollers ( 104 . 1 ,  104 . 2 ) through this recess ( 154 ), that is to say in the axis of rotation ( 146 ) of the roller block ( 148 ), and    the axis of rotation ( 105 . 1 ,  105 . 2 ) of the deflecting rollers ( 104 . 1 ,  104 . 2 ) is in each case arranged at that vertical distance from the axis of rotation ( 146 ) of the roller block ( 148 ) which corresponds essentially to the dimension of the respective rolling radius of the said deflecting rollers.    
     
     
         15 ) Device according to  claim 14 , characterized in that the pull cord ( 142 ) is fed through the bearing bush ( 154 ) of the rotary bearing unit ( 152 ) via at least one further fourth deflecting roller ( 104 . 4 ) which is arranged independently of the first deflecting unit ( 144 ) and the rolling plane of which runs through the axis of rotation ( 146 ) of the roller block ( 148 ) and the axis of rotation ( 162 ) of which is arranged at that distance from the axis of rotation ( 146 ) of the roller block ( 148 ) which corresponds to the rolling radius of the said deflecting roller.  
     
     
         16 ) Device according to  claim 13  and/or  14 , characterized in that a third deflecting roller ( 104 . 3 ) is present on the first deflecting unit ( 144 ) in addition to the first and second deflecting rollers ( 104 . 1 ,  104 . 2 ), the axis of rotation ( 146 ) of the roller block ( 148 ) and the rolling plane of the third deflecting roller ( 104 . 3 ) being arranged opposite and offset to one another outside the mid-plane ( 170 ) of the deflecting unit ( 144 ).  
     
     
         17 ) Device according to one or more of claims  15  and/or  16 , characterized in that the first deflecting unit ( 144 ) has integrally formed on it a second deflecting unit ( 145 ), the structural elements of which, such as the bearing body ( 150 ), roller block ( 148 ) and deflecting rollers ( 104 . 1 ,  104 . 2 ,  104 . 3 ) arranged axially symmetrically to the longitudinal axis ( 143 ), in a view of the rolling plane of the third deflecting roller ( 104 . 3 ), and are arranged point-symmetrically to the first deflecting unit ( 144 ), as seen in a cross section perpendicular to the axis of rotation ( 146 ).  
     
     
         18 ) Device according to one or more of  claims 14  to  17 , characterized in that the device ( 102 ) is designed to be capable of being fastened by means of tenon blocks to profile elements of a training machine which have mortises.

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