CN2387928Y

CN2387928Y - Air cushion device for stepping board

Info

Publication number: CN2387928Y
Application number: CN 99239071
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张鸿均
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1999-07-23
Filing date: 1999-07-23
Publication date: 2000-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 2009-07-23

Abstract

The utility model relates to an air cushion device for a pedal of a running exerciser. A rubber cushion block which is clamped between a public known pedal of a running exerciser and a base frame is converted into air cushions. Embedding and clamping blocks which are formed on both ends of each of the air cushions are respectively clamped in clamping grooves which are prearranged on the pedal and the base frame. Then, the air cushions are used for forming the connecting and buffering interface of the pedal and the base frame. Each air cushion is connected with an air pump which is arranged in a proper position of the running exerciser by air pipes to lead a computer control device to adjust the inflation degree of the air cushions. The elastic buffering value of the air cushions can be adjusted according to a user's body shape to lead the utility model to endow the pedal with proper stress buffering effect when users with any body shape run. Consequently, the safety of the foot part and the service life of a running exerciser can be maintained.

Description

The air-cushion device of treadmill deck

The utility model is the air-cushion device about a kind of treadmill deck, it is linked to count air cushion between treadmill deck and pedestal, with the buffer unit of these air cushions as pedal, matching computer control device and air pump, thereby can adjust the elastic buffer value of its air cushion according to user's build, and then can give pedal suitable stressed buffering effect, to safeguard foot safety and service life of a machine.

The modern causes problems such as stature obesity and physical efficiency be not good because of generally lacking motion, have a strong impact on image and health, become the puzzlement greatly that common people often face, desire solves this type of problem, except balanced diet, more effective settling mode is implemented sport and body-building beyond doubt, yet owing to be subject to environmental factor or daily life system, cause common people to be engaged in outdoor exercises seldom if having time, and only can seek help from indoor apparatus work equipment, to reach the purpose of sport and body-building, at this demand, manufacturer just develops various sports equipment to adapt to consumer's different choice.So, in numerous exercise and fitness equipments, because of adapting to the motion and the exercise of different parts, on its structural design, also be not quite similar, wherein " treadmill " be circulation with the band of utilize running reach simulation run action effect and be celebrated, because of the action of running can promote the coordination and the reinforcement cardio-pulmonary function of whole-body muscle, compare with the exercise and fitness equipment of general privileged site, its applicable object can not be subjected to restrictions such as age, the bodily form, so that become the most general a kind of sports equipment.

Yet, known treadmill still has on structural design and does not improve part to the greatest extent, see also Fig. 1, Fig. 2-1, shown in Fig. 2-2, it mainly is to cover a pedal 20 at treadmill pedestal 10, be gripped with rubber cushion blocks 21 and tie the location at pedal 20 lower edges and 10 of pedestals with bolt 22 locks, and before pedestal 10, back-end location is provided with a drive shaft members 11 and a driven shaft spare 12 respectively, at these two parts 11, establish a running for 12 and be with 13, making runs is with 13 upsides to be overlayed on pedal 20 surfaces, and at the front end drive shaft members 11 coaxial belt pulleys 14 of establishing, pedestal 10 positions of drive shaft members 11 belows are established a seat board 15 in addition and are provided with for a motor 16, motor 16 axles mat one belt 17 again constitute continuous action relation with belt pulley 14 cover groups, when starter 16 runnings, movable this drive shaft members 11 via belt 17 driving pulleys 14, and then make this running be with 13 generation circulations to rotate, reach the function action of treadmill according to this, and run with 13 the speed that rotates the friction speed that provides the user to run by the controllable rotation speed system of adjusting motor 16.

Structure according to above-mentioned treadmill; it utilizes its drive shaft members 11 control runnings of motor 10 transmissions to constitute user's road-work form with 13 circulations rotate; in each action of running of user; its foot to trample stressed exhausted major part be to be born by pedal 20; and absorb it via

pedal

20 and 10 rubber cushion blocks that insert and put of pedestal 21 and trample active force and form buffering; thereby can avoid athletic injury by appropriateness protection foot, the while can be prevented pedestal 10 structural damages such as grade and can be prolonged its service life.

Though aforementioned treadmill utilizes rubber cushion blocks 21 to give suitably buffering usefulness and can form the foot security protection and increase the service life of pedal 20, but because the elastic buffer value that this kind rubber cushion blocks 21 is provided is a fixed value, and user's bodily form varies with each individual, so the strength that its running is trampled is also variant mutually, when the healthy and strong user of the bodily form when carrying out road-work, its active force of trampling correspondingly can be greater than the slim and graceful person of the bodily form, when if the elastic buffer value of rubber cushion blocks 21 is too small, then may be because of offsetting user's the active force of trampling, cause foot to be subjected to reaction force and cause athletic injury, get off more may cause members such as pedestal 10 and pedal 20 impaired and influence service life of treadmill integral for a long time.

So manufacturer is when producing this type of treadmill; usually will consider healthy and strong user's enforcement demand of the bodily form; and its rubber cushion blocks is done the setting of bigger elastic buffer value; make and when build stalwartness person uses treadmill, can obtain preferable buffering usefulness; thereby can safeguard foot safety and machine service life; but this design has the defective of " attending to one thing and lose sight of another "; because of the slim and graceful person of the bodily form when implementing road-work; correspondingly its strength that acts on pedal is also less; the bigger elastic buffer value of rubber cushion blocks this moment possibly can't provide the elastic buffer effect for the slim and graceful person of the bodily form; thereby, easily cause the uncomfortable and even injured of foot.

In other words; promptly the rubber cushion blocks of existing treadmill is as the buffer unit design of pedal; because of failing to adjust its elastic buffer value according to user's bodily form; cause it can't obtain good efficacy keeping of user's foot protection and machine service life; invisible influences its whole practical value, so remain to be solved improvement again.

The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of pedal buffer unit that can adjust the elastic buffer value according to user's build, make when any build user carries out road-work, all can give pedal suitable stressed buffering effect, to safeguard foot safety and service life of a machine.

The purpose of this utility model is achieved in that a buffer unit is set between treadmill pedestal and pedal, be characterized in: this pedal is last with combining of pedestal, it is the buffering interface that constitutes to count the binding of air cushion plug-in card between pedal and pedestal, simultaneously be arranged with valve and link with tracheae and the air pump that places pedestal front end seat board in each air cushion, this air pump installs a computer controller line with the treadmill arm-rest frame again, make air pump can change gas charging degree according to the setting of computer controller to air cushion, like this, just can adjust the elastic buffer value of air cushion according to user's bodily form, make it when any bodily form user implements road-work, all can give pedal suitable stressed buffering effect, can safeguard foot safety and service life of a machine.

In the utility model, the body of these air cushions is a snake Pallas pit viper formula elastic compression pipe fitting, be respectively equipped with the inlay card piece at the air cushion two ends, inlay card piece end forms taper embedding edge, pedal root edge and pedestal then correspondence are provided with draw-in groove, utilize air cushion two ends inlay card piece to snap in the default draw-in groove of pedal and pedestal respectively and cooperate the embedding of embedding edge to formulate the position, just can air cushion finish the group of pedal and pedestal and establish binding, thereby make the buffering interface between air cushion formation pedal and pedestal.

Positive progressive effect of the present utility model will be set forth in conjunction with the embodiment that provides later.

Accompanying drawing of the present utility model is simply described as follows:

Fig. 1 is the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION schematic diagram of known treadmill.

Fig. 2-the 1st, the structural relation schematic diagram of known treadmill.

Fig. 2-the 2nd, the enlarged drawing that installs in the dashed circle among Fig. 2-1.

Fig. 3 is the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION schematic diagram of the utility model treadmill.

Fig. 4-the 1st, the structural relation schematic diagram of the utility model treadmill.

Fig. 4-the 2nd, the enlarged drawing that installs in the dashed circle among Fig. 4-1.

10-pedestal 11-drive shaft members

12-driven shaft spare 13-treadmill

14-belt pulley 15-seat board

16-motor 17-belt

20-pedal 21-rubber cushion blocks

22-bolt 30-pedestal

31-drive shaft members 32-driven shaft spare

33-runs and is with the 34-motor

35-gear rotation fitting 36-seat board

37-arm-rest frame 40-pedal

50-air cushion 51,52-inlay card piece

53-valve 54-tracheae

60-air pump 70-computer controller

301,401-draw-in groove 511,521-embedding edge

Provide better embodiment of the utility model according to Fig. 3～Fig. 4-2 below.

As shown in the figure, the utility model is on structural design, mainly be on treadmill pedestal 30, to cover a pedal 40, and establish a drive shaft members 31 and a driven shaft spare 32 respectively in pedestal 30 front and back ends positions, establish a running 31,32 of two parts and be with 33, running is with 33 upsides to be coated on pedal 40 surfaces, utilize motor 34 that drive shaft members 31 inner spaces install and gear rotation fitting 35 to cooperate and make its drive shaft members 31 runnings of transmission, and then control to run and be with 33 circulations to rotate, constitute the basic functional architecture of the utility model treadmill according to this; Wherein, this pedal 40 is last with combining of pedestal 30, be to link with several air cushion 50 plug-in cards, these air cushion 50 bodies generally are snake Pallas pit viper formula elastic compression pipe fitting, be respectively equipped with inlay card piece 51 at air cushion 50 two ends, 52,

chimeric block

51,52 ends more form taper embedding edge 511,521, pedal 40 root edges and pedestal 10 then correspondence are provided with draw-in groove 401,301, utilize air cushion 50 two ends

inlay card pieces

51,52 snap in the default draw-in groove 401 of pedal 40 and pedestal 30 respectively, 301 cooperate embedding edge 511, the position is formulated in 521 embedding, just can establish binding with the group of pedestal 30 by air cushion 50 formation pedals 40, thereby make air cushion 50 constitute the buffering interface of 30 of pedals 40 and pedestals, simultaneously be arranged with valve 53 and link with tracheae 54 and the air pump 60 that places pedestal 30 front end seat boards 36 at each air cushion 50, and being provided with because of the utility model changes the volume consumption of being located at drive shaft members 31 inner unlikely increase treadmills with drive motor 34 of this air pump 60 accounts for, this air pump 60 installs a computer controller 70 lines with treadmill arm-rest frame 37 again, make air pump 60 can change inflation procedure, finish the air-cushion device of the utility model treadmill deck according to this according to the setting of computer controller 70 to air cushion 50.

Form based on above-mentioned structure; because of the utility model is as the binding buffering interface of pedal 40 with treadmill pedestal 30 with air cushion 50; and air cushion 50 structural forms own can provide preferable elastic buffer degree; so implementing trampling active force and will obtaining comparatively ideal buffering counteracting of road-work; for user's foot protection and keeping all and can being improved of machine service life; simultaneously more because of the setting and the cooperation of air pump 60 and computer controller 70; make it can further change the setting value of computer controller 70 according to user's the bodily form; and then can adjust the gas charging degree of 60 pairs of each air cushions 50 of air pump; it is implemented on the road-work the user at the different bodily forms; can adapt to its difference with the air cushion 50 of different elastic buffer values and trample active force; thereby in the use of treadmill; can not be subject to user's the bodily form and give pedal 40 required buffering usefulness to adjust air cushion 50 elastic buffer value modes; and then aspect the prolongation in the security protection of user's foot and machine service life; all can obtain remarkable and desirable effect, benefiting of certain degree will be arranged for the overall utility that improves treadmill.

In sum, of the present utility model actively to carry out effect be such: treadmill is via structure Composition design, replace known rubber cushion blocks as the binding of pedal and pedestal with the elastic compression air cushion The buffering interface cooperates the control of air pump and computer controller, makes it to have according to user's bodily form and transfers The functional characteristic of whole pedal elastic buffer value effectively solves the disappearance that known features faces, and makes it When any bodily form user implements road-work, all given pedal suitable stressed buffering effect Really, can safeguard that foot reaches safely service life of a machine, generally speaking, the excellence, prominent of can yet be regarded as in fact The innovative design that goes out.

Claims

1, a kind of air-cushion device of treadmill deck comprises that one is arranged at pedal and on the treadmill pedestal and is arranged at computer controller on the treadmill arm-rest frame, it is characterized in that:

Between this pedal and pedestal some air cushions of plug-in card and form one the buffering interface, this each air cushion is arranged with valve, then is provided with air pump on this pedestal front end seat board, these valves connect with tracheae mutually with air pump, and this air pump connects mutually with this computer controller again.

2, the air-cushion device of treadmill deck according to claim 1, it is characterized in that these air cushion two ends are respectively equipped with the inlay card piece, and inlay card piece end forms taper embedding edge, pedal root edge and pedestal then correspondence are provided with draw-in groove, the inlay card piece at these air cushion two ends snaps in the draw-in groove on pedal and the pedestal respectively, and this corresponding embedding edge cooperates embedding to formulate the position.

3, the air-cushion device of treadmill deck according to claim 2 is characterized in that described air cushion, and its body is a snake belly type elastic compression pipe fitting.