WO1999024121A1 - Exercise machine for a user in the erect position - Google Patents
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- WO1999024121A1 WO1999024121A1 PCT/IB1998/001783 IB9801783W WO9924121A1 WO 1999024121 A1 WO1999024121 A1 WO 1999024121A1 IB 9801783 W IB9801783 W IB 9801783W WO 9924121 A1 WO9924121 A1 WO 9924121A1
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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
- A63B21/00178—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices for active exercising, the apparatus being also usable for passive exercising
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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
- A63B22/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
- A63B22/06—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with support elements performing a rotating cycling movement, i.e. a closed path movement
- A63B22/0664—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with support elements performing a rotating cycling movement, i.e. a closed path movement performing an elliptic movement
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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
- A63B22/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
- A63B22/06—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with support elements performing a rotating cycling movement, i.e. a closed path movement
- A63B22/0664—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with support elements performing a rotating cycling movement, i.e. a closed path movement performing an elliptic movement
- A63B2022/0676—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with support elements performing a rotating cycling movement, i.e. a closed path movement performing an elliptic movement with crank and handles being on the same side of the exercising apparatus with respect to the frontal body-plane of the user, e.g. crank and handles are in front of the user
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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
- A63B21/22—Resisting devices with rotary bodies
- A63B21/225—Resisting devices with rotary bodies with flywheels
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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
- A63B22/00—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements
- A63B22/0015—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements with an adjustable movement path of the support elements
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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
- A63B23/04—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for limbs, i.e. upper or lower limbs, e.g. simultaneously for lower limbs
- A63B23/08—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for limbs, i.e. upper or lower limbs, e.g. simultaneously for lower limbs for ankle joints
- A63B23/085—Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body for limbs, i.e. upper or lower limbs, e.g. simultaneously for lower limbs for ankle joints by rotational movement of the joint in a plane substantially parallel to the body-symmetrical-plane
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- the present invention relates to exercise machines and equipment and it comprises in particular an exercise machine that allows to simulate, while stationary in place, movements corresponding to the movements effected by the user when walking and running.
- cardiovascular system in particular, it is demonstrated that the latter can be advantageously exercised by means of actions that allow to simulate the movements of the body that are performed while walking and running.
- some kinds of machines have been devised which allow the user to pedal in place whilst maintaining an erect position.
- the user's feet are moved in such a way as to describe alternatively to each other, and cyclically, annular trajectories that more closely approximate a circular or an elliptical path depending on whether the user's feet are positioned on the connecting rod in a position closer to or farther away from the articulation with the rotating crank or, vice versa, the articulation with the translatable sliding block.
- a subsequent document (US 5.423.729) teaches a crank mechanism to move the foot rests, of the type indicated in the previous document, which is however integrated with a second crank mechanism which allows the user to articulate his/her arms in a manner co-ordinated with the movements of the feet. Since the crank mechanism employed for the motion of the feet is identical to the one described in the document US 5.423.729, the previously mentioned drawbacks are confirmed in this case as well.
- WO 96/22814 teaches a solution that provides for a structure of the machine that includes foot rests constructed in a separate body from the connecting rods of the crank mechanisms.
- the foot rests are articulated to the connecting rods and are integrated in a single body with some rods of a second mechanisms, which in turn are actuated, through a lever system, by the user's arms.
- the object of the present invention therefore is to eliminate the mentioned drawbacks by means of an exercise machine wherein the foot rests are articulated on the connecting rods in such a way as to participate in their characteristic motion and to orient themselves, in any point of their trajectory, correspondingly with the orientation assumed by the sole of the foot, i.e. assuming a condition able to provide total support to the sole of the foot.
- an exercise machine comprising a pair of foot rests, a pair of plane kinematic mechanisms, parallel, which respectively include first cranks able to rotate around a fixed horizontal gudgeon; sliding means and first connecting rods articulated on one side with the first cranks and connected with the sliding means on the other side; said first connecting rods being connected to the foot rests in such a way as to allow the cyclical and alternative motion of the foot rests along closed annular trajectories; said machine comprising means for orienting the foot rests which are provided to orient the foot rests with respect to the first connecting rods, setting them in such a way as to provide the user, who is in the erect position, adequate support corresponding with the position of the feet during the walking and/or running actions performed in place; machine characterised in that it comprises foot rest supports which are provided with at least two gudgeons, a first gudgeon rotatably connecting each support to the respective first connecting rod, the second gudgeon
- FIG. 2 shows a kinematic diagram of an exercise machine according to the invention represented schematically in a sequence of some characteristic configurations
- FIGS. 3 and 4 are respectively a side view and a plan top view of the machine according to the invention.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 are respectively views that show a detail of the machine depicted in its entirety in perspective and section view;
- FIG. 7 is a view of a detail of the invention shown in an alternative embodiment
- - Figure 8 is a schematic side view of the machine shown with parts removed and realised according to an embodiment alternative to the one as per the previous figures.
- the number 1 indicates in its entirety an exercise machine provided to allow a user to simulate, whilst stationary in place, some characteristic movements executed by the body during the walking and running actions.
- the machine 1 essentially comprises a pair of foot rests 2 (see Figure la) integrated in a single body in related supports 15, foot rests which are supported by a pair of plane parallel kinematic mechanisms 3 (i.e. extending on a plane parallel to the plane in Figure 3), vertically sustained by a load bearing structure 50 of the machine 1 (see Figure 4).
- the kinematic mechanisms 3 respectively include first cranks 4 and first connecting rods 8 mutually interconnected and articulated around an axis 1 1 , as well as sliding blocks 6, translatable along horizontal guides 7 of the machine 1 ; in a first embodiment the sliding means with which each kinematic mechanism is provided are obtained by means of roller elements 6a.
- the first cranks 4 are rotatably mounted, at the other end, on a gudgeon 5 with horizontal axis borne fixedly by the structure 50 of the machine 1.
- the first connecting rods 8 are interposed and rotatably connected with the first cranks 4, on one side, and with the sliding blocks 6 on the other, moreover they support the foot rests 2 in an intermediate position at their ends, but more in proximity to the sliding blocks 6.
- the first connecting rods 8 are so structured as to include two sections 8a, 8b mutually angled and concurrent in a common vertex 8c.
- the first section 8a of greater length is connected to the first crank 4, the second section 8b, which is integral, by means of welding, to the first section 8a, instead supports the sliding block 6 bearing on the guide 7; the vertex 8c is located below the sliding plane of the sliding block 6 indicated with the number 17 in Figure 3.
- the supports 15 of the foot rests 2 are provided with two gudgeons 16a, 16b with parallel axes (see Figure 3 in particular), which are mutually distinct and separate.
- a first gudgeon 16a the lower one, rotatably connects the support 15 to the respective first connecting rod 8; the second gudgeon 16b is instead provided to connect to the support 15 orienting means able to cause each support 15 conveniently to rotate with respect to its first connecting rod 8 that sustains it.
- the orienting means are designed, according to a first embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 3, in such a way as to comprise a second crank 10 and a second connecting rod 12 mutually interconnected and articulated.
- the second crank 10 is also keyed onto a gudgeon 11 positioned to connect, as stated above, the first crank 4 with the first connecting rod 8 and it is fastened to the first connecting rod 8 to form a certain angle ⁇ with respect thereto.
- the second connecting rod 12 has ends
- the orienting means described above allow the foot rests to move along annular trajectories 9 swinging from one orientation to the other, as shown in the diagram in Figure 2.
- the second crank 10 is articulated on the gudgeon 1 1 in such a way as to enable to vary the angle ⁇ in the course of the motion of the machine 1.
- the second crank 10 is articulated on the gudgeon 1 1 in such a way as to enable to vary the angle ⁇ in the course of the motion of the machine 1.
- kinematic chain 15 arranged in succession and mutually articulated in pairs form in combination a kinematic chain having ends articulated to the first connecting rod 8.
- the kinematic chain and the first connecting rod 8 between them form an articulated quadrilateral wherein the first connecting rod 8 serves as fixed member for the remaining three sides of the quadrilateral.
- FIG. 7 A third embodiment variation of the orienting means is shown in Figure 7.
- said orienting means comprise a cam 13 defined by an annular race 13a, not necessarily circular, obtained in the first section 8a of the first connecting rod 8.
- a sliding pin 95 engaged in the race 13a, connects the second connecting rod 12 fastening it to the first connecting rod 8.
- the desmodromic cam 13 By suitably designing the desmodromic cam 13 described above, it is possible to act on the second gudgeon 16b of the support 15 in such a way as to cause rotations of the foot rests 2 variable in amplitude and phase according to wholly general laws. This allows the obvious advantage of enabling to search the machine 1 in a fairly simple and economical manner also to meet particular rehabilitation or fitness needs of certain special categories of users.
- the machine 1 further comprises (see Figures 2 and 3) at least a flywheel 22 regulating the motion of the kinematic mechanisms 3, which is keyed onto an axis 22a of rotation distinct from the axis of rotation 4a of the first
- the flywheel 22 is kinematically coupled with the first cranks 4 by means of a mechanical friction transmission, preferably constituted by a smooth belt 23, which encompasses in a loop and is tightened around two pulleys 24a, 24b respectively connected to the flywheel 22 and to the gudgeon 5 around which rotates the crank 4 (see detail in Figure lb).
- a motor 30, connected by means of a chain drive 60, allows to cause the rotation of the flywheel 22 which then transmits, through the mechanical friction transmission, the motion to the first cranks 4 which allow to actuate the kinematic mechanisms 3.
- the mechanical friction transmission further comprises adjustment means which include a tightening roller 25, which acts on the belt 23 and is contrasted by a pressure spring 26. Screw fastening means 27 are further provided to vary the elastic reaction of the spring 26 to increase or decrease the value of the maximum tangential load that the transmission is able to transmit between flywheel 22 and kinematic mechanisms 3, without any slippage of the belt 23 on the pulleys 24a and 24b.
- the first connecting rods 8 cause, with their oscillation in the vertical plane, a cyclical motion that leads the foot rests 2 to move alternatively to each other along closed annular trajectories 9, substantially elliptical.
- the orienting means Whilst the foot rests 2 are positioned, at each instant, in the various points of the respective trajectories 9, the orienting means impart to the supports 15 rotations around the first gudgeon 16a which are co-ordinated in phase and amplitude with the instantaneous position of the foot rests 2 along the trajectories 9.
- the rotations are such as to orient the foot rests 2 parallel to the instantaneous position assumed by the sole of the user's foot in the course of the walking or running action.
- Such an orientation thus allows the user to have advantageously available a support constantly distributed over the entire sole of the foot, for the entire duration of the exercise, and for any position assumed by the foot rest along the trajectory 9.
- the machine 1 further comprises means for progressive adjustments which shall be described hereafter with reference to the adjustment of the length of the first cranks 4, but which in principle can also be applied to the second cranks 10 and, or also, to the first and to the second connecting rods 8, 12.
- said means for progressive adjustments comprise (see Figures 5 and 6) toothed rods 18, integral with (and defining) the first cranks 4, prismatic guides 19 for said rods 18 and a shaft 20 driven by a related motor 51.
- the guides 19 are rotatably mounted on the rotation gudgeon 5 of the first crank 4 of each kinematic mechanism with an angular phase displacement of 180° one from the other. They further support the respective toothed rods 18 in sliding coupling and projecting from the guides 19.
- the motor-driven shaft 20 is provided with two toothed pins 21 obtained in correspondence with its own opposite ends meshed with the rods 18, which are in turn arranged with respect to the shaft 20 in opposite positions with respect to its axis 20a of rotation (see Figure 6).
- the machine 1 is further provided with command and control means, generically indicated with a block 70, which allow to adjust the configuration and operative speed of the machine 1 setting it in particular for the simulation of movements of the supports 15 suited, depending on the case, to the gait length and to the speed corresponding with the walking or running action.
- command and control means generically indicated with a block 70
- an electronic board 35 which operatively connects the command and control means 70 with the motor 30 allows to command the speed of rotation of the motor 30 so as correspondingly to match the speed of the kinematic mechanisms 3 to the type of exercise selected by the user.
- the kinematic mechanisms 3 of the machine can include sliding means constructed differently from those described above and comprising in particular a fixed roller 100 whereon the section 101 of the first connecting rod 8, opposite to the end articulated with the first crank 4, bears.
- the first connecting rod 8 is in this case provided with a length suited to allow its oscillation according to its own characteristic motion whilst permanently maintaining its support on the roller 100.
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AU96404/98A AU9640498A (en) | 1997-11-10 | 1998-11-09 | Exercise machine for a user in the erect position |
EP98950255A EP0951318B1 (en) | 1997-11-10 | 1998-11-09 | Exercise machine for a user in the erect position |
DE69818006T DE69818006T2 (en) | 1997-11-10 | 1998-11-09 | EXERCISE DEVICE FOR A USER IN A UPRIGHT POSITION |
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IT97BO000665A IT1296545B1 (en) | 1997-11-10 | 1997-11-10 | TRAINING MACHINE FOR A USER PLACED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. |
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