EP0194399A1 - Übungsfahrrad für passive oder aktive Übungen - Google Patents

Übungsfahrrad für passive oder aktive Übungen Download PDF

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EP0194399A1
EP0194399A1 EP85830134A EP85830134A EP0194399A1 EP 0194399 A1 EP0194399 A1 EP 0194399A1 EP 85830134 A EP85830134 A EP 85830134A EP 85830134 A EP85830134 A EP 85830134A EP 0194399 A1 EP0194399 A1 EP 0194399A1
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Teodoro Carnielli
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H1/00—Apparatus for passive exercising; Vibrating apparatus; Chiropractic devices, e.g. body impacting devices, external devices for briefly extending or aligning unbroken bones
    • A61H1/02—Stretching or bending or torsioning apparatus for exercising
    • A61H1/0214—Stretching or bending or torsioning apparatus for exercising by rotating cycling movement

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  • the present invention relates to an exercise bicycle usable both for passive and active exercise.
  • Typical exercise bicycles are generally constituted by a supporting framework to which is connected a set of pedals by means of which a pulley is turned. Over the pulley passes a toothed belt or a chain which transmits the drive to a pinion keyed to a flywheel which is also rotatably supported by the said frame.
  • the present invention seeks to provide an exercise bicycle without such limitation, in which, as well as the so-called active exercise for physical training, passive exercise can be performed, in which the limbs, in particular the lower limbs, are put into movement by the bicycle.
  • the present invention also exploits the inertial movement which is obtained thanks. to the presence of additional flywheel masses which are greater than those in the known prior art exercise bicycles.
  • an exercise bicycle usable for passive exercise and for active exercise and comprising a frame rotatably supporting pedals connected to a first pulley linked by a belt or chain to a pinion keyed to a flywheel, characterised by the fact that the said flywheel is further connected to a wheel fixed to the rotor of an electric motor supported by the said frame, the said rotor being able to constitute a supplementary flywheel mass for active utilisation of the said exercise bicycle.
  • the exercise bicycle is generally indicated with the reference numeral 1 and comprises a supporting framework 2 which has legs 3 for resting on the ground, a frame 4 for connection to a saddle (not shown), and a front strut 5 to which handlebars (not shown) can be connected.
  • the framework 2 rotatably supports a crank and pedal structure 6 hereinafter referred to simply as "the pedals” which can rotate about a horizontal axis and to which is keyed a first toothed pulley 7 over which passes a toothed belt 8 which also passes over a toothed pinion 9 which is coaxially keyed to a flywheel 10 which is also rotatably supported by the frame 2 for rotation about an axis parallel to the rotation of the pedals 6.
  • the flywheel 10 is also formed. as a pulley 11 in which engages a V-belt 12 (that is a belt of trapezoidal cross section) which in turn passes over a drive wheel 13 on the output shaft of an electric motor 14 which. is also supported by the frame 2, and which when not running constitutes a supplementary flywheel mass.
  • a V-belt 12 that is a belt of trapezoidal cross section
  • the presence of the electric motor 14 is of particular importance.
  • this transmission provides a reduction in the speed of rotation from the motor 14 to the flywheel 10, which, via the pinion 9 connected to it, also transmits movement by means of the toothed belt 8 to the pulley 7 and from this to the pedals 6, at the same time obtaining a furthe speed reduction. For this reason, by the effect of the double transmission from the sprocket 13 to the pulley 11 and from the pinion 9 to the toothed pulley 7, the speed at the pedals 6 is reduced from the speed of the motor 14 to that of normal pedalling.
  • the exercise bicycle of the invention has the additional advantage that it can be used for active physical training with the further flywheel mass which is constituted by the rotor of the motor 14, or the motor may be driven to provide a proportion or all of the force required, which is less tiring for the user thereby allowing graded exercise to be performed with progressively less motor assistance.
  • the structure previously described can be defined as a reduction unit having parallel axes and, as such, allows the drive to derive either from the electric motor (therefore utilising the exercise bicycle for passive exercise) or from the pedals (therefore utilising the exercise bicycle for performing active physical training).
  • the muscular energy required to put the flywheel into rotation can be increased by the additional load of the rotor of the electric motor 14, which constitutes a supplementary flywheel mass thus obtaining a high degree of active physical training.
  • the motor may be energised in the reverse sense to act as a brake and thus increase even further the muscular effort required.
  • the kinematic unit described above is possibly applicable also to exercise bicycles of the type illustrated in Italian Patent No. 774733 by the same applicant, which, by means of a special unit gives the possibility of engaging or disengaging automatic oscillation of the front strut 5 which carries the handlebars in such a way as to be able to practice passive exercise with or without automatic oscillation of the handlebars, and active exercise with or without automatic oscillation of the handlebars.
  • Another important aspect of the invention is constituted by the fact that the electric motor, previously illustrated, can be installed rapidly and easily on the bicycle.

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EP85830134A 1985-03-14 1985-06-05 Übungsfahrrad für passive oder aktive Übungen Expired EP0194399B1 (de)

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AT85830134T ATE42905T1 (de) 1985-03-14 1985-06-05 Uebungsfahrrad fuer passive oder aktive uebungen.

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ITMI1985U21100U IT8521100U1 (it) 1985-03-14 1985-03-14 Struttura di bicicletta da camera utilizzabile per l'esercizio passivo e per la ginnastica attiva
IT2110085U 1985-03-14

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Cited By (6)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1994027551A1 (en) * 1993-06-02 1994-12-08 Teodoro Carnielli & C. S.P.A. Exercise apparatus for rehabilitation of lower limbs
US5860941A (en) * 1995-11-14 1999-01-19 Orthologic Corp. Active/passive device for rehabilitation of upper and lower extremities
WO2001064297A3 (en) * 2000-02-29 2002-01-17 Univ Arizona Method and apparatus for torque-controlled eccentric exercise training
CN102232902A (zh) * 2011-01-30 2011-11-09 无锡佑仁科技有限公司 脚蹬式下肢康复训练器
US9265988B2 (en) 2011-03-08 2016-02-23 Willem Mare van der Merwe Exercise apparatus
US10202551B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2019-02-12 Dober Chemical Corp Dewatering compositions and methods

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DE1174227B (de) * 1960-07-06 1964-07-16 Alfons Kemper Dipl Ing Gymnastikgeraet zur Ausfuehrung aktiver und passiver Bewegungen des Koerpers
US3212776A (en) * 1964-01-22 1965-10-19 Blair K Bassler Exercising device
US3621948A (en) * 1969-06-20 1971-11-23 Lifecycle Inc Automatic friction braking system
DE2742719A1 (de) * 1976-10-18 1978-04-20 Repco Ltd Trimmfahrrad
DE3113242A1 (de) * 1981-04-02 1982-10-21 Hans Günter Dipl.-Ing. 6460 Gelnhausen Bals Heim-trainer

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1174227B (de) * 1960-07-06 1964-07-16 Alfons Kemper Dipl Ing Gymnastikgeraet zur Ausfuehrung aktiver und passiver Bewegungen des Koerpers
US3212776A (en) * 1964-01-22 1965-10-19 Blair K Bassler Exercising device
US3621948A (en) * 1969-06-20 1971-11-23 Lifecycle Inc Automatic friction braking system
DE2742719A1 (de) * 1976-10-18 1978-04-20 Repco Ltd Trimmfahrrad
DE3113242A1 (de) * 1981-04-02 1982-10-21 Hans Günter Dipl.-Ing. 6460 Gelnhausen Bals Heim-trainer

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1994027551A1 (en) * 1993-06-02 1994-12-08 Teodoro Carnielli & C. S.P.A. Exercise apparatus for rehabilitation of lower limbs
US5860941A (en) * 1995-11-14 1999-01-19 Orthologic Corp. Active/passive device for rehabilitation of upper and lower extremities
WO2001064297A3 (en) * 2000-02-29 2002-01-17 Univ Arizona Method and apparatus for torque-controlled eccentric exercise training
US7588518B2 (en) 2000-02-29 2009-09-15 Arizona Board Of Regents Method and apparatus for torque-controlled eccentric exercise training
CN102232902A (zh) * 2011-01-30 2011-11-09 无锡佑仁科技有限公司 脚蹬式下肢康复训练器
CN102232902B (zh) * 2011-01-30 2013-06-12 无锡佑仁科技有限公司 脚蹬式下肢康复训练器
US9265988B2 (en) 2011-03-08 2016-02-23 Willem Mare van der Merwe Exercise apparatus
US10202551B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2019-02-12 Dober Chemical Corp Dewatering compositions and methods

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