ES1056823U - Gimnastica rope exercise machine. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, of the type that use an endless rope movable in both directions against the tension of a device that tends to immobilize it, characterized in that it is constituted from a vertically lengthened frame, flattened in the direction transversely and open frontally, in whose bosom a set of pulleys is established that determine for the endless rope a closed trajectory, in which a vertical and anterior section is defined in the context of the frame, in correspondence with which a lower bench is located, which allows the user to adopt the sitting position while doing the traction exercise on the rope, having foreseen that one of the mentioned pulleys, specifically a pulley alien to those that determine the aforementioned vertical and frontal section of the rope, is of greater diameter and is equipped with a brake mechanism, of any conventional type, with a brake regulating control. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Gymnastic machine for rope exercises.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a machine gymnastic, specifically to a machine intended to simulate string exercises, with the particularity that allows you to perform such exercises both standing and sitting or in suspension, is Say hanging on the rope.

The machine allows the exercise of different muscles, such as those of the arm and forearm, those of the waist scapular, those of the pelvic girdle, those of the trunk and those of the thigh.

The object of the invention is to achieve the practice of the above exercises in places with ceiling height reduced, much less than the more than 4 meters in length that are Conventional strings

The machine of the invention is especially applicable in gymnastic exercises for training and physical development in certain professions, including that of fireman.

Background of the invention

As is known, the classic string exercises they are performed in gyms with a very high ceiling height, generally equal to or greater than two floors, so that the rope, suspended from the ceiling or any other suitable support, can present a length appropriate to the exercise to perform, usually greater than 4 or 5 meters.

For economic reasons, this type of gyms it is becoming less frequent, so that gyms current are, most of them, implanted in premises with a ceiling height that hardly exceeds 2.70 meters, clearly insufficient height to hang a rope and perform the classic ascension exercises on it.

This has led to the appearance on the market of gymnastic machines with two pulleys of different diameters, conveniently established on a support framework and between that a string or similar is conceived as an element endless, so giving the aforementioned pulleys, or at least one of them, of a brake device that has means of regulation, a greater or lesser resistance to rope displacement, when manually pulled from the same, thus regulating the physical effort to be made.

These devices only allow you to perform standing gymnastic exercises, so that in that exercise you do not all the muscles that are involved when the Exercise is done on a real classic rope.

Description of the invention

The gymnastic machine that the invention proposes allows to perform the aforementioned physical exercises similar to as they are performed on a classic rope, both to improve the physical ability to recover after injuries suffered, by performing power, strength and resistance. The machine allows you to perform foot exercises, sitting and hanging, all of them grabbing the rope to simulate their rise. The machine also allows misalignment between exercises of both arm, with the possibility of regulation in such misalignment, which implies the involvement of different muscles in the exercise and, consequently, an increase in muscular spectrum that participates in the exercise.

To do this and more specifically said machine It is constituted from a frame or support structure basically rectangular, included in an imaginary vertical plane, on which a set of pulleys that guide conveniently the rope, which can turn both ways, by the periphery of the frame, which is open frontally, so that the section of vertical and previous rope is directly accessible in all its extension, being located in correspondence with the lower extremity of this stretch of rope a bank that allows you to perform the exercises sitting, specifically with the classic posture in which the legs form a right angle with the trunk during the `` ascension '' maneuver of the rope.

In the aforementioned pulley game one of larger size, equipped with a brake system of any kind conventional, either hot shoe, hydraulic, magnetic, mechanical-hydraulic, electric or other, with possibility of regulation, being able to this pulley of greater size act simultaneously as a tensioning means for the rope and being able to in turn collaborate with her one or more of the rest of the pulleys that They participate in the machine.

The mentioned brake system allows to apply a greater or lesser effort on the front and vertical section of the rope to cause the movement of it, or even block it so that the user is forced to ascend to what along it.

One of the most outstanding features of the invention is the suspension that is achieved without any kind of mechanism, only with the force of the user's arms, of so that the exercise performed on this machine resembles that it would be performed on a real rope, and even, the exercise could entail more difficulty, which would later facilitate the exercise on a real rope. There are great diversity of exercises to be done on the machine, citing each other, by title Illustrative, and not limiting, the following:

if the rope is blocked by the brake, from so that it does not run between the pulleys and is fixed, the exercise is will do without any kind of inertia; the user would ascend by the fixed rope, with the strength of his arms, and when he was to reach the top of the machine, and with it the imaginary end of the rope, the brake tension would gradually loosen so that the rope would run between the pulleys again, so that the user would not reach the top of the machine and perform a exercise with negative inertia, being more complicated than the exercise you would do on a real rope, which enhances the effectiveness of the machine as a training machine, since in a real rope the effort to make would be less.

Another exercise would be done with the rope without brake, that is, running freely between the pulleys, and the user suspended on the rope. By balancing the weight of this one with the brake resistor, when performing the exercise of suspension, the user would remain in the same plane, with a minimum Scroll up and / or down.

As a complement to the structure described, provided a ring in the upper area of the frame for fixing of a complementary harness, which allows the user to stay suspended in the air, while another ring located at the base of the frame allows the user, with said harness, to block his body to the frame to prevent its ascent when pulling from the rope forcing it to move. Finally a third ring located at the rear of the frame allows with the same harness fix the user's body to avoid possible tendency to turn when it is hung or suspended from the rope.

From this basic structuring it has been provided the possibility that on the same frame are mounted two strings, with their corresponding accessories, located on imaginary vertical planes distanced in greater or lesser measure, so that the user can use a rope with each hand, which makes, as previously stated, during the exercise the work lines of your arms are misaligned, specifically parallel and substantially outdated, which brings I get the involvement in the exercise of different muscles in function of the degree of misalignment between said strings.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as part member of that description, a set of drawings where with illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented next:

Figure 1.- Shows a representation schematic side elevation of a gymnastic machine for string exercises performed according to the purpose of the present invention

Figure 2.- Shows a front elevation view of the same machine.

Figure 3.- Shows a plan view of the same machine

Figure 4.- Shows a similar representation to figure 3 but corresponding to a variant embodiment for the machine in which it incorporates two outdated ropes sideways.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the figures outlined you can be observed as the gymnastic machine that the invention proposes is constituted from a frame (1) in which a base platform (2) that gives it adequate stability, the which can be enhanced by the wall screwing of your vertical and rear, in correspondence with the own reference (1), or with the fixing to the ceiling of its crossbar superior (3), when practical circumstances make it feasible or advisable

The frame (1) is opened frontally, and at this frontal level establishes a pair of pulleys (4) and (5), one fixed to the base platform (2) and the other to the upper crossbar (3), so that in perfect vertical alignment they constitute the passing means for a rope (6) describing a path cyclic, both ways, with the collaboration of another couple of pulleys (7), preferably located on a crossbar (8) stiffener of the upper part of the frame, and finally with the collaboration of another larger wheel (9) located in the area post-bottom of said frame, preferably with its axis of rotation (10) located between a pair of squares stiffeners (11).

This pulley (9) of larger diameter is equipped with a brake mechanism (12), of any conventional type, adjustable by means of a control (13) that can take the position shown in figure 1 or any other deemed convenient. With this pulley (9) collaborate another pair of pulleys (14) that the frame and lengthen the contact surface of the rope (6) with it, and a deflector pulley (16) tending to prevent produce decoupling of the rope, for which purpose all Pulleys cited may be assisted by guides.

Some or some of these pulleys may be mounted on the corresponding supports (17) through mechanisms (18) of positional regulation, whose obvious purpose is to get a suitable tension for the rope (6).

The level of effort to apply to said rope (6) it will be based on the tension of the brake mechanism (12), which can be enhanced by blocking the pulleys (4) and (5) or of all the pulleys that participate in the machine.

The structure described is complemented by a bench (19) established on the vertical front of the rope (6), as seen perfectly in figure 1, bank that allows the user sitting while doing the exercise, bank that It can be tilting crosswise to engage the User movement when pulling the rope.

The bank (19) incorporates a ring (20) that allows the user to fix a body harness, not represented in the drawings, to stop the rise of the user when he pulls the rope.

A second ring (21) located on the upper crossbar (3) also allows, by means of a carabiner or similar, fix a harness for hanging the user, which will remain suspended in the air.

Finally a third ring is planned (22) located on the postero-inferior zone of the frame and also intended for fixing a harness that in This case is intended to prevent the rotation of the body of the user, when hung by the rope (6), by the tendency to turn of the latter on itself.

The union of the two ends of the rope (6) you must establish perfect continuity for it, in its path by the pulleys, so preferably said union will be provided with a lining, such as a clamp of leather or similar, so that the union of the ends of the rope is as perfect as possible, so that such union does not imply No obstacle when the rope slides through the pulleys.

It only remains to note that, as shows the plan detail of figure 4, the machine can incorporate two strings (6-6 ') with their corresponding accessories, that is to say with their corresponding sets of pulleys and brake mechanism, located on a frame (1 ') of greater width and with a bench (19') also of greater width, so that the user during the practice of the exercise use the strings (6-6 ') with their respective hands, which will work so noticeably out of date transverse, which results in a different string exercise, in which also involve different muscles.

A mechanism of positional regulation for pulleys (4) and (5), which allow transverse displacement and regulated of the same at the user's will, will allow vary the distance between the two independent ropes (6) and, consequently, the characteristics of the exercise, working with greater intensity some muscles and with less intensity others.

It only remains to note finally that at least the pulley (9) corresponding to the brake system, will be covered with a non-slip material but of suitable characteristics not to damage the rope.

Sufficiently described the present invention as to be understood and put into practice by a technical in the field, it is necessary to extend the privilege arising from this registration to the variations of detail that does not alter its essentiality, which is summarized in its conditions of novelty in the following claims, which they extract and complement the previous memory.

Claims (10)

1. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, of the type that use an auger rope movable in both directions against the tension of a device that tends to immobilize it, characterized in that it is constituted from a vertically elongated frame, flattened in the direction transverse and open frontally, in which a set of pulleys is established that determine a closed path for the endless rope, in which a vertical and anterior section is defined in the context of the frame, in correspondence with which a lower bench is located , which allows the user to adopt the sitting position while performing the traction exercise on the rope, having provided that one of the aforementioned pulleys, specifically a pulley outside those determined by the said vertical and frontal section of the rope, is greater diameter and is equipped with a brake mechanism, of any conventional type, with a braking regulator. 2. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, according to claim 1, characterized in that said pulley of greater diameter carrying the brake mechanism is provided with a coating of an anti-slip material of suitable characteristics so as not to damage the rope, and is framed by a pair of pulleys that enhance the amplitude of the section of rope that is in contact with said wheel. 3. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, according to previous claims, characterized in that the frame incorporates two square reinforcements in correspondence with its posterior vertices, a pair of conductive rope pulleys being placed on the rear reinforcement, and on the lower, double reinforcement , that is to say, based on two parallel arms, the axle of the carrier wheel of the brake mechanism, establishing itself in front of the latter and in front of the corresponding pulley of adaptation of the rope to it, a deflector pulley that causes a double inflection in the path of the rope. 4. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, according to previous claims, characterized in that the different pulleys are capable of incorporating tensioning means for the rope, are in turn capable of incorporating guides to prevent the exit of the rope, and with the exception of the pulley Carrier brake mechanism are likely to be swivel or fixed. 5. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, according to previous claims, characterized in that the rope can be completely blocked by means of the brake, so that it does not run between the pulleys and is fixed, being able to gradually release the brake tension so that the rope Run again, making it possible to perform various exercises by the user, which are more complicated than those performed on a real rope. 6. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, according to previous claims, characterized in that the rope remains free between the pulleys, with the user suspended on the rope and by balancing the weight of the rope with the brake resistance, when performing the exercise of suspension, the user would remain in the same plane, with a minimum upward and / or downward displacement. 7. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, according to previous claims, characterized in that the bench located at the lower end of the vertical and operative sector of the rope, is capable of tilting transversely in line with the lateral movement of the user's body when pulling the rope. 8. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, according to previous claims, characterized in that the frame incorporates a ring at the level of the bench, another at the level of the upper crossbar and another at the level of the post-lower area of the frame, for fixing respective harnesses that relate the frame to the user's body. 9. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, according to previous claims, characterized in that on said frame, of greater width and with a bank also of greater width, two sets of pulleys for two endless ropes are established, whose front and operational sections are out of date transversely, for use each of them with a hand of the user during the development of the exercise. 10. Gymnastic machine for rope exercises, according to claim 9, characterized in that the two sets of pulleys are mounted with the possibility of positional regulation, in order to distance the vertical and operative section of the two cords at the user's discretion.