U.S. patent application number 13/114364 was filed with the patent office on 2011-12-01 for exercise apparatus.
This patent application is currently assigned to TECHNOGYM S.P.A.. Invention is credited to NERIO ALESSANDRI, LUCA BASSO, MARIO FEDRIGA, ANGELO GOGGIOLI.
Application Number | 20110294623 13/114364 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 43589857 |
Filed Date | 2011-12-01 |
United States Patent
Application |
20110294623 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
ALESSANDRI; NERIO ; et
al. |
December 1, 2011 |
EXERCISE APPARATUS
Abstract
An exercise apparatus (1), comprising: a box-shaped element (2)
configured to be transported on lorries and provided with a lower
wall (3), an upper wall (4) and a lateral wall (5) which together
form an inner space (6), with said lateral wall (5) having a
plurality of faces (F1, F2, F3, F4) and comprising, on at least one
of the faces (F1, F2, F3, F4), at least one portion (7) which is
movable between a closed position (C), in which it forms a
configuration (B) which minimises the dimensions of the box-shaped
element (2), and an open position (A), in which the movable portion
(7) projects towards the outside (8) of the box-shaped element (2)
and forms an opening (9) in the lateral wall (5) designed to put
the inner space (6) in communication with an outside environment
(8); at least one exercise machine (10) to allow a user (35) to
exercise, said exercise machine (10) being designed to occupy the
inner space (6) of the box-shaped element (2) at least while in the
configuration (B) of minimum dimensions; means (11) for generating
electrical power which can be used for supplying electrical loads
of said box-shaped element (2).
Inventors: |
ALESSANDRI; NERIO;
(LONGIANO, IT) ; FEDRIGA; MARIO; (FORLI', IT)
; GOGGIOLI; ANGELO; (FAENZA, IT) ; BASSO;
LUCA; (CESENA, IT) |
Assignee: |
TECHNOGYM S.P.A.
GAMBETTOLA (FORLI CESENA)
IT
|
Family ID: |
43589857 |
Appl. No.: |
13/114364 |
Filed: |
May 24, 2011 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/2 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 22/00 20130101;
A63B 21/0053 20130101; A63B 2225/107 20130101; A63B 21/0055
20151001; A63B 2210/00 20130101; A63B 2210/50 20130101; A63B 21/00
20130101; A63B 2210/06 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/2 |
International
Class: |
A63B 71/00 20060101
A63B071/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 31, 2010 |
IT |
BO2010A000338 |
Claims
1) An exercise apparatus (1), characterised in that it comprises,
in combination: a box-shaped element (2) configured to be
transported on lorries and comprising a lower wall (3), an upper
wall (4) and a lateral wall (5) which together form an inner space
(6), the lateral wall (5) comprising a plurality of faces (F1, F2,
F3, F4), at least one of the faces (F1, F2, F3, F4) having at least
one portion (7) which is mobile between a closed position (C), in
which it forms a configuration (B) which minimises the dimensions
of the box-shaped element (2), and an open position (A), in which
it projects towards the outside (8) of the box-shaped element (2)
and creates an opening (9) in the lateral wall (5) designed to put
the inner space (6) in communication with an outside environment
(8); at least one exercise machine (10) occupying the inner space
(6) of the box-shaped element (2) at least in the configuration (B)
of minimum dimensions; means (11) for generating electrical power
which can be used for supplying electrical loads of the box-shaped
element (2).
2) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, wherein the electrical
power generating means (11) comprise a dynamo (22) mechanically
connected to the exercise machine (10) and which can be operated by
the user (35) while exercising.
3) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, wherein the electrical
power generating means (11) comprise a photovoltaic module (23),
positioned on an outer surface of the upper wall (4).
4) The apparatus (1) according to claim 3, wherein the photovoltaic
module (23) is also positioned on an outer surface of the mobile
portion (7) of the lateral wall (5) designed to form an extension
of the upper wall (4) when it is in the open position (A).
5) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, wherein the at least one
face (F1, F2, F3, F4) comprises at least one mobile portion (7)
configured in such a way that in the open position (A) it forms a
cover (12) for a region (13) below.
6) The apparatus (1) according claim 1, wherein the at least one
face (F1, F2, F3, F4) comprises at least one mobile portion (7)
configured in such a way that in the open position (A) it forms
flooring (14).
7) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, wherein the at least one
of said faces (F1, F2, F3, F4) comprises: a first part (7S) of the
mobile portion (7) configured in such a way that in the open
position (A) it forms a cover (12) for a region (13) below; a
second part (7I) of the mobile portion (7) which in the open
position (A) forms flooring (14).
8) The apparatus (1) according to claim 7, wherein the first part
(7S) and the second part (7I) of the mobile portion (7) form two
half-portions of the face (F1, F2, F3, F4), in such a way that they
are substantially one above the other when they are in the
respective open positions (A).
9) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, wherein the mobile
portion (7) is configured for rotating about an axis (15, 16)
parallel with one side of the lower wall (3), between the closed
position (C) and the open position (A).
10) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, comprising a frame (25)
equipped with a plurality of vertical elements (17) connecting the
upper wall (4) to the lower wall (3), the vertical members forming
housings for the passage of electrical cables.
11) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, comprising means (27)
for adjusting a set-up of the lower wall (3) relative to the ground
(19) below supporting the box-shaped element, the adjusting means
being interposed between the lower wall (3) and the ground (19)
below.
12) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, comprising guide means
(20) associated with the lower wall (3) and with at least one face
(F1, F2, F3, F4) comprising a mobile portion (7) configured in such
a way that in the open position (A) it forms flooring (14).
13) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, comprising at least one
extractable fold-away element (31), associated with the lower wall
(3), for allowing the treadable surface area of the lower wall (3)
to be increased.
14) The apparatus (1) according to claim 1, wherein the box-shaped
element (2) is configured in such a way as to be coupled with at
least one other box-shaped element (2) to form a modular exercising
system (33).
15) The apparatus (1) according to claim 14, wherein the mobile
portion (7) of the face (F1, F2, F3, F4) of the lateral wall (5) is
equipped with connecting elements which can be coupled to
corresponding connecting elements of the box-shaped element (2) of
another apparatus (1) coupled there, when the respective mobile
portions (7) are in the open position (A).
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention has as its subject an exercise
apparatus.
[0002] Environments are known, for example gymnasiums, where a
plurality of exercise machines are arranged to allow users to
exercise.
[0003] These environments are usually closed environments provided
with windows and/or air conditioning systems to allow
ventilation.
[0004] A need particularly long-felt by users of exercise machines
during the summer season is to be able to exercise in the open
air.
[0005] In the light of this the environment of the gymnasium is
perceived in the summer months as a closed and unnatural
environment.
[0006] Another need long-felt by users of exercise machines is to
be able to train on exercise machines without necessarily having to
go to a gymnasium.
[0007] As is well-known, in fact, a user does not always have a
gymnasium available in the vicinity of their dwelling; the
necessity of having to go to the gymnasium is perceived by such
users as an inconvenience.
[0008] However, this need is hard to reconcile with the limited
spaces normally available inside dwellings, which in the light of
this do not make it possible to house one or more exercise
machines, and with the purchase costs of one or more exercise
machines for strictly personal use.
[0009] From patent document U.S. Pat. No. 5,667,267A it is known a
trailer adapted to provide a mobile fitness centre.
[0010] However, said trailer is disadvantageous, being scarcely
ecological and autonomous, since it requires the presence of a
motor vehicle coupled thereto, in order to have an energy
source.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0011] An object of the present invention is to make available an
exercise apparatus which makes it possible to satisfy the need
previously expressed.
[0012] Said object is fully achieved by the exercise apparatus
which is characterised by what is stated in the claims set forth
below.
[0013] In particular, the apparatus according to the invention
comprises:
[0014] a box-shaped element configured to be transported on lorries
and provided with a lower wall, an upper wall and a lateral wall
which together form an inner space, with said lateral wall having a
plurality of faces and comprising, on at least one of the faces, at
least one portion which is movable between a closed position, in
which it forms a configuration which minimises the dimensions of
the box-shaped element, and an open position, in which the movable
portion projects towards the outside of the box-shaped element and
forms an opening in the lateral wall designed to put the inner
space in communication with an outside environment; at least one
exercise machine to allow a user to exercise, said exercise machine
being designed to occupy the inner space of the box-shaped element
at least while in the configuration of minimum dimensions; means
for generating electrical power which can be used for supplying
electrical loads of said box-shaped element.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] This and other characteristics will be more evident from the
following description of a preferred embodiment, illustrated,
purely by way of non-limiting example, in the attached drawings in
which:
[0016] FIGS. 1 and 2 show respective schematic perspective views of
the apparatus which is the subject of the present invention
according to a preferred embodiment, in two operative
configurations;
[0017] FIG. 3 shows a schematic sectional view of the apparatus for
assisted exercising as depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2;
[0018] FIG. 4 shows a schematic plan view of the apparatus for
assisted exercising according to another embodiment;
[0019] FIG. 5 shows a perspective schematic view of the apparatus
for assisted exercising according to yet another embodiment;
[0020] FIGS. 6 and 7 show respective schematic lateral views of a
system comprising two apparatuses according to the invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0021] With reference to FIGS. 1-7, number reference 1 denotes the
exercise apparatus which is the subject of the present invention,
hereinafter referred to as apparatus 1.
[0022] In the following, the term "user" or "utiliser" will be used
interchangeably, with reference to the person who utilises
apparatus 1 to exercise.
[0023] In the following, a description will be given by way of
non-limiting example of some embodiments of apparatus 1; in
particular a description will be given, first, of a first
embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3; next, of a second embodiment
shown in FIG. 4; and finally of a third embodiment shown in FIG.
5.
[0024] Each embodiment comprises technical and functional
characteristics which will be illustrated in the description of the
same embodiment and/or in the attached drawings relating to the
same embodiment.
[0025] These technical and functional characteristics must not be
understood to be associated uniquely with the embodiment of the
apparatus in which said characteristics are described and/or
illustrated where this is not separately and expressly declared; on
the contrary, these technical characteristics may also be
associated with other embodiments of the apparatus or variants of
the same apparatus which nevertheless come within the protective
scope of the present invention.
[0026] Apparatus 1 according to the invention comprises a
box-shaped element 2 provided with a lower wall 3, an upper wall 4
and a lateral wall 5.
[0027] Apparatus 1 further comprises a frame 25 which supports the
lower wall 3, the upper wall 4 and the lateral wall 5.
[0028] The frame 25 is equipped with a plurality of vertical
elements 17 connecting the upper wall 4 to the lower wall 3, which
form housings for the passage of electrical cables.
[0029] According to an aspect of the invention, not illustrated,
the upper panels 24S are removably fixable to the frame.
[0030] In other words, upper panels 24S are attachable
to/detachable from the vertical elements.
[0031] Said vertical elements are furthermore foldable to form a
folded configuration of minimum dimensions; the adoption of this
folded configuration advantageously makes it possible to further
reduce the dimensions of the box-shaped element to facilitate its
transportation.
[0032] In the light of this, it should furthermore be observed that
the exercise machines can also be transported separately to the
box-shaped element and do not necessarily have to be arranged
inside it during transportation.
[0033] According to the invention, the lower wall 3, the upper wall
4 and the lateral wall 5 together form an inner space 6 of the
box-shaped element 2.
[0034] The box-shaped element 2 is configured for being transported
on lorries.
[0035] In other words, this box-shaped element 2 has dimensions
such as to be transported on lorries so as to be advantageously
moved, as necessary, and taken to any place accessible by road.
[0036] Preferably the box-shaped element is designed so as to be
positioned in the open air, for example in a town park, or in a
square, or alternatively in a shared garden.
[0037] The lateral wall 5 comprises a plurality of faces (F1, F2,
F3, F4).
[0038] With reference to the preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 1,
2 and 3, i.e. to the first embodiment to which explicit reference
will be made in what follows, the lateral wall 5 comprises four
faces: a first face F1, a second face F2, a third face F3, and a
fourth face F4.
[0039] The box-shaped element 2 has the form of a parallelepiped,
preferably of a cube.
[0040] The lateral wall 5, at each face F1, F2, F3, and F4,
comprises an upper door 24S and a lower door 24I, movable with
respect to the box-shaped element 2.
[0041] Each upper door 24S and lower door 24I is movable between a
closed position C, shown in FIG. 1, and an open position A, shown
in FIG. 2.
[0042] The doors (24S, 24I) in their entirety form in the closed
position C a configuration B which minimises the dimensions of the
box-shaped element 2.
[0043] This configuration B of minimum dimensions, shown in FIG. 1,
makes it possible to reduce the space occupied by the box-shaped
element 2, that is to say, the overall dimensions of the box-shaped
element 2 itself; this configuration B of minimum dimensions is
advantageously adopted for transportation of apparatus 1 or in the
event that the user 35, or the operator of apparatus 1, wants to
prevent others from accessing the inner space 6 of the box-shaped
element 2.
[0044] According to this last aspect of the invention, i.e. with
reference to the adoption of the configuration B of minimum
dimensions with the aim of preventing access to the inner space 6,
the box-shaped element 2 in the configuration B of minimum
dimensions forms a substantially closed environment, in other words
it forms an environment not accessible to a person from the outside
8.
[0045] Preferably the doors (24S, 24I) in the closed position C are
arranged vertically.
[0046] Preferably, each upper door 24S and each lower door 24I is
configured to rotate around a respective horizontal axis (15,
16).
[0047] With reference by way of example to a face F1 of the lateral
wall 5, the upper door 24S of this face F1 is configured to rotate
around its own horizontal axis 15 in a first direction of rotation
W1 between the closed position C and the open position A; similarly
the lower door 24I of this face F1 is configured to rotate around
its own horizontal axis 16 between the closed position C and the
open position A in a second direction of rotation W2 opposed to the
first direction of rotation W1.
[0048] The doors (24S, 24I) in the open position A, shown in FIG.
2, project towards the outside 8 of the box-shaped element 2 and
form an opening 9 in the lateral wall 5 suitable for putting the
inner space 6 in communication with the outside environment 8.
[0049] This opening 9 formed in the lateral wall 5 advantageously
allows a user 35 to access the inner space 6 of the box-shaped
element 2.
[0050] Preferably the doors (24S, 24I) in the open position A are
arranged horizontally.
[0051] The lower doors 24I in the open position A form flooring
14.
[0052] This flooring 14 forms a treadable surface area, i.e.
employable by the user 35.
[0053] The flooring 14 formed by the lower doors 24I expands the
plan surface area which can be treaded by the user 35.
[0054] In fact, when the lower doors 24I are in the closed position
C, the surface area that can be treaded by the user 35 is that
which is formed only by the lower wall 3, while when the lower
doors 24I are arranged in the open position A, the surface area
that can be treaded by the user 35 is that which is formed by the
sum of the plan surface area of the lower wall 3 and the plan
surface area of the flooring 14 formed by the lower doors 24I.
[0055] The upper doors 24S in the open position A form a cover 12
for a region below.
[0056] With reference to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the upper
doors 24S in the open position A form a cover 12 for the flooring
14; in fact the upper doors 24S are arranged over the lower doors
24I in their open position A.
[0057] This cover 12 formed by the upper doors 24S makes it
possible to obtain the following advantageous technical effects:
[0058] it enables the region below, including the lower wall 3, to
be sheltered from the rain; [0059] it enables the user 35 to be
shielded from solar radiation.
[0060] The lower doors 24I and the upper doors 24S form in their
entirety a movable portion 7 of the lateral wall 5.
[0061] In particular, the upper doors 24S form a first part 7S of
the movable portion 7 of the lateral wall 5, and the lower doors
24I form a second part 7I of the movable portion 7 of the lateral
wall 3.
[0062] In accordance with the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the first
part 7S of the movable portion 7 forms a cover 12 to cover the
second part 7I of the movable portion 7 when both the first part 7S
and the second part 7I of the movable portion 7 are arranged in the
open position A.
[0063] The second part 7I of the movable portion 7 forms flooring
14.
[0064] Apparatus 1 also comprises exercise machines 10 to allow a
user 35 to exercise.
[0065] By way of non-limiting example, there are three types of
exercise machine represented in FIGS. 1 to 7: a first type of
exercise machine 10A, a second type of exercise machine 10B and a
third type of exercise machine 10C.
[0066] The first type of exercise machine 10A is an exercise
bicycle, the second type of exercise machine 10B is a treadmill and
the third type of exercise machine 10C is a stepper.
[0067] The exercise machines 10 are designed to occupy the inner
space 6 of the box-shaped element 2 while it is in the
configuration B of minimum dimensions; this advantageously allows
apparatus 1 to be transported easily because the exercise machines
10 are arranged during transportation in the inner space 6 and
consequently do not occupy additional space.
[0068] Furthermore, the exercise machines 10 can be arranged inside
the inner space 6 also to shelter the machines themselves from
adverse weather; in the light of this therefore the box-shaped
element 2 is preferably commuted into the configuration B of
minimum dimensions when the exercise machines 10 are arranged in
the inner space 6.
[0069] Preferably, the user 35 arranges the exercise machines on
flooring 14 in order to exercise, as shown in FIG. 2 where two
users 35 are visible exercising while occupying flooring 14 formed
by two distinct lower doors 24I.
[0070] In fact in this way the user 35 has greater freedom of
movement while exercising, not being constrained or obstructed by
the frame 25 of the box-shaped element 2.
[0071] In addition according to this aspect the user 35
advantageously has the sensation of exercising in the open air.
[0072] FIG. 3 shows the exercise machines 10, schematically
represented by a rectangle, in the two extreme positions,
respectively inside the space 6 (rectangle with continuous line)
and on flooring 14 (rectangle with dotted line).
[0073] According to the invention, apparatus 1 comprises a
photovoltaic module 23, suitable for converting electromagnetic
radiation into electrical power.
[0074] Preferably, the photovoltaic module 23 is arranged on the
upper wall 4 on the outside of the box-shaped element 2.
[0075] The photovoltaic module 23 forms electrical power generating
means 11 utilisable for supplying electrical loads of said
box-shaped element 2.
[0076] Preferably the generating means 11 make it possible to
supply the totality of the electrical loads of apparatus 1;
according to this aspect therefore apparatus 1 is electrically
self-sufficient, in other words it does not need to take power from
an external source of power, which would complicate the
installation of the apparatus, and in addition can be installed
anywhere irrespective of the presence or not of an external source
of power.
[0077] Alternatively or in combination with the photovoltaic module
23, the exercise machine 10 comprises a dynamo for generating
electrical power when the user 35 exercises on the exercise machine
10 itself.
[0078] Preferably, the electrical power generating means 11 are
configured for producing power of renewable or assimilable
type.
[0079] The term `renewable power` is intended to mean power
produced from sources which regenerate themselves, while `power
assimilable to renewable` is intended to mean those power sources,
such as that generated by the user 35 while exercising, which have
substantially nil environmental impact.
[0080] According to this aspect, therefore, in addition to the
advantages already described and to those which will be further
explained as the description continues, apparatus 1 makes it
possible to supply one's own electrical loads with power sources
with substantially nil environmental impact.
[0081] Compared with traditional gymnasiums, therefore, apparatus 1
makes it possible to greatly reduce the emission of polluting
substances.
[0082] In the light of this, apparatus 1 is preferably also
provided with means for storing the power produced, such as for
example a battery.
[0083] According to another aspect of the invention not illustrated
by means of the drawings, apparatus 1 comprises further
photovoltaic modules arranged on the outer surfaces of the upper
panels 24S.
[0084] When the upper panels 24S are arranged in the open position,
these photovoltaic modules are oriented so as to receive the sun's
light.
[0085] Apparatus 1 further comprises a plurality of adjustable
support elements 26, fixed below the lower wall 3.
[0086] These adjustable support elements 26 form means 27 for
adjusting the set-up of the lower wall 3 with respect to the ground
19 below.
[0087] The adjustment means 27 make it possible to adjust the
set-up of the lower wall 3 so that, irrespective of the
conformation of the ground 19 below, the lower wall 3 can be
arranged substantially at a horizontal set-up.
[0088] According to another aspect of the invention, apparatus 1
comprises a track (28, 29, 34) which forms a pre-established path P
on which to move the exercise machine 10.
[0089] FIG. 2 shows three tracks, respectively a first track 28 for
a stepper 10C, a second track 29 for the treadmill 10B, and a third
track 34 for another stepper 10C.
[0090] The track (28, 29, 34) forms guide means 20 which form a
pre-established path P for moving the exercise machine 10.
[0091] Preferably, a first portion (28A, 29A, 34A) of the track 28
is arranged at the lower wall 3 of the box-shaped element 2, and a
second portion (28B, 29B, 34B) is arranged on the inner surface of
the lower door 24I.
[0092] The first portion (28A, 29A, 34A) of the track (28, 29, 34)
forms a pre-established path P' for moving the exercise machine 10
within the inner space 6; the second portion (28B, 29B, 34B) of the
track 28 forms a pre-established path P'' for moving the exercise
machine 10 on flooring 14.
[0093] The guide means 20 therefore advantageously make it possible
to move easily the exercise machine 10 along the path P without
requiring excessive effort of the user 35.
[0094] FIG. 4 shows a second variant of apparatus 1.
[0095] In accordance with this variant, apparatus 1 comprises a
single type of door 24I, i.e. doors having the same characteristics
as the lower doors 24I described with reference to the first
embodiment.
[0096] Each door 24I extends preferably so as to occupy
substantially the entire area of a face (F1, F2, F3, F4) of the
lateral wall 5.
[0097] Apparatus 1 in accordance with the second variant, for given
volumetric dimensions of the box-shaped element 2 commuted into the
configuration B of minimum dimensions, forms a larger flooring 14
by comparison with that of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 when the
doors 24I are arranged in the open position A.
[0098] FIG. 5 shows a third variant of apparatus 1, in which
apparatus 1 comprises a single type of door 24S, i.e. doors having
the same characteristics as the upper doors 24S described with
reference to the first embodiment.
[0099] Each door 24S extends preferably so as to occupy
substantially the entire area of a face (F1, F2, F3, F4) of the
lateral wall 5.
[0100] Apparatus 1 in accordance with this variant, for given
dimensions of the box-shaped element 2 commuted into the
configuration B of minimum dimensions, forms a cover 12 having an
area of extension greater than that of the apparatus 1 of FIGS. 1-3
when the doors 24S are arranged in the open position A.
[0101] Apparatus 1 is also provided with one or more extractable
fold-away elements 31, movable between a retracted position (not
shown) and an extracted position (shown in FIG. 5) in which they
form a flooring 32.
[0102] The flooring 32 can advantageously be occupied by the
exercise machine 10 to allow the user to exercise.
[0103] Preferably, the flooring 32 is covered by the cover 12
formed by one of the doors 24S.
[0104] According to yet another aspect, a plurality of apparatuses
1 are set up one next to the other to form a system 33 for
exercising.
[0105] In particular, as shown by way of example in FIG. 6, in
which two apparatuses 1 are represented, respectively a first
apparatus 1A and a second apparatus 1B, the apparatuses 1 are
arranged with respect to each other so that the movable portion 7
of the lateral wall 5 of one of the two apparatuses 1 (with
reference to FIG. 6, the second apparatus 1B) forms a flooring 14
which connects together the lower walls 3 of the two apparatuses 1
when it is arranged in the open position A.
[0106] In addition, the movable portion 7 of the first apparatus 1A
forms a cover 12 for the flooring 14.
[0107] The two apparatuses 1A and 1B, thus arranged, advantageously
make it possible to make available a large flooring 14, consisting
of the entire surface area of one face, for both users 35 of the
various apparatuses, and at the same time make available a cover 12
for this surface.
[0108] FIG. 7 shows a variant of the exercising system 33 described
above.
[0109] One advantage of the present invention consists in making
available an exercise apparatus which makes it possible to exercise
in the open air and which can be arranged in a plurality of places:
squares, gardens, parks, etc.
[0110] Another advantage of the present invention consists in
making available an exercise apparatus on which a plurality of
machines, even different machines, can be arranged, making the
apparatus extremely versatile.
[0111] The invention thus conceived is evidently susceptible of
industrial application; it can also be the subject of numerous
modifications and variants, all falling within the scope of the
inventive concept; all the details are furthermore replaceable by
technically equivalent elements.
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