U.S. patent application number 13/470594 was filed with the patent office on 2013-11-14 for medical exercise machine capable of force adjustment used without weight with friction and spiral spring force.
The applicant listed for this patent is Rasool Adhami, Mohammad Nagizadeh. Invention is credited to Rasool Adhami, Mohammad Nagizadeh.
Application Number | 20130303334 13/470594 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 49549042 |
Filed Date | 2013-11-14 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130303334 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Adhami; Rasool ; et
al. |
November 14, 2013 |
Medical exercise machine capable of force adjustment used without
weight with friction and spiral spring force
Abstract
An exercise machine with spiral springs designed for performing
all movements. The exercise machine has a small size but high in
efficiency, and can be used at home and all public places. In this
machine by utilizing spiral spring the force needed for movement,
is derived from leather band spring and the friction between cloth
leather band and fully leather band. A special mechanism is
considered to adjust the machine force so that the work force can
be varied by the user without weights.
Inventors: |
Adhami; Rasool; (Marand,
IR) ; Nagizadeh; Mohammad; (Marand, IR) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Adhami; Rasool
Nagizadeh; Mohammad |
Marand
Marand |
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IR
IR |
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Family ID: |
49549042 |
Appl. No.: |
13/470594 |
Filed: |
May 14, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/4 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 2220/17 20130101;
A63B 2230/06 20130101; A63B 2230/75 20130101; A63B 2220/30
20130101; A63B 2220/40 20130101; A63B 21/153 20130101; A63B 23/0355
20130101; A63B 21/015 20130101; A63B 21/0442 20130101; A63B
2071/0018 20130101; A63B 24/0087 20130101; A63B 23/03575 20130101;
A63B 2220/51 20130101; A63B 21/025 20130101; A63B 2071/025
20130101; A63B 23/03541 20130101; A63B 21/157 20130101; A63B 22/02
20130101; A63B 2210/50 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/4 |
International
Class: |
A63B 21/02 20060101
A63B021/02 |
Claims
1- A medical exercise machine with force adjustment capability and
no lifting weight for upper and lower abdominal activities used at
gyms, physiotherapy and rehabilitees centers and home, comprising
utilizing resistive force of spiral spring and frictional force
instead of weights, wherein said system comprises force creation
against movement section, a manual and automatic adjustment unit,
electrical unit and a touch screen control panel, fixed and moving
bodies, handles and cables, a cover for said machine and rollers;
said machine comprises no metal weight and creates forces in place
of said metal weight with an accuracy of 100 grams, allowing people
with disabilities to use said machine; performance of said machine
and therefore the quality of exercise is controlled with said
electrical unit.
2- The medical exercise machine of claim 1, wherein necessary force
for performing exercise is created by spiral springs and frictional
force.
3- The medical exercise machine of claim 2, wherein said resistive
force against movement is increased by utilizing said electric unit
or by adjusting potential force of said springs.
4- The medical exercise machine of claim 3, wherein said control
panel comprises a section for controlling and adjustment of force
with an accuracy of 100 grams operated by said used, wherein after
initial setup electrical unit of said machine automatically
controls force available to said user.
5- The medical exercise machine of claim 3, further comprising
wherein said control panel is a touch screen monitor, and wherein
number of each movement, the velocity of each push up, resistive
force and other parameters are displayed on said touch screen
monitor and are modified as needed.
6- The medical exercise machine of claim 3, wherein history and
performance of each session is saved on said machine and is
transferred to a computer or any processing unit via said cable or
wirelessly; activity and health improvement is determined from said
history.
7- The medical exercise machine of claim 1, further comprises a
fixed body and a moving body; wherein said bodies can be
deassembled and does not take a lot of space; and wherein since
metal weights have been eliminated said machine is very light in
weight.
8- The medical exercise machine of claim 1; wherein said spiral
spring and frictional force is replaced with cogwheel and
combwheel; wherein passive movement and pressure induced movements
are performed with said machine and each movement can be programmed
and controlled accordingly.
9- The medical exercise machine of claim 8; wherein said machine is
a martial art training machine and wherein said machine is a
physiotherapy machine, wherein passive force and induced force are
more important than others.
10- The medical exercise machine of claim 7, wherein said machine
has a high accuracy and wherein said machine is a physiotherapy
machine.
11- The medical exercise machine of claim 1; further comprises a
wheelchair; wherein muscle exercises for training strength is
performed with said wheelchair; a user with disability will sit on
said wheelchair and special setup will be selected from a control
panel according to each individual's needs.
12- The medical exercise machine of claim 11; further comprising
balance control features installed on said machine during use.
13- The medical exercise machine of claim 11; further comprises a
treadmill feature utilizing said wheelchair; wherein said rollers
and said electrical unit are modified to accommodate for said
wheelchair, wherein said rollers rotate with the rotation of said
wheelchair imitating fixed movement with said wheelchair.
14- The medical exercise machine of claim 2, wherein a magnetic
force is created against a pulling force of said user pulling a
cable; and a resistive force for passive movement is created by
resistive springs.
15- The medical exercise machine of claim 1; wherein a shaft in
conjunction with spiral spring, cable, handles and a one way clutch
are utilized for adjusting the tension and force of said
machine.
16- The medical exercise machine of claim 1; wherein said machine
has light weight and takes very small space; and wherein a space
between springs is covered with a sticky liquid with enough
viscosity; wherein said liquid reduces frictional noise between
said springs and increases efficiency of said machine.
17- The medical exercise machine of claim 2; wherein said resistive
force of said springs is replaced with a resistive force of a disc
inside a liquid, having specific viscosity; wherein by changing a
pressure inside a container of said liquid said resistive force can
be adjusted as needed.
18- The medical exercise machine of claim 17; wherein said machine
utilizes all of a cogwheel mechanism, spring resistive force and
liquid disc resistive force and frictional force are used in
conjunction with one another.
19- The medical exercise machine of claim 1; further comprises a
chair attached to said machine and said chair is removable from
said machine as needed and wherein said chair helps with lower body
exercises.
20- The medical exercise machine of claim 1; wherein said machine
is low weight and takes minimum space and is used in tight places,
such as inside a vehicle, and small office rooms; wherein said
machine is installed on different surfaces, wherein force is
adjusted by utilizing a one way clutch and a handle.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] In previous inventions related to exercise tools, the
machine force changes with weights and causes them to be heavier,
and the force remains fixed in machine springs which is used to
perform movements. As a result, it is not possible to use them for
different movements by different users. However, in this invention
both the weight and volume has been reduced and force is adjustable
so that various movements can be performed using the same
machine.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0002] An exercise device has been designed for medical body
movements in low weight and volume with a high efficiency. The
force utilized is from the energy of spiral springs and friction
resistance force. Mechanism has been installed on the machine for
force adjustment. The electronic power of this machine has been
updated such as different data like number of movements, work
force, speed, and time has been designed.
[0003] This machine is specially used in physiotherapy and
rehabilitation centers and the basic performance of this machine is
like the previous one. The only difference is that unlike
conventional exercise machines, where the user used to stand, a
wheelchair/special chair has been located so that the user can sit
and do his/her work-out there.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0004] These as well as other features of the present invention,
will become more apparent upon reference to the drawings
wherein:
[0005] FIG. 1, Shows an overall image of the system in which basic
parts are represented.
[0006] FIG. 2, displays an overall image of the system in which the
cover is removed and internal parts are blown up in size.
[0007] FIG. 3, Internal parts of the system are shown in separate
and deassembled way.
[0008] FIG. 4, Internal parts of the system are shown after
assembling and their configuration in respect to each other is
displayed.
[0009] FIG. 5, Force change mechanism is displayed, where its
different parts are shown in FIG. 5-A and FIG. 5-B.
[0010] FIG. 6-A, displays the pillar of the moving body and its
location with regards to the moving body.
[0011] FIG. 6-B, shows the hardening mechanism of internal roller
in the moving body.
[0012] FIG. 6-C, displays a blown up image of the joint of the
moving body on the fixed body.
[0013] FIG. 7-A, displays a lower part image of the system in which
the system is given a longitudinal cut maximize better. The
connection between the force adjusting cable on the pulley spring
is shown.
[0014] FIG. 7-B, a cross section of the front of the system is
displayed.
[0015] FIG. 8, work out process of a user is displayed wherein the
user can do different movements using handles and force change
mechanism.
[0016] FIG. 11-A, operating part of the system is displayed
separately.
[0017] FIG. 11-B, front perspective of the operating part, which is
opposite to FIG. 11-A is displayed.
[0018] FIG. 11-C, Show a cross section of the operating part,
displaying how the system is put together.
[0019] FIG. 12, displays the internal parts of the system.
[0020] FIG. 13, shows a blown up view of the system.
[0021] FIG. 14, displays the system during its operation.
[0022] FIG. 15, displays the method of using the system in
conjunction with a wheelchair. The device has an accuracy of 100
grams and therefore can be used in rehabilitation facilities.
Wheelchair is placed on the system and after configuration can be
operated for different tasks.
[0023] FIG. 16, displays utilizing the wheelchair in fixed
movements. Wheelchair chairs 65 are placed on rollers 68, and with
their rotation real walking is imitated.
[0024] FIG. 17, displays a physiotherapist controlling the
movements and operation of the device.
[0025] FIG. 18, displays the digital control panel and its
parameters. Parameters such as velocity, force, acceleration, heart
rate, calories burned, time, number of repeation are displaced on
the screen.
[0026] FIG. 19, displays the flowchart and diagram of the control
panel manual.
[0027] FIG. 20, displays the flowchart of the operation of the
electrical unit.
[0028] FIG. 21, displays a secondary embodiment of the device.
[0029] FIG. 22, displays the system used in the secondary
embodiment, with handles and control parts are blown up.
[0030] FIG. 23, displays the secondary embodiment as
deassembled.
[0031] FIG. 24, displays the system without the cover.
LIST OF PARTS
[0032] In this section the parts used in the drawings and their
associated numbering will be explained: [0033] 1: User's hands
[0034] 2: Force change mechanism [0035] 3: Guiding spools of
operating cables [0036] 4: Electronic monitor showing movement
parameters [0037] 5: Cables attached to handles [0038] 6: Metal and
standing handles [0039] 7: Cover on internal parts [0040] 8:
Basic/main body of the machine [0041] 9: Metal leg [0042] 10:
Locking handles of the body [0043] 11: Moving body of the machine
[0044] 12: Standing place for the user [0045] 13: Legs of moving
body [0046] 14: Connector of hardening rollers [0047] 15: Rollers
[0048] 15-1: Teflon covers of spools [0049] 15-2: Internal shaft
[0050] 16: Canteen [0051] 17: Connection screws of internal parts
[0052] 19: Internal and operation part [0053] 19-1: Internal shaft
of operating part [0054] 19-2: Cable spool of user [0055] 19-3:
Plastic covering of external spring [0056] 19-4: Big bush of ball
bearing attached to plastic spring [0057] 19-5: Small ball bearing
bush [0058] 19-6: Small ball bearing [0059] 19-7: Leather band
spool for friction [0060] 19-8: Metal body of the operating part
[0061] 19-9: One-side ball bearing inside leather band spool [0062]
19-10: Side cork on the cover of plastic spring [0063] 19-11: Big
ball bearing attached to the cover of the plastic spring [0064] 20:
Sensor attached to cable spool [0065] 21: Sensor attached to the
body in internal part in front of sensor 20 [0066] 22: Spiral
spring with rectangular section [0067] 23: Attaching moving body to
fixed body [0068] 24: Ball bearing attached to the bush and fixed
body [0069] 25: Plastic internal leg in place of a user [0070] 26:
Connector adjusting a level of tightness of rollers [0071] 27: User
during exercise [0072] 28: User holding the handles [0073] 29: User
while doing other movements [0074] 30: Cable adjusting force
attached to spool adjusting force mechanism [0075] 31: Spool
attached to the fix body for force adjusting [0076] 32: Connector
of metal handles on the fixed body [0077] 33: Screws attaching
metal legs on the fixed body [0078] 34: Screws attaching internal
parts on the fixed body [0079] 35: Lower screws attaching internal
parts on the fixed body [0080] 36: Body specially used for
physiotherapy [0081] 37: Metal legs of moving body [0082] 38:
Mechanism for performing lower part body movement by the user and
foot movements [0083] 39: Mechanism for automatic rising of the
chair [0084] 40: Chair installed on the system [0085] 41: Plastic
cover in front of the machine [0086] 42: Internal part and
operating part to create force needed for upper part body movement
[0087] 43: Internal parts and operating part to create force needed
for lower part body movement [0088] 44: Force changing mechanism
[0089] 45: Handles for the user [0090] 46: Control panel [0091] 47:
Raising connector of the tire attached to the dynamo [0092] 48:
Back cover of the machine [0093] 49: Metal legs of the machine
[0094] 50: The frame of fixed part [0095] 51: Plastic cover of
operating part [0096] 52: Cable spool of user [0097] 53: Spiral
internal spring [0098] 54: Internal shaft of operating part [0099]
55: Internal ball bearing [0100] 56: Surface attaching internal
part to the system body [0101] 57: Spring pin controlling the cable
spool on the internal shaft [0102] 80-85: Flowchart of control
panel and digital display [0103] 90-97: Flowchart of the driver of
the device driver [0104] 100: Digital display [0105] 101: Force
entering keypad [0106] 102: On/off switch [0107] 103: The reset
button [0108] 104: Speed button [0109] 105: Movement acceleration
button [0110] 106: Weight display button [0111] 107: Three lights
to show the correctness of movements
VARIOUS PARTS OF THE INVENTION AND THEIR PERFORMANCE
[0112] Lack of exercise and an increase in illness has a direct
effect on the economy and a reduction on peoples' spirit. The
migration of people to cities and increase in city population and
the reduction of living space and all the limitations of living in
an apartment, has all led to a dissatisfying life for most people
around the world.
[0113] On the other hand the increase in activities, social and
occupation has caused these people to avoid using public places for
exercise so physical and mental illness has increased in modern
life. To help remove this problem in offices and homes the
designers have tried to build some machines in order to be used
inside houses as well as offices. This invention also has the same
objective so that it can cover many movements in low volume and it
replaces many heavy machines.
[0114] Its special type can also be used in rehabilitation places
and sport medicine. In this machine the force needed for performing
movement is provided by leather band spring and the friction
between cloth leather band and pulley leather band.
[0115] The transformed force from user's muscles to internal parts
of the system is done by the cable. This makes the leather band
spring recollecting and creating friction between the cloth and
pulley leather band, which helps resist against the force initiated
by user's muscles.
[0116] In this system the force exchange mechanism 2 is also
considered, which helps users to adjust the force for different
activities. They can adjust by moving the handle so that leather
band springs 22 recollect and the turning angle increases. On the
other hand the friction between cloth leather band 51 and pulley
leather band 19-7 also increases and as a result, this will
increase the resistance force against different movements.
[0117] The overall system is designed in the way so that adjusting
force causes a wide variety of sport movements. Therefore the
people can use this machine at different places. In this machine
the electronic part 4 is used which helps to show different kinds
of information such as the number of movements, force, the speed of
movements, and others. This kind of information can help motivate
the users a lot.
[0118] Using spiral springs in conjunction with friction force and
also employing force exchange mechanism without using weight can
decrease the overall weight of the machine. The system has been
designed in a way so that it can be used in three different
altitudes and cover upper part body movement as well as lower part
body movements and all the people in a group can use it. A special
type of this machine can be used in physiotherapy and
rehabilitation centers different components of the inventions.
[0119] In this design, electronic parts are employed to control the
functionality of the device better. Many important movement
parameters can be displayed by the monitor. Also, the machine is
capable of sending movement information to the physiotherapist's
computer.
[0120] To increase efficiency, four parts have been used. Force
adjustment is done through entering force in electronic panel 67. A
dynamo of dc 61 along with a gearbox 58 is used. Through entering
the amount of required force in the panel by the user, performance
can be analyzed in the program. Then the dynamo is enacted and
using the gearbox the force is transmitted to the wheel by chain 60
in 1/40 rate. As a result, the drupe 4 starts turning. On top of
the drupe 4 spools are coupled and a cable 62 has been installed on
every spool, which helps the outer bowl work. As soon as the drupe
4 turns, the spools start turning as well and the attached cables
cause the band spring to recollect and the loaded force of the
spring increases.
[0121] The user can perform different activities with an adjusted
force. This force is adjustable from 1 kilogram to 30 kilogram in
100 gram intervals. To adjust force, the user inters the required
force in panel using buttons on the panel. The programs designed
for the system analyzes the data and determines the number of turns
made by dynamo to provide the needed force.
[0122] The dynamo starts turning and after completing the required
turns it stops and the user can start performing various movements.
This system is capable of showing the speed, acceleration, and the
number of turns in the digital monitor. This is of high
significance from medical point of view. To perform this aim,
different sensors have been employed and transmit data to the
electronic part. Through the defined program, the data is analyzed
and will be displayed on the digital monitor.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0123] When operating the device, the user can pick up handles 1 in
three altitudes and start doing various movements. The exercised
force by the user enters cables 5 by handles 1 and this force is
transformed to internal pulley 19-2 by the cable 5. This pulley is
attached to internal shaft 19-1. The spiral spring 22 is attached
to this shaft from inside and to the cover 19-3 from the outside.
Over this pulley shaft the friction band 19-7 is placed and over
the pulley the friction band 51 is placed. This is attached to the
pulley 19-2 on one side and on the other side to a fixed body 8. So
the cable force moves to the pulley 19-2 and to the spiral spring
22. Through the internal shaft 19-1 and to the friction pulley
19-7, which causes recollection of the spring and creation of
resistant's between cloth band 51 and friction pulley 19-7. As a
result it can resist the force made by the user.
[0124] During every movement this process is repeated and effects
the spring force and therefore the created friction is the means
for using the weight in the sport machines. A monitor is attached
to the sensors 20 and 21. Wherein sensor 20 is placed on the pulley
19-2 and sensor 21 is placed on the body 19-8.
[0125] During performing different movements pulley 19-2 also moves
and as a result the sensor 20 attached to it moves in every cycle
and therefore moves away from sensor 21 on the body. This back and
forth movement creates a pulse.
[0126] The created pulse is sent to monitor 4 an after being
processed by the electronic part. The monitor displays the
information like the number of movements, work force, speed, and
the time every movement lasts.
[0127] For adjusting force, the force change mechanism 2 is used.
The user can adjust the force needed for every movement by
utilizing the work force mechanism. To do this, the user turns the
force change mechanism handle 2 which works like a one-sided
clutch. The created force reaches to the pulley 2-5 and causes the
cable attached to it roll on the other side of the pulley. The
opposite side of the cable is attached to the external cover of the
spring 19-3.The friction bond 51 is also placed on the cover. As a
result the cable force is transferred to the cover 19-3.
[0128] Inside the cover is a spring 22 which is attached externally
to the cover and internally to the internal shaft 19-1. This causes
the spring 22 to recollect. A potential force created during this
procedure is transferred to the shaft when the internal shaft 19-1
moves. This creates a resistance against the shaft movement.
[0129] On the other hand since the cover 19-3 is attached to the
friction band 51 and the other side of this band is attached to the
fixed body 8, the turning of cover 19-3 increases the friction
between the band 51 and pulley band friction 19-7.
[0130] This in turn increases the friction force against internal
shaft movement 19-1. During the performance of the machine, when
the force is adjusted by the force changing mechanism, the
resistance force against the user's muscles increases and as a
result the force needed for any movement can be adjusted as
needed.
[0131] FIG. 11 shows a special embodiment of the machine used for
physiotherapy and rehabilitees centers. In order for the users to
perform better, a special automatic chair is used by the user.
[0132] For medical use, the user can stand on this chair and for
performing upper part body movements the user picks up handles 45
and starts his exercise. By pulling the handles the enacted force
from the cable is sent to the part 42 and causes a tension in the
spring inside cover 41.
[0133] In FIGS. 11-A to 11-C the internal and operating parts are
shown. According to the fact that the cable attached to the handles
42 are also attached to internal spool 52 and this spool is also
attached to the internal shaft 54, so pulling the handles by the
user transfers the force to the internal spool 52 and this force is
then transferred to the spiral spring through the shaft 54.
[0134] This causes recollection and force creation against user's
muscles. To do lower part body movements the user sits on chair 40
and puts the feet in the foot place 38 and starts moving the
feet.
[0135] The force generated by exercise 38 is transferred to the
internal up prating parts 43 by the cable. The mechanism in this
section looks exactly like mechanism 42 and the resistance of the
spiral spring in this section is basically the performance of the
machines.
[0136] The internal and operating parts of the system are inside
the main frame with numbers 42 and 43.This machine provides its
force from spiral springs because in physiotherapy and
rehabilitation centers we don't need much work force.
[0137] It will be understood that, while presently preferred
embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described,
the invention is not limited thereto, but may be otherwise
variously embodied within the scope of the following claims. It
will also be understood that the claims are not intended to be
limited to the particular sequence in which the steps are listed
therein, unless specifically stated therein or required by
description set forth in the steps.
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