Patent Application
20230107862
The present invention relates to an exercise machine system capable of adjusting a weight by using flow weights, and more particularly, to an exercise machine system capable of adjusting a weight by adjusting the number of flow weights such as short balls and loading the flow weights in a flow weight loading part of an exercise machine.
In general, there are various exercise machines, such as bench presses, expanders, barbells, dumbbells, and pulley-weight exercise machines (home gyms), using weight members. The exercise machine is an exercise machine that applies a resistance load by using a repulsive force of a spring or a weight of a weight member to develop muscles of the body to strengthen health. As the exercise machine using a weight member, an exercise machine using pulley-lifting boards using pulleys is widely used.
Further, a plurality of weights is stacked along a guide rod fixedly installed between an upper frame body and a lower frame body, and a weight head part for moving the weights upward or downward is fitted with the guide rod. The weight head part is connected to a handle by a wire rope.
The weight member exercise machine causes discomfort because a user needs to manually adjust a weight of the weight.
An object of the present invention is to provide an exercise machine system capable of adjusting a weight by using flow weights, which is capable of allowing a user to perform an exercise with a desired weight by setting up an exercise weight and supplying flow weight parts to a flow weight loading part based on the preset exercise weight.
The present invention provides an exercise machine system capable of adjusting a weight by using flow weights, the exercise machine system comprising: a flow weight supply part formed to have a space having a predetermined size to accommodate flow weights having a predetermined weight; a first valve connected to one side of the flow weight supply part and configured to open or close the flow weight supply part; a first length adjustment tube having one side connected to one side of the first valve, and the other side connected to the flow weight loading part, the first length adjustment tube being provided in the form of a tube having a predetermined size and configured to be supplied with the flow weights from the flow weight supply part; a flow weight loading part formed to have a predetermined size and a predetermined space for accommodating the flow weights therein; a second valve connected to one side of the flow weight loading part and configured to open or close the flow weight loading part; a second length adjustment tube having one side connected to the second valve, and the other side connected to the flow weight transfer part, the second length adjustment tube being provided in the form of a tube having a predetermined size and configured to be supplied with the flow weights from the flow weight loading part; a flow weight transfer part connected to the second length adjustment tube and configured to transfer the flow weights; and motors respectively positioned on upper and lower portions of the flow weight transfer part and configured to provide power for operating the flow weight transfer part.
The present invention provides the exercise machine system capable of adjusting a weight by using flow weights, which is capable of allowing a user to perform an exercise with a desired weight by setting up an exercise weight and supplying the flow weight parts to the flow weight loading part based on the preset exercise weight. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate inconvenience to the user having to manually adjust the weight.
Terms or words used in the specification and the claims should not be interpreted as being limited to a general or dictionary meaning and should be interpreted as a meaning and a concept which conform to the technical spirit of the present invention based on a principle that an inventor can appropriately define a concept of a term in order to describe his/her own invention by the best method.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the present specification, the terms “weight” and “load” are used together, but the terms are deemed the have the same meaning.
The present invention relates to an exercise machine system capable of adjusting a weight by using flow weights, and more particularly, to an exercise machine system capable of adjusting a weight by adjusting the number of flow weights such as short balls and loading the flow weights in a flow weight loading part of an exercise machine.
The flow weight 10 used in the present invention may be a short ball having a predetermined weight. In addition to the short ball, the flow weight 10 may be any component having a weight, such as water, sand, or an iron ball.
The flow weight supply part 100 may be formed to have a space having a predetermined size and configured to accommodate the flow weights 10.
The first valve 200 is positioned between the flow weight supply part 100 and the first length adjustment tube 300 and opens or closes the flow weight supply part 100.
One side of the first length adjustment tube 300 is connected to one side of the flow weight supply part 100, and the other side of the first length adjustment tube 300 is connected to the flow weight loading part 400. The first length adjustment tube 300 is provided in the form of a tube having a predetermined size and supplied with the flow weights 10 from the flow weight supply part 100.
The first length adjustment tube 300 may be configured as a corrugated tube, which is a length adjustment tube capable of adjusting a length thereof. In addition to the corrugated tube, a flexible tube or an articulated tube may be applied. The first length adjustment tube 300 may have a shape capable of ensuring free motions in upward, downward, leftward, rightward, and diagonal directions.
The flow weight loading part 400 is formed to have a predetermined size and has a predetermined space to accommodate the flow weights 10 therein. The flow weight loading part 400 is a part that a person uses to perform an exercise. The person may perform an exercise by lifting up the flow weights 10 loaded into the flow weight loading part 400.
The second valve 500 is positioned between the flow weight loading part 400 and the first length adjustment tube 300 and opens or closes the flow weight loading part 400.
The first and second valves 200 and 500 may each be provided in the form of a ball valve so that the flow weight 10 in the form of a short ball passes through the first valve 200 and the second valve 500. However, the shape of the valve is not limited.
The opening and closing operations of the first and second valves 200 and 500 are controlled by the controller 1100. The first valve 200 is opened when the flow weights 10 need to move into the flow weight loading part 400. The second valve 500 is opened when the flow weights 10 need to be discharged from the flow weight loading part 400, such that the flow weights 10 in the flow weight loading part 400 are discharged.
One side of the second length adjustment tube 600 is connected to the flow weight loading part 400, and the other side of the second length adjustment tube 600 is connected to the flow weight transfer part 700. The second length adjustment tube 600 is provided in the form of a tube having a predetermined size and supplied with the flow weights 10 from the flow weight loading part 400.
The second length adjustment tube 600 may be configured as a corrugated tube, which is a length adjustment tube capable of adjusting a length thereof. In addition to the corrugated tube, a flexible tube or an articulated tube may be applied. The second length adjustment tube 600 may have a shape capable of ensuring free motions in upward, downward, leftward, rightward, and diagonal directions.
The flow weight transfer part 700 serves to transfer the flow weights 10. Particularly, the flow weight transfer part 700 may be provided in the form of a conveyor. As illustrated in
The load cell 800 is positioned at one side of the flow weight loading part 400 and measures a change in weight of the flow weight loading part 400.
That is, it is possible to identify the weight in the flow weight loading part 400 when the flow weights 10 are accommodated in or discharged from the flow weight loading part 400. The information on the weight in the flow weight loading part 400, which is measured by the load cell 800, is transmitted to the controller 1100, such that the first valve 200 and the second valve 500 may control the opened or closed state.
The weight detection sensor 900 is a sensor positioned between the second length adjustment tube 600 and the flow weight transfer part 700 and configured to detect the weight. The weight detection sensor 900 detects the weight of the flow weights 10 that move from the flow weight loading part 400 to the second length adjustment tube 600.
The motors 1000 are respectively positioned at upper and lower portions of the flow weight transfer part 700. The motors 1000 provide power for operating the flow weight transfer part 700.
The controller 1100 sets a weight value of the flow weights 10 to be loaded into the flow weight loading part 400 and controls any one of the first and second valves 200 and 500 in response to the weight value of the preset flow weights 10 so that any one of the first and second valves 200 and 500 is opened. The controller 1100 receives, in real time, a value of change in weight from the load cell 800. When the controller 1100 receives a value equal to the weight value of the preset flow weights 10, the controller 1100 performs control to close the opened first valve 200 or the opened second valve 500. The controller 1100 controls the operations of the motors 1000 so that the motors 1000 operate when the controller 1100 receives, from the weight detection sensor 900, information on a detected weight with a value equal to or more than a value stored previously, and the operations of the motors 1000 are stopped when the controller 1100 receives information on the detected weight with a value equal to or less than the stored value.
The controller 1100 will be described with reference to
Referring to
In this case, when the weight variation value measured by the load cell 800 installed at one side of the flow weight loading part 400 is transmitted to the controller 1100 and the transmitted value is equal to the preset weight value, the first valve 200 is closed, and the flow weights 10 is loaded into the flow weight loading part 400 by the preset weight value, as illustrated in
In case that the weight value of the flow weight loading part 400 is reset to a value smaller than the preset value, the second valve 500 is opened, and the flow weights 10 stored in the flow weight loading part 400 are discharged to the second length adjustment tube 600 in direction S2, as illustrated in
The second valve 500 is opened until the flow weights 10 remain in the flow weight loading part 400 to the extent of the preset weight value. When the weight value reaches the preset weight value, the second valve 500 is closed. In addition, when the weight of the flow weights 10 is not detected by the weight detection sensor 900, the operations of the motors 1000 are stopped so that the operation of the flow weight transfer part 700 is stopped.
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The embodiments disclosed in the present specification and the configurations illustrated in the drawings are just the best preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, it should be understood that various equivalents and modified examples capable of substituting the embodiments may be made.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2021-0132134 | Oct 2021 | KR | national |
