Patent ID: 6945915
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: A63B,F16H

Abstract:
1. A transmitting device for exercise appliances comprising: a first shaft fixed on a bike frame configured to be rotated by a user input means, said first shaft having a first transmitting wheel and a first transmitting gear respectively fixed on two opposing portions thereof, said first transmitting wheel and said first transmitting gear rotated together with said first shaft simultaneously; a second shaft also fixed on the bike frame and spaced apart in parallel with said first shaft, said second shaft having a second transmitting wheel fixed on said second shaft by a first one-way bearing to let said second transmitting wheel rotate in a forward direction when said second shaft rotates in the forward direction; said one-way bearing of said second transmitting wheel allows said second transmitting wheel to freewheel with said second shaft when said second shaft is rotated in a reverse direction; a third shaft also fixed on the bike frame in parallel with said second shaft and said first shaft, said third shaft having a third transmitting wheel provided with a second one-way bearing connected with said third shaft, said second one-way bearing permitting said third transmitting wheel to rotate in the forward direction when said third shaft rotates in the forward direction, said second one-way bearing permitting said third transmitting wheel to freewheel with said third shaft when said third transmitting wheel is rotated in the reverse direction, said third transmitting wheel connected with said first transmitting wheel by a first connecting member; said third shaft further having a fourth and a fifth transmitting wheel fixed side by side thereon and spaced apart from said third transmitting wheel, said fifth transmitting wheel connected with said second transmitting wheel by a second connecting member; said fourth transmitting wheel always rotates in the forward direction regardless of whether said first shaft is rotated in the forward direction or the reverse direction; and said first transmitting gear is engaged with said second transmitting gear.