Patent ID: 8016730
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise machine ( 1 ) for developing motor abilities and muscular strength, the machine comprising at least one supporting frame ( 2 ) and a flexible cable ( 4 ), the flexible cable ( 4 ) having only two ends, the ends being a first end ( 4 ′) and a second end ( 4 ″), the cable ( 4 ) having a first end portion terminating at said first end and a second end portion terminating at said second end, the cable ( 4 ) being continuous between the first end ( 4 ′) and the second end ( 4 ″), the cable ( 4 ) being wound on a plurality of pulleys ( 3 a , 3 b , 3 c , 3 d ) rotatably supported by the frame ( 2 ), the cable ( 4 ) being coupled to a resistant load ( 7 ) by means of idle pulleys, at least one grip element ( 5 a ) being connected to the cable ( 4 ) along an operating segment of the cable ( 4 ) defined by two consecutive pulleys ( 3 a , 3 b ), the grip element ( 5 a ) being designed to be operated by a user in order to perform an exercise, wherein the machine comprises a return device ( 14 ), to which the first end ( 4 ′) and the second end ( 4 ″) of the cable ( 4 ) are connected, the return device ( 14 ) comprising a drum ( 15 ), rotatably supported by the frame ( 2 ), around which the first end portion of the cable is wound in a first winding direction and around which the second end portion of the cable is wound in a second winding direction which is opposite to the first winding direction, said return device participating in returning the cable ( 4 ) to an initial configuration after an exercise has been performed.