Patent Publication Number: US-10758776-B2

Title: Column-type combination climbing exercise machine

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a climbing exercise machine, and more particularly to a column-type combination climbing exercise machine which is an innovative structure type revealer. 
     2. Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98 
     At present, there are many types of exercise machines that are available in the market, such as a pedal exercise bike, a treadmill, a rowing machine, a sit-up exercise machine, a stepper and a climbing exercise machine; the type of climbing exercise machine is mainly discussed in the present invention. 
     Although a climbing exercise machine is similar to a stepper, both sides have two pedals for the user to step with the two feet, but the difference is at the pedal actuation type, and the two-side pedals of the stepper are usually located on the swing arm, the swinging state is performed along a fulcrum when actuating, and the two-side pedals of the climbing exercise machine move up and down in the reciprocating motion by the linear status along the vertical track. 
     However, the following problems are found still in the actual use experience of this structural type: when the swing arm is assembled in a conventional stepper, it cannot be accurately assembled at one time, and each component of the swing arm must be re-adjusted usually, so as to avoid the irregularity during running, and thus, the manufacturing cost of the conventional stepper is relatively increased. 
     Furthermore, the two-side pedals of the conventional stepper have excessive spacing. When the user performs the pedaling exercise on the conventional stepper, the distance between the two feet exceeds the width of the shoulder, which violates the normal motion posture of the human body as well as their swing spacing range, easily to cause motion damage due to long-term incorrect motion posture. In addition, it also causes the overall width of the conventional stepper to be large, making the overall volume slightly larger. In addition to occupying space, when packaging and handling, it will take up a large volume, which will inevitably increase its transportation costs. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention mainly aims to provide a column-type combination climbing exercise machine. 
     Based on the foregoing objective, the column-type combination climbing exercise machine of the present invention mainly comprises: the bottom end of a stand frame provided with a ground seat thereof to form the stand frame supported on the ground seat in an inclined angle; a column is a hollow tubular structure, and one side of the column extends outwardly with two convex portions at parallel interval each other. A containing groove is formed between the two convex portions, and the containing groove of the column is used for containing the stand frame, and the column is locked with the stand frame through one locking component at least; the two sliding chutes are respectively disposed at the left and right opposite sides of the column, and the notch of each sliding chute is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the column and penetrates the two ends of the top and bottom of the column, and the chute notch width is smaller than the inside width of the chute. The two sliding seats are correspondingly disposed in the two sliding chutes, each sliding seat is adjacent to the two ends of the top and bottom, which is respectively provided with a handle and a pedal, and correspondingly penetrates the notch of each sliding chute and protrude-extends from the outside of the column; and wherein each sliding seat is provided with plural sliding pulleys for each sliding seat to be stably and constrainedly disposed in each sliding chute; a first linkage mechanism includes a first rotating wheel, a second rotating wheel, a first chain and a second chain; the first rotating wheel and the second rotating wheel are respectively disposed at the top and bottom of the column at the corresponding upper and lower interval; the first chain is disposed in the first rotating wheel, and the two ends of the first chain are respectively extended downward from the position adjacent first rotating wheel and connected to the top of the two sliding seats. The second chain is disposed in the second rotating wheel, and the two ends of the second chain are respectively extended upwards from the position adjacent second rotating wheel and connected to the bottom of the two sliding seats, so that through the first linkage mechanism, the two sliding seats act in a lifting and lowering linkage to be opposite to each other. A damper is assembled in the grounding seat; two connectors are respectively disposed in the two sliding seats and adjacent to each pedal, and each connector passes through the sliding chute notch and extends in the direction of the damper; and a second linkage mechanism comprises two third rotating wheels, two fourth rotating wheels, a fixed pulley, two second chains and a steel rope; the two third rotating wheels are spaced apart from each other and coaxially disposed in the stand frame away from the damper; the two fourth rotating wheels are respectively are coaxially disposed at two opposite sides of the damper, and the two fourth rotating wheels are opposite to the damper in the unidirectional linkage. The fixed pulley is disposed at the position adjacent two third rotating wheels, and the steel rope is disposed in the fixed pulley and its two ends extend downward; one end of the two second chains is respectively disposed in the two fourth rotating wheels and extends upward from the position adjacent two fourth rotating wheels and connected with the two ends of the steel rope. The another end of the two second chains is respectively disposed in the two third rotating wheels and extends downward form the position adjacent two third rotating wheels and is connected with the two connectors, so that the damper and the two sliding seats show a linkage relationship. 
     With the innovative and unique design, the present invention is designed according to the prior art, and the structural design of each sliding chute is convenient for accurately and quickly arranging the sliding seat in the sliding chute, thereby reducing the working hours; furthermore each handle, each pedal, each sliding seat, the first linkage mechanism and the column are firstly connected correspondingly to form a complete and operable module, and then the module is mounted in the stand frame. At this time, it is only necessary to slightly adjust the relative tightness relationship between the connector and the second linking mechanism provided by each sliding seat, that is, to complete the assembly of the integral structure of the present invention, thereby avoiding the need for that the separate components of the conventional stepper are independently connected and assembled, and its swing arm structure must be constantly adjusted and collated during the assembly process, resulting in increased production costs. Furthermore, since the two sliding seats are disposed in the two sliding chutes provided in the column, the distance between the two sliding seats is effectively reduced, thereby shortening the distance between the two pedals connected to the two sliding seats, so that the space between the two pedals spanned by the two feet of the user can be reduced, to avoid the sports injuries caused by the conventional stepper, thereby providing a convenient and comfortable movement mode for the user. It is also possible to reduce the occupation width and the overall volume of the column-type combination climbing exercise machine. When the column-type combination climbing exercise machine is to be shipped, the occupied material volume can be reduced and the transportation cost can be reduced. The present invention is particularly practical and progressive. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a combined three-dimensional diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a decomposed three-dimensional diagram other than stand frame according to  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  is a partial sectional view according to  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is a sectional view of another side according to  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 5  is a sectional view of another view angle according to  FIG. 1 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 - FIG. 5  for the preferred embodiments of the column-type combination climbing exercise machine of the present invention, but the embodiments are for illustrative purposes only, and the patent application is not subject to the structure. The column-type combination climbing exercise machine includes: a stand frame  10 , its bottom end provided with a ground seat  11 ; a column  20  locked with the stand frame  10  through a locking component  30 ; two sliding chute  21 , respectively arranged at the opposite left and right sides of the column  20 ;?sliding seat  40 , two sliding seats  40  are correspondingly disposed in the two sliding chutes  21 , each of the sliding seats  40  is adjacent to its top thereof, and a handle  41  and a pedal  42  are respectively disposed at the two ends of the bottom; a first linkage mechanism  50  is connected with the two sliding seats  40  to form a mutually opposite lift-fall and linkage action; a damper  60  is assembled in the ground seat  11 ; two connectors  43  are respectively disposed in the two sliding seats  40 ; and a second linkage mechanism  70  makes the damper  60  and the two sliding seats  40  in a linkage relationship. 
     Said stand frame  10  is erected on the ground seat  11  at an oblique angle. 
     Said column  20  is of a hollow tubular structure, and one side of the column  20  extends outwards with two convex portions  22  in parallel with each other, and a containing groove  23  is formed between the two convex portions  22 , and the containing groove  23  of the column  20  is used for containing the stand frame  10 , and the column  20  is locked with the stand frame  10  through a locking component  30 . 
     The notch of each sliding chute  21  is disposed in the longitudinal direction along the column  20  and penetrates the top and the bottom end of the column  20  (as shown in  FIG. 1 ). Accordingly, since the handle  41  and the pedal  42  have been first mounted in the sliding seat  40 ; in the present invention, during that the sliding seat  40  is assembled to the sliding chute  21 , the handle  41  and the pedal  42  smoothly follow the notch of the sliding chute  21 , so that the sliding seat  40  is directly and accurately disposed in the sliding chute  21 , thereby avoiding the alignment mounting hole caused by that the sliding seat  40  is first mounted in the sliding chute  21  and then the handle  41  and the pedal  42  is mounted, so the present invention has the effect of reducing the working hours. Moreover, the notch width of the sliding chute  21  is smaller than the width of the chute (as shown in  FIG. 5 ), thereby avoiding that the sliding seat  40  is removed from the sliding chute  21 , and a closed structure is formed between the sliding seat  40  and the sliding chute  21 , so as to prevent the user&#39;s hand or other parts from jamming in the sliding chute  21 . 
     Said handle  41  and the pedal  42  are disposed at a position adjacent to the top and bottom of the sliding seat  40 , and protrude from the outside of the column  20  corresponding to the notch of each sliding chutes  21 ; and wherein each sliding seat  40  is provided with plural sliding pulleys  44  for that each sliding seat  40  is stably and limitedly disposed in each sliding chutes  21 , so that each sliding seat  40  smoothly slides up and down in each sliding chutes  21 . Furthermore, because the two sliding seats  40  are disposed in the two sliding chutes  21  provided in the column  20 , which effectively reduce the distance between the two sliding seats  40 , thereby reducing the occupied width of the column-type combination climbing exercise machine and its overall volume, when the column-type combination climbing exercise machine is shipped, it can reduce the occupied material volume and reduce the transportation cost. 
     Said first linkage mechanism  50  includes a first rotating wheel  51 , a second rotating wheel  52 , a first chain  53  and a second chain  54 . The first rotating wheel  51  and the second rotating wheel  52  are disposed at the top and bottom of the column  20  at the corresponding upper and lower interval. The first chain  53  is disposed in the first wheel  51 . The two ends of the first chain  53  are respectively extended downwards from the position adjacent to the first wheel  51  and disposed at the top of two sliding seats  40 . The second chain  54  is disposed in the second wheel  52 , and the two ends of the second chain  54  are respectively extended upwards from the position adjacent to the second wheel  52  and dispose at the bottom of two sliding seats  40 , so that the two sliding seats  40  form a mutually opposite lift-fall and linkage action to each other through the first linkage mechanism  50 . 
     In this example, the two connectors  43  are respectively disposed in the two sliding seats  40  and adjacent to the positions of each pedal  42 , and each connector  43  passes through the notch of the sliding chute  21  and extends toward the damper  60 . 
     The second linkage mechanism  70  includes two third rotating wheels  71 , two fourth rotating wheels  72 , a fixed pulley  73 , two third chains  74  and a steel rope  75 . The two third rotating wheels  71  are mutually spaced and coaxially disposed in a position of the stand frame  10  away from the damper  60 . The two fourth rotating wheels  72  are respectively and coaxially disposed at two opposite sides of the damper  60 , and the two fourth rotating wheels  72  are respectively and unidirectionally linked with respect to the damper  60 . The fixed pulley  73  is disposed at a position of the stand frame  10  adjacent to the second rotating wheel  71 , and the steel rope  75  is disposed in the fixed pulley  73  and its both ends extends downwards. One end of two third chains  74  are respectively disposed in two fourth rotating wheels  72 , extend upward from a position adjacent to two fourth rotating wheels  72  and are correspondingly connected to the two ends of the steel rope  75 . The another end of the two third chains  74  are respectively disposed in two second rotating wheels  71  and extend downward from the position adjacent to the two third rotating wheels  71  to be connected with the two connectors  43 , so that there is a linkage relationship between the damper  60  and the two sliding the seats  40 . 
     Furthermore, since each handles  41 , each pedal  42 , each sliding seat  40 , the first linkage mechanism  50  and the column  20  of the present invention have been firstly assembled and connected with each other to form a complete and operable module, and then the module is mounted in the stand frame  10 , and only the relative tightness between the connector  43  and the second linkage mechanism  70  provided by each sliding seat  40  is slightly adjusted, that is, the assembly of the integral structure of the present invention is completed. Therefore, it is avoided that the components of the conventional stepper should be separately connected and assembled, and the swing arm structure must be constantly adjusted and corrected during assembling, thereby causing an increase in production cost. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , in this example, the damper  60  is equipped with a speed changer  80  to control the damping strength of the damper  60 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 5 , in this example, there is an interval space  24  inside the column  20 . At least one locking component  30  extends through the stand frame  10  and the column  20  and protrudes into the interval space  24 . 
     With the above structural composition, the operation of the present invention will be described as follows: as shown in  FIG. 1 , the user steps up and down on the two pedals  42 , since the two sliding seats  40  are disposed in the two sliding chutes  21  provided in the column  20 , which can effectively reduce the distance between the two sliding seats  40 , thereby shorten the distance between the two pedals  42  dispose in the two sliding seats  40 , therefore, it can reduce the distance between the user&#39;s two feet across the two pedals  42 , so as to avoid the sports injuries caused by the conventional stepper, thereby provide a convenient and comfortable movement mode for the user.