Patent ID: 6840892

Claim:
A recuperating machine comprising: a bottom base: a machine body having a frame slightly inclining rearwards to said bottom base, said frame pivotally connected with a front end of said bottom base; a grip supporting shaft provided near an upper end of said frame: a pair of grips fixed with two ends of said grip supporting shaft and respectively extending to two opposite sides of said machine body, capable of being manually swung around; a pedal-supporting shaft fixed near a bottom end of said frame; a pair of pedal rods respectively fixed at two ends of said pedal supporting shaft and extending to two opposite sides of said machine body; a pedal connected respectively with an outer end of each of said pedal rods; a force-resisting rod provided on said frame; a force-resisting device fixed on an intermediate portion of said force-resisting rod; a belt wheel respectively provided on said grip supporting shaft, said pedal supporting shaft rotating together with said grip supporting shaft and said force-resisting rod; a first belt wheel and a second belt wheel respectively provided on two ends of said pedal supporting shaft, said first belt wheel and said belt wheel of said grip supporting shaft connected together by a belt, said second belt wheel rotating together with said belt wheel of said force-resisting rod; a one-way bearing provided between said pedal-supporting shaft and said first belt wheel; and a first mode of manual rotation of said grips is selectable by a user by holding and rotating said grips with two hands and with two feet only stepping on said pedals if the user does not have strength on the feet and legs, a second mode of pedaling said pedals is selected by a user with the feet and hands only holding but not rotating said grips if the user has some strength on the feet so as to directly exercise the feet for recuperating.