Bearing for an ergometer having a vibration unit, and use thereof in a vibratory ergometer for the upper and lower extremities

An ergometer, comprising:

• at least one pedal device for a user, and having a vibration unit;
• wherein a bearing of the pedal device is mounted so as to be pivotable about a horizontal swivel axle,
• wherein the vibration unit has at least one main shaft which is driven directly or indirectly by a motor and which has an eccentric disk fastened thereto, wherein the eccentric disk is rotatably coupled to a con rod, and
• wherein the vibration unit is disposed below the bearing, and wherein the con rod head is coupled directly to the bearing and wherein the con rod solely and without any further guide supports substantially the entire load directed vertically downward on the bearing,
• or wherein the bearing of the pedal device is mounted in a vertical linear guide having a linear slide, wherein the linear slide at the top is fixedly connected to the bearing, and at the bottom is connected to the con rod head.

An ergometer, comprising:

• at least one pedal device for a user, and having a vibration unit;
• wherein a bearing of the pedal device is mounted so as to be pivotable about a horizontal swivel axle,
• wherein the vibration unit has at least one main shaft which is driven directly or indirectly by a motor and which has an eccentric disk fastened thereto, wherein the eccentric disk is rotatably coupled to a con rod, and
• wherein the con rod by way of a con rod head disposed opposite one of the eccentric disk thereof transmits the vibrations to the bearing of the pedal device such that the vibrations bear on this bearing substantially exclusively in a vertical direction.