Handle with air conditioning system for racket, paddle or tool

A striking device comprising a head portion for striking an object or surface and an elongate handgrip connected to said head portion, said handgrip including:

• an elongate exterior shell having a central longitudinal axis, having a plurality of evenly distributed air holes for ventilation purposes and to firmly secure the user's grip thereof, and defining an elongate ventilation chamber, said air holes extending between said ventilation chamber and an exterior surface of said shell;
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• an air scoop section connected to a head end of said shell and forming two air inlets on opposite sides of said handgrip and on opposite sides of a central longitudinal plane, each air inlet opening into a respective air passage connected to said ventilation chamber at the head thereof, said air scoop section including a partition separating the two air inlets and the air passages and terminating at a thin partition edge at said ventilation chamber, said partition having airflow directing surfaces on opposite sides thereof which are gently concavely curved as seen in longitudinal cross-section and which, during use of and movement of said striking device, can direct outside air in a longitudinal direction of said handgrip into said ventilation chamber, each airflow directing surface having a substantially planar central section which slopes at an acute angle to said central longitudinal plane when said central section is viewed in transverse cross-section of the air scoop section, wherein the two air passages are connected by the ventilation chamber in such a manner that, when outside air enters one of said air inlets during use of the striking device, air is concurrently sucked out of the other air inlet helping to cool the handgrip.

A hitting device for a game such as table tennis, platform tennis, or paddle ball, said paddle device having a relatively wide and substantially flat head portion extending in a first plane and an elongate, hollow handgrip connected to said head portion and having a central longitudinal axis, said handgrip comprising:

• an elongate, exterior shell extending lengthwise along said central longitudinal axis, having a plurality of air holes for ventilation purposes as well as to secure the user's hand gripping ability therein distributed over an exterior surface thereof, and forming and surrounding an elongate ventilation chamber, said air holes extending between said ventilation chamber and said exterior surface;
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• an air scoop section extending between and rigidly connected to one end of said shell and to said head portion and forming two air inlets on opposite sides of the handgrip and on opposite sides of a central longitudinal plane which is substantially coplanar with said first plane, said air scoop section also forming two airpassages connected to said ventilation chamber and extending between a respective one of said air inlets and said ventilation chamber, said air scoop section including a partition separating said air passages, terminating at a thin partition edge at said ventilation chamber, and having airflow directing surfaces on opposite sides thereof which are gently curved as seen in longitudinal cross-section and which direct outside air into said ventilation chamber during use of the device, each airflow directing surface having a substantially planar central section which slopes at an acute angle to said central longitudinal plane when said central section is viewed in transverse cross-section of the air scoop section, wherein the two air passages are connected by the ventilation chamber in such a manner that when outside air enters one of said inlets during use of the hitting device, air is concurrently sucked out of the other air inlet helping to cool the handgrip.