Racket-stringing machine
AssigneeChethan Yadav
InventorChethan Yadav
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Abstract
A device is provided for stringing a racket having a racket frame with holes in the racket frame. The device includes a frame and a cradle rotationally coupled to the frame and configured to mechanically secure the racket via the racket frame. The device also includes multiple elements coupled to at least one of the frame and cradle, including a grasping element configured to engage a string and modify the position and/or tension of the string, a clamp configured to engage the string and maintain the position and tension of the string, an imagining device, and a processor, the processor capable of receiving information from the imaging device indicative of a racket position, hole position, and/or string position, and providing instructions for operating the grasping element, clamp, and/or cradle.
Claims22
A device for stringing a racket having a racket frame comprising holes, the device comprising:
- a frame;
- a cradle rotationally coupled to the frame and configured to mechanically secure the racket via the racket frame;
- a grasping element coupled to at least one of the frame and cradle and configured to engage a string and modify the position and/or tension of the string;
- a clamp coupled to at least one of the frame and cradle and configured to engage the string and maintain the position and tension of the string;
- an imaging device;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive information from the imaging device indicative of a racket position, hole position, and/or string position;
- and
- provide instructions for operating the grasping element, clamp, and/or cradle.
A method for stringing a racket comprising:
- securing the racket;
- gathering, via an imaging device, information regarding the racket;
- processing said information via a processor;
- providing, from the processor, instructions for causing the following steps to be carried out:
- feeding a string through a hole in the racket;
- tensioning the string;
- and
- clamping the tensioned string.
A method of identifying and stringing a racket, comprising:
- gathering, via a camera, visual information regarding the racket;
- accessing, via a processor operatively connected to the camera, a database comprising information associated with a plurality of rackets;
- comparing the gathered visual information with the database information;
- and
- determining, based on the comparison, a stringing parameter of the racket,
- wherein said stringing parameter comprises at least one of a racket size, racket type, string layout, hole layout, recommended string size, and/or recommended string tension.
A method for securing a string within a racket, comprising:
- providing a string having a mechanical stop on a first end;
- routing a second end of the string through a first hole;
- routing the second end of the string through a second hole;
- tensioning the string such that the mechanical stop abuts the first hole;
- and
- securing the second end of the string via at least one of mechanically tying, heating, melting, ultrasonic welding, gluing, epoxying, and/or mechanically coupling an anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.