Centrifugal resistance device for stationary bicycle trainer
OwnerKenneth Haan, Cal M. Phillipsinventors
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Abstract
A centrifugal resistance device for stationary exercise apparatus that is operatively associated with a rotatable shaft; the centrifugal resistance device comprises a slotted ring, braking material and a fixed cover means; the slots of the slotted ring house friction material that is free to move radially and act frictionally against the fixed cover means positioned about the slotted ring, the fixed cover means is fashioned by those skilled in the art as to act also as a heat dissipating means; tension is varied by increasing or decreasing the RPMs of the rotatable axle.
Claims10
A centrifugal tensioning device for a stationary exercise apparatus, comprising:
- a support stand, rotatably mounted on said stand about an axis;
- a fixed cover means having a portion surrounding and radially spaced apart from said rotatable member with respect to said axis;
- means for transferring exercise generated, rotary power to said rotatable member, and
- at least one braking means movably mounted on said member to move radially with respect to said axis for generating a braking force by frictionally engaging said surrounding and radially spaced apart portion of said cover means.
A centrifugal tensioning device for an exercise apparatus, comprising:
- a support stand rotatably mounted on said stand for rotating in response to exercise, the rotational speed of said member being dependent upon a rate of exercise;
- a fixed cover means adjacent to an outer edge of said rotatable member, and
- at least one braking means slidably moveable within a radially oriented opening in said member for moving radially with respect to the axis of rotation of said member and generating a braking force by frictionally engaging said cover means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.