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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1998
Nerio Alessandri, Longiano, IT;
Technogym S.r.l., Gambettola, IT;
Abstract
A load selector, in particular for an exercise machine in which a load to be used in an exercise is variable and is determined by a value of a sum of a plurality of weight elements which are associated, through related fastening elements, to a tugging element comprising a rod kinematically connected to appropriate connectors able to exert a force by a user; the weight elements can be stacked on top of one another and present corresponding holed portions able to define a channel for the rod, the rod presents, along its own longitudinal development, i.e., along a direction of development of the aforesaid channel, cross sections of alternatively differentiated value to define thereby a series of notches or tapers; the fastening elements comprise a plurality of coupling elements, positioned in correspondence with each of the weight elements, and movable between a first position in which they do not interact with the rod and a second position in which they do interact with the rod itself, in correspondence with one of the notches or tapers, for a determination of the load.