LOAD SWITCHING DEVICE FOR SPORTS SIMULATOR Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A63B21/00 

FIELD: sports.

SUBSTANCE: device for switching the load for a sports simulator relates to the field of sports equipment and is intended for installation in a sports simulator for switching the load in the process of training and the harmonious development of the main groups of human muscles. Load switching device for a sports simulator contains a cargo stack with a load selection means placed in a housing pivotally mounted on the frame of the sports simulator and rigidly connected to the load lever. Cargo stop with a means of selecting goods is placed in the body, while the cargo foot is made in the form of a fan, formed by a set of metal plates stacked on top of each other, hinged to the housing and to the frame of the simulator with the help of brackets from one end through the holes in the metal plates, and from the other end each metal plate of the cargo foot contains protrusions for engagement, cargo and a shock absorber. Tool for selecting weights includes a guide link, a slider with a finger and a load switching handle, fixation elements in the form of combs rigidly fixed on the walls of the housing from the inside, and the fixation elements are installed in such a way that their grooves are facing the finger. Slider is made with the ability to move freely along the guide link, hinged from one end to the wall of the housing, and from the other – spring-loaded through a thrust by an elastic element located under the body cover. Load switching handle, rigidly fixed on the slider, is located in the longitudinal slot of the case, along the edge of which the divisions of the scale of control of the magnitude of the load are applied. Finger, designed to engage the goods for the protrusions of the metal plates of the cargo plate and fix them in the grooves of the dies, is rigidly fixed on the opposite side of the slide with respect to the load switching handle.

EFFECT: device reliability and ease of switching load for the user.

10 cl, 8 dwg