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Skating/skiing simulator with ergometric input-responsive resistance

  • US 5,328,427 A
  • Filed: 11/15/1993
  • Issued: 07/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A skating/skiing simulator with ergometric variable input-responsive resistance comprising:

  • a monorail mounted horizontally and supported in a middle portion by middle supports and at each of two ends of the monorail by telescoping end supports;

    a pair of foot pads each attached atop a roller carriage with rollers rolling along the monorail;

    a rotatable shaft attached to one of the end supports perpendicular to the monorail, wherein an ergometric input-responsive variable resistance means is attached to the rotatable shaft;

    a first cable wound around the rotatable shaft extends from the rotatable shaft over a pulley at the opposite end support and back to the foot pad adjacent to the rotatable shaft;

    a second cable wound around the rotatable shaft extends from the rotatable shaft to the other foot pad;

    wherein both cables are wound around spring-loaded retractable one-way clutch drivers around the rotating shaft so that the cables rewind after being pulled;

    a detachable front hand rail with sliding hand grips mounted along a front side of the monorail;

    a performance monitor mounted on the front hand rail which performance monitor indicates user work output information sensed, interpreted, and displayed by an electronic microprocessor.

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