Exercise treadmill with grooved roller

Details Exercise treadmill with grooved roller Exercise treadmill with grooved roller

1994-06-10

1995-07-11

Crow, Stephen R.

Exercise devices

Involving user translation or physical simulation thereof

Treadmill for foot travel

A63B 2306

Patent

active

054316138

ABSTRACT:
A treadmill which includes a generally rectangular frame defining a walking plane, said frame having laterally disposed parallel trending side rails (18); a drive roller, said drive roller having walls defining a hollow cylinder; a free roller (10), said free roller (10) having walls defining a hollow cylinder, the walls of said drive and said free rollers (10) each having an annular groove (38) in the outer walls (36) thereof, the groove (38) located closer to an end of said rollers (10) than the longitudinal center line of said frame; shaft (12) for mounting said rollers (10) between said rails (18) and in generally perpendicular relation; an endless belt (20) of flexible material having an outer walking surface and an inner surface, the inner surface having an inwardly projecting alignment ridge (44) mating with said grooves (38) of said rollers (10) to allow a substantially flush fit of said rollers (10) against said belt (20) and to prevent said endless belt (20) from wandering on said rollers (10).

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patent: 152628 (1874-06-01), Greaves
patent: 3082858 (1963-03-01), King
patent: 3554541 (1971-01-01), Seaman
patent: 3980174 (1976-09-01), Conrad
patent: 4008801 (1977-02-01), Reilly et al.
patent: 5320589 (1994-06-01), Singleton et al.

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