Measuring and testing – Muscular force
Patent
1981-06-11
1984-01-17
Ruehl, Charles A.
Measuring and testing
Muscular force
73821, 272 67, G01L 502
Patent
active
044257970
ABSTRACT:
A wrist or arm wrestling-type game system wherein the player tests or measures his strength by crushing one, two, or more cans, for example aluminum, beer-type cans within a measured time period. The can (or cans) to be crushed is (are) set upon a platform incorporated in the body of the strength testing game device. The player then inserts a coin in a slot (if the device is designed to be coin operated). places his elbow upon a resting pad, grasps a handle and pulls the handle down to drive a mechanical (or hydraulic) system to crush the cans. The handle pulls a cable which is run through a series of pulleys and which is attached (in a first embodiment) to a strongback. The strongback crushes the can against the platform. One of the pulleys through which the cable has been run can be attached to a spring pressure cylinder which measures the force exerted by the player when crushing the can. The placement of the player's elbow upon the elbow pad activates a start switch which in turn activates a timer. The force required to crush the can(s) together with the time required to crush the can are preferrably displayed in the strength testing game system. The strength testing game device is portable, can be placed upon any essentially horizontal surface, for example a bar, and can be secured to the horizontal surface.
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Crusher Corporation
Ruehl Charles A.
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