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Endless belt for treadmill

USPTO Application #: 20070167292
Title: Endless belt for treadmill
Abstract: A belt device includes one or more intermediate layers each having one or more conductive wires for reducing or for eliminating static electricity. The intermediate layers each includes a number of longitudinal fibers arranged parallel to the conductive wire, and/or includes a number of lateral fibers arranged parallel to the conductive wire. An outer peripheral layer may be attached onto the intermediate layer, or having the intermediate layer engaged into the outer peripheral layer, or an inner peripheral layer may be attached onto the intermediate layer, for allowing the intermediate layer to be disposed between the outer and the inner peripheral layers. (end of abstract)



Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire - New York, NY, US
Inventor: Hai Pin Kuo
USPTO Applicaton #: 20070167292 - Class: 482054000 (USPTO)

Related Patent Categories: Exercise Devices, Involving User Translation Or Physical Simulation Thereof, Treadmill For Foot Travel

Endless belt for treadmill description/claims


The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070167292, Endless belt for treadmill.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to an endless belt device for an exercise treadmill, and more particularly to an endless belt device for an exercise treadmill having a structure for reducing or eliminating static electricity.

[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art

[0004] Typical exercise treadmill comprise an endless belt device disposed on rollers to present a walking surface in an inclined plane for supporting a user thereon and for allowing the user to conduct walking or jogging exercises or the like.

[0005] For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,280,362 to Dalebout et al. discloses one of the typical exercise treadmills of the type used in gymnasiums, health clubs, and sanitaria to provide a controlled form of exercise within a confined indoor space, and the typical exercise treadmill also comprises an endless belt device disposed on a relatively large number of rollers that are disposed transversely in a supporting frame, for forming a walking surface in an inclined plane and for supporting a user thereon and for allowing the user to conduct various exercises.

[0006] Some of the electrical facilities may further be attached to the exercise treadmills for sensing or detecting or measuring the rotational or moving speed of the endless belt, and/or various information of the exercisers, such as the breath, the heart beat, or other health or body condition of the exercisers.

[0007] For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,062,632 to Dalebout et al. discloses one of the typical exercise treadmills having a microprocessor to generate signals and in order to control the exerciser.

[0008] However, the endless belt of the typical exercise treadmills are normally made of polymer materials, such as polyester, and may generate static electricity when the endless belt is moved or rotated around the rollers, and the static electricity may affect the sensing or detecting or measuring the rotational or moving speed of the endless belt or of the information of the exercisers.

[0009] The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional belt devices for exercise treadmills.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0010] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an endless belt device for attaching to an exercise treadmill and including a structure for reducing or eliminating static electricity and for allowing various information to be effectively sensed or detected or measured by the electrical facilities.

[0011] In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a belt device comprising at least one intermediate layer including at least one conductive wire engaged therein for reducing or for eliminating static electricity and for allowing various information to be effectively sensed or detected or measured by the electrical facilities.

[0012] The intermediate layer includes a number of longitudinal fibers arranged parallel to the conductive wire, and/or includes a number of lateral fibers arranged parallel to the conductive wire and alternatively interwoven with the longitudinal fibers for forming a woven or non-woven cloth type or structure.

[0013] An outer peripheral layer may further be provided and attached onto the intermediate layer, or having the intermediate layer engaged into the outer peripheral layer. An inner peripheral layer may further be provided and attached onto the intermediate layer.

[0014] Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] FIG. 1 is a partial plan and exploded view of an endless belt device in accordance with the present invention;

[0016] FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial cross sectional view of the endless belt device;

[0017] FIG. 3 is a partial plan schematic view illustrating an intermediate layer of the endless belt;

[0018] FIG. 4 is a partial side or end plan schematic view of the intermediate layer of the endless belt device,

[0019] FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial cross sectional view of the intermediate layer of the endless belt device;

[0020] FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial cross sectional view similar to FIG. 5, illustrating the other arrangement of the intermediate layer of the endless belt device;

[0021] FIG. 7 is an enlarged partial cross sectional view similar to FIGS. 5 and 6, illustrating the further arrangement of the intermediate layer of the endless belt device; and

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