Chest expander
The present invention relates to a chest expander including a head, two operating arms of which upper end portions are coupled to the head using rotating shafts, and at least one gas spring disposed between and coupled to the two operating arms by a lower end of the gas spring being rotatably coupled to one operating arm and an upper end of the gas spring being coupled to an upper portion of the other operating arm, wherein a moving hole extending in an arc shape about the lower end of the gas spring is formed in the upper portion of the operating arm, a slider is provided to movably support the upper end of the gas spring along the moving hole, and the slider includes a stopper which fixes the slider.
1. A chest expander comprising:
a head;
two operating arms whose upper end portions are coupled to the head using rotating shafts and which move toward or away from each other;
at least one gas spring, disposed between and coupled to the two operating arms, having a lower end rotatably connected to one operating arm and an upper end rotatably connected to the other operating arm, the upper end being connected to a moving hole formed in the upper portion of the other operating arm, wherein coupling teeth are formed along a longitudinal inner surface of the moving hole; and
a slider coupled to the upper end of the at least one gas spring and configured to adjust a position of upper end of the at least one gas spring by moving along the moving hole, the slider comprising:
a slider body connected to the upper end of the at least one gas spring through a coupling shaft, the slider body including a first body and a second body which are disposed on both side surfaces of the upper portion of the operating arm, respectively, and coupled to each other with the moving hole interposed therebetween; and
a stopper having a shaft shape, movably disposed between and supported by the first body and the second body, and configured to engage with the moving hole to fix the upper end of the at least one gas spring at an adjusted position, the stopper including engaging teeth protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the stopper and engageable with the coupling teeth, wherein:
the stopper is movable between an engaging position at which the engaging teeth engage with the coupling teeth to fix the slider at the adjusted position and a release position at which the engaging teeth escape from the coupling teeth to allow the slider to move along the moving hole; and
the stopper is movable in an axial direction intersecting the moving hole such that the engaging teeth are disposed in the moving hole at the engaging position and escape from the moving hole at the release position.
2. The chest expander of claim 1 , further comprising a support spring which presses the stopper toward the engaging position such that the engaging teeth of the stopper remain engaged with the coupling teeth in the moving hole at the engaging position.
3. The chest expander of claim 2 , further comprising:
an accommodation groove formed in an inner surface of the first body, and configured to accommodate the engaging teeth of the stopper at the release position.
4. The chest expander of claim 2 , wherein:
the stopper extends outward from the second body;
a flange is formed at an upper end of the stopper; and
the support spring is interposed between the flange and the second body.
5. The chest expander of claim 1 , wherein:
tooth parts are formed on outer circumferential surfaces of the upper end portions of the two operating arms; and
the two operating arms are coupled to the head such that the tooth parts are rotatably engaged with each other.
6. The chest expander of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one gas spring includes two gas springs; and
the two gas springs are alternately disposed on a front surface and a rear surface of the two operating arms.
7. The chest expander of claim 1 , wherein the slider body further includes a moving guide disposed in the moving hole and having a smooth surface on a side surface facing the coupling teeth of the moving hole.