EP0201953A1 - Vorrichtung zum Verändern des Gewichts des Trägheitsmoments oder des Schwerpunktes von Ballschlägern - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Verändern des Gewichts des Trägheitsmoments oder des Schwerpunktes von Ballschlägern Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0201953A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: racket; interchangeable; intended; weight; elements
Prior art date: 1985-05-14
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

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EP19860200617

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Joris Van Raemdonck

Robert Frankish Scott

Jacques Reichling

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ETABLISSEMENTS DONNAY EN ABREGE: DONNAY, S.A.

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Donnay En Abrege Donnay Sa Ets

Donnay SA

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1985-05-14

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1986-04-14

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1986-11-20

1985-05-14 Priority claimed from BE0/215021A external-priority patent/BE902428A/fr

1986-04-14 Application filed by Donnay En Abrege Donnay Sa Ets, Donnay SA filed Critical Donnay En Abrege Donnay Sa Ets

1986-04-14 Priority to AT86200617T priority Critical patent/ATE70200T1/de

1986-11-20 Publication of EP0201953A1 publication Critical patent/EP0201953A1/de

1991-12-11 Application granted granted Critical

1991-12-11 Publication of EP0201953B1 publication Critical patent/EP0201953B1/de

2006-04-14 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B60/00—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
- A63B60/02—Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass

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the present invention relates to an assembly intended to modify the weight, the moment of inertia and / or the center of gravity of a tennis, squash racket or the like.
the object of the invention is to propose an arrangement which makes it possible to easily achieve the objective sought, i.e. the modification of the weight, the moment of inertia and / or the center of gravity without harming the structure of the frame of the racket or the handle thereof and allowing interchangeability of the elements which influence the technical performance of the racket without necessarily have to resort to the intervention of a qualified technician or a tradesman.
the assembly according to the invention comprises interchangeable weight elements designed to be locked in the cylindrical bodies passing through the frame of a racket and intended for the protection of the strings where these cross the frame of the racket.
the aforementioned cylindrical bodies belong to a grommet band.
the aforementioned cylindrical bodies are produced as female elements and the aforementioned interchangeable weight elements include studs produced in the form of male elements and, when use is made of a grommet band , the latter is at least locally modified to receive the interchangeable weight elements whose studs executed in the form of male elements have the form of longitudinal studs fitting into a longitudinal recess in the grommet band.
the interchangeable weight elements consist of a rubbery material in which a powdery metallic filler is incorporated.
the assembly intended to modify the weight, the moment of inertia and / or the center of gravity of a tennis, squash racket or the like is based, according to the appended figures, on the use of a pass band -wire mounted in a manner known per se in the outer peripheral groove of the frame of a racket.
the modified grommet band is introduced into the external peripheral groove of the frame of a racket at the point where it is desired to include interchangeable weight elements within the frame of the racket.
the frame of the racket is represented by the reference 1 and the external peripheral groove by the reference 2.
the grommet band modified to carry out the assembly according to the invention is designated by the general reference 3.
the grommet band has from place to place passages 4 (also called “gromets").
the strings pass through these passages 4, in the usual way, along the geometric axis of the hollow cylindrical body of the passage in question.
the grommet band 3 has a longitudinal recess forming an internal cavity 5 which ends in a flange 6, so that this part of the grommet band 3 constitutes a female element relative to the longitudinal post 7 which equips the face inside of an interchangeable weight element 8.
the longitudinal post 7 has on the one hand a flange 9 projecting outwards and a longitudinal recess 10.
the longitudinal recess 10 which extends in the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the interchangeable weight element 8 is provided in order to allow the free passage of a rope from a passage 4 to another passage 4 in the grommet band 3.
the internal recess 5 of the element female in which fits the longitudinal post 7, has a rounded base 11. The cord therefore extends between two passages 4 in the rounded base 11 of the internal recess 5 from a passage 4 to the next passage 4.
Reinforcement fins 12 are provided laterally on the grommet band in order to constitute a reinforcement of the grommet band.
the material of which the grommet band is made is a synthetic material of the type generally used for this purpose and offering sufficient strength so that the protruding flange 9 of the longitudinal post 7 of the interchangeable weight element can be introduced into the internal hollow 5 of the female element.
the material of which an interchangeable element is made is preferably a rubbery material in which a powdery metallic filler is incorporated.
the interchangeable element 8 can be metallic or made of metal and covered with synthetic material. It is important that the material, of which the interchangeable element 8 is made, allows the insertion of the studs 7 into the internal recesses 5 of the female element of the grommet band and remains therein under the effect of the "clipping".
the interchangeable weight element 8 has, in a cross section, an arcuate shape such that this interchangeable weight element 8 adapts perfectly to the transverse profile of the frame of the racket.
Figure 5 shows, in longitudinal section, the end of the handle 13 of a racket.
An interchangeable weight element 14 which has a generally cylindrical shape is screwed into a recess 15 formed in the axis of the handle 13 of the racket. This recess is carried out during the development of the handle of the racket itself.
the element 14 has a head 14 '. This enlarged head comes, in the completion position, to be placed substantially in the external terminal plane of the handle of the racket.
the interchangeable weight elements 8 could also be screwed into the corresponding passages 4 of the grommet band. It is moreover obvious that the invention is not limited to the form or number of the particular elements described in the context of the present patent application.

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Vibration Prevention Devices (AREA)

EP86200617A 1985-05-14 1986-04-14 Vorrichtung zum Verändern des Gewichts des Trägheitsmoments oder des Schwerpunktes von Ballschlägern Expired - Lifetime EP0201953B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT86200617T ATE70200T1 (de)	1985-05-14	1986-04-14	Vorrichtung zum veraendern des gewichts des traegheitsmoments oder des schwerpunktes von ballschlaegern.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
BE215021		1985-05-14
BE0/215021A BE902428A (fr)	1985-05-14	1985-05-14	Montage destine a modifier le poids, le moment d'inertie et/ou le centre de gravite d'une raquette.

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0201953A1 true EP0201953A1 (de)	1986-11-20
EP0201953B1 EP0201953B1 (de)	1991-12-11

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP86200617A Expired - Lifetime EP0201953B1 (de)	1985-05-14	1986-04-14	Vorrichtung zum Verändern des Gewichts des Trägheitsmoments oder des Schwerpunktes von Ballschlägern

Country Status (4)

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EP (1)	EP0201953B1 (de)
JP (1)	JPS6226083A (de)
AT (1)	ATE70200T1 (de)
DE (1)	DE3682817D1 (de)

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GB2194449A (en) *	1986-06-10	1988-03-09	Nippon Musical Instruments Mfg	A racket frame
US4889337A (en) *	1988-06-03	1989-12-26	Fin Sports Limited	Racquet shock absorbing device
US5054780A (en) *	1990-08-30	1991-10-08	Dennis Chen	Weight adjustable tennis racquet
EP0473184A1 (de) *	1990-08-31	1992-03-04	Wilson Sporting Goods Company	Squashschläger
GB2249964A (en) *	1990-11-21	1992-05-27	Jeffrey Liu	An improved racket head protective strip
GB2252504A (en) *	1991-02-06	1992-08-12	Jeffery Liu	A means for adjusting racket gravity center
GB2252914A (en) *	1991-02-21	1992-08-26	Jeffrey Liu	A protective strip for a racket
WO2002053236A1 (fr) *	2000-12-27	2002-07-11	Koji Okamoto	Masse supplementaire pour extremite de poignee et structure de poids supplementaire pour extremite de poignee
US6935975B2 (en)	2003-04-10	2005-08-30	Wilson Sporting Goods Co.	Racquet with channeled handle for receiving racquet string
GB2490951A (en) *	2011-05-19	2012-11-21	Dunlop Slazenger Internat Ltd	A grommet with an outer rim cover for a string

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US2004609A (en) *	1932-03-21	1935-06-11	Johnston Harry	Tennis racket
FR1585582A (de) *	1968-01-26	1970-01-23
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FR2350118A1 (fr) *	1976-05-05	1977-12-02	Lafourcade Paul	Raquette pour jeu de balles a caracteristiques reglables
DE2751171A1 (de) *	1977-11-16	1979-05-17	Reppert Ruediger Lothar Von Di	Schlaeger fuer ballspiele mit erhoehter schwung- und schlagkraft
EP0166561A2 (de) *	1984-06-22	1986-01-02	Dunlop Limited	Sportschläger

1986
- 1986-04-14 DE DE8686200617T patent/DE3682817D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1986-04-14 EP EP86200617A patent/EP0201953B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-04-14 AT AT86200617T patent/ATE70200T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1986-05-13 JP JP61109358A patent/JPS6226083A/ja active Pending

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US2004609A (en) *	1932-03-21	1935-06-11	Johnston Harry	Tennis racket
FR1585582A (de) *	1968-01-26	1970-01-23
US3642283A (en) *	1970-02-02	1972-02-15	Howard John Wilkens	Magnesium tennis racket with weighted throat piece
FR2350118A1 (fr) *	1976-05-05	1977-12-02	Lafourcade Paul	Raquette pour jeu de balles a caracteristiques reglables
DE2751171A1 (de) *	1977-11-16	1979-05-17	Reppert Ruediger Lothar Von Di	Schlaeger fuer ballspiele mit erhoehter schwung- und schlagkraft
EP0166561A2 (de) *	1984-06-22	1986-01-02	Dunlop Limited	Sportschläger

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GB2194449A (en) *	1986-06-10	1988-03-09	Nippon Musical Instruments Mfg	A racket frame
GB2194449B (en) *	1986-06-10	1989-12-20	Nippon Musical Instruments Mfg	A racket frame
US4889337A (en) *	1988-06-03	1989-12-26	Fin Sports Limited	Racquet shock absorbing device
US5054780A (en) *	1990-08-30	1991-10-08	Dennis Chen	Weight adjustable tennis racquet
EP0473184A1 (de) *	1990-08-31	1992-03-04	Wilson Sporting Goods Company	Squashschläger
GB2249964A (en) *	1990-11-21	1992-05-27	Jeffrey Liu	An improved racket head protective strip
GB2252504A (en) *	1991-02-06	1992-08-12	Jeffery Liu	A means for adjusting racket gravity center
GB2252914A (en) *	1991-02-21	1992-08-26	Jeffrey Liu	A protective strip for a racket
WO2002053236A1 (fr) *	2000-12-27	2002-07-11	Koji Okamoto	Masse supplementaire pour extremite de poignee et structure de poids supplementaire pour extremite de poignee
US6935975B2 (en)	2003-04-10	2005-08-30	Wilson Sporting Goods Co.	Racquet with channeled handle for receiving racquet string
GB2490951A (en) *	2011-05-19	2012-11-21	Dunlop Slazenger Internat Ltd	A grommet with an outer rim cover for a string

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DE3682817D1 (de)	1992-01-23
EP0201953B1 (de)	1991-12-11
ATE70200T1 (de)	1991-12-15
JPS6226083A (ja)	1987-02-04

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