Patent · US Expired

Device for changing the moving direction of a flat rectangular sheetlike product

US6098978A · kind A · utility

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8References

24Claims

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Assignee

GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Detlef Bielefeld · Munich, DE
Ulrich Mylaeus · Munich, DE
Bernhard Kistner · Pöcking, DE
Wilhelm Hell · Mering, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 13, 1999
Grant date	Aug 8, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2701/1912
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A resistance device for use in an exercising apparatus having a plurality of resistance elements, a force transmission device and a resistance adjusting device. Through the force transmission device, a user can apply an exercise force to the resistance elements which in general provide a resisting force derived from atmospheric pressure. For adjusting the total resistance, the user may operate the resistance adjusting device to determine which resistance element(s) is(are) enabled to adjust the level of resisting force.

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