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(11) EP 0 284 318 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.12.1988 Bulletin 1988/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.09.1988 Bulletin 1988/39

(21) Application number: 88302436

(22) Date of filing: 21.03.1988
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 24.03.1987 GB 8706896
24.03.1987 GB 8706897
25.07.1987 GB 8717681

(71) Applicant: Utec B.V.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Evans, Harold R. Milford Tabor Drive
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  • Harrod, Ronald
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(54) Exercise apparatus


(57) An exercise apparatus comprises a track system (11, 12) with a weight carriage (13) movable up and down the track system (11, 12) by means of a flexible tape (14) which is connected between the carriage (13) and a user engagement element such as a foot strap. The tape (14) extends over a guide system (15) so that, when the carriage (13) is pulled upwardly, a resistance is afforded dependent on the weight of the carriage (13) as amplified in its effect by the degree of deflection of the flexible tape (14) through the guide system (15).







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