Vibratory apparatus of exercise

Abstract

A vibratory exercise apparatus capable of providing sufficient vertical movement force is provided that adopts a structure of a bobbin coil connected with a vibration plate employed in a magnetic gap of a magnetic circuit using a permanent magnet that can generate a strong magnetic force, thereby providing sufficient vertical movement force to the vibration plate for vibratory exercise.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A vibratory exercise apparatus comprising:
 a vertical vibrator including
 lower and upper magnets which are disposed at a predetermined distance so that mutually magnetic poles oppose each other, for generating a non-alternating magnetic field; 
 a first yoke integrally having a loop-type circulating circuit portion extended from a lower surface of the lower magnet to an upper surface of the upper magnet and an extension portion which is extended perpendicularly upwards at a constant gap from the lower-inner circumferential surface of the lower magnet; 
 a second yoke which connects between the lower and upper magnets and whose inner circumferential surface forms a magnetic gap between the second yoke and the extension portion of the first yoke; 
 a driving coil which generates an alternating magnetic field when an electrical driving signal is applied, and that is disposed in the magnetic gap so as to be displaced up and down according to a mutual action with the non-alternating magnetic field generated from the lower and upper magnets; 
 and a cylindrical bobbin around the cylindrical portion of which the driving coil is wound; 
 
 a joint whose one end is coupled with the upper portion of the bobbin; 
 a vibration plate which is coupled with the other end of the joint; 
 a base on one surface of which the vertical vibrator is installed; 
 a guide, both ends of which are connected with the vibration plate, respectively, and which guides vertical movement of the vibration plate; and 
 a vibration absorption unit which limits a range of movement of the vibration plate when the vibration plate moves vertically, and absorbs impact when the vibration plate descends. 
 
     
     
       2. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising: a bobbin guide which is installed at the center of the first yoke; and a bobbin guide rod which is reciprocally movably coupled with the bobbin guide and whose one end is coupled with the upper portion of a bobbin. 
     
     
       3. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the guide comprises a number of guide bearings which are installed in the base; and a guide rod whose one end is installed in the vibration plate and whose other end is coupled with the guide bearings. 
     
     
       4. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the lower and upper magnets are disposed so that N poles oppose each other, respectively, and are formed of a number of divided discs made of Neodymium (Nd). 
     
     
       5. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising: a manipulator for setting an operational condition of the vertical vibrator;
 a signal generator for generating a driving signal for the coil of the vertical vibrator; and 
 a controller which drives the signal generator according to the operational condition set via the manipulator, and displays a driving state of the signal generator on a display. 
 
     
     
       6. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 5 , further comprising: an object sensor which detects whether or not an object exists on the vibration plate, wherein the controller stops driving of the vertical vibrator if it determines that the object disappears from the vibration plate via the object sensor during driving of the vertical vibrator. 
     
     
       7. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 5 , further comprising: a load sensor which is installed in the vibration plate, for detecting a load, wherein the controller detects the weight of the object loaded on the vibration plate via the load sensor, to thereby drive the vertical vibrator with the number of vibrations and a vibration width appropriate for the detected load. 
     
     
       8. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising: a frame on one side of the lower end of which the base is installed. 
     
     
       9. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 8 , further comprising: a display which is installed in the upper end of the frame, for displaying an operational state. 
     
     
       10. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 8 , further comprising: an infrared ray generator which is installed in the direction toward the vibration plate, for generating an infrared ray. 
     
     
       11. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the joint has a structure of transferring only a force of the vertical direction among the force components of the load applied via the vibration plate to the bobbin. 
     
     
       12. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the guide comprises a number of guide units which are positioned symmetrically around the vertical vibrator. 
     
     
       13. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to claim  2 , further comprising a heat radiation pipe which is installed between the bobbin guide and the extension portion of the first yoke and which discharges heat generated by the coil, the upper and lower magnets, and the first and second yokes by an air cooling method. 
     
     
       14. The vibratory exercise apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the lower and upper magnets are disposed so that N poles oppose each other, respectively, the second yoke forms an S pole, the first yoke forms an N pole, and the second yoke is surrounded by the loop type circulation circuit portion of the first yoke and the lower magnet and the upper magnet so that leakage of the magnetic flux is suppressed from the second yoke. 
     
     
       15. A vibrator comprising:
 an upper magnet;   a lower magnet located below the upper magnet and positioned so that a magnetic pole of the upper magnet and a magnetic pole of the lower magnet face each other and have the same polarity relative to one another;   a first member extending from a bottom surface of the upper magnet to a top surface of the lower magnet, the first member comprising a first surface;   a second member extending from a bottom surface of the lower magnet upward along the first surface of the first member and comprising a second surface, the second surface facing the first surface, extending substantially parallel to the first surface, and forming a gap between the first surface and the second surface; and   circuitry disposed in the gap and configured to change a position of the circuitry within the gap when conducting an alternating electrical current.   
     
     
       16. The vibrator of claim 15 wherein the first member comprises a first yoke and the second member comprises a second yoke. 
     
     
       17. The vibrator of claim 15 wherein the circuitry comprises a coil. 
     
     
       18. The vibrator of claim 15 further comprising a third member extending from the bottom surface of the lower magnet to the top surface of the upper magnet and extending adjacent to a third surface of the first member, the third surface of the first member opposing the first surface of the first member. 
     
     
       19. The vibrator of claim 18 wherein the third member is configured to channel magnetic flux from the upper magnet to the second member and the second member is configured to channel magnetic flux from the third member to the gap and from the lower magnet to the gap. 
     
     
       20. The vibrator of claim 18 wherein the third member circumscribes the first member. 
     
     
       21. The vibrator of claim 15 wherein the second member is configured to channel magnetic flux from the lower magnet to the gap. 
     
     
       22. The vibrator of claim 15 wherein the gap, upper magnet, lower magnet, first member, and second member are annular. 
     
     
       23. The vibrator of claim 22 wherein the circuitry comprises a coil and wherein the gap, upper magnet, lower magnet, first member, second member, and coil are coaxial and the upper magnet, lower magnet, and first member circumscribe the coil. 
     
     
       24. The vibrator of claim 15 wherein the first surface is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the upper magnet and to the top surface of the lower magnet. 
     
     
       25. The vibrator of claim 15 wherein the circuitry comprises a coil and the first surface is positioned outside of the coil and the second member is positioned inside the coil. 
     
     
       26. The vibrator of claim 15 wherein the second member extends along an entirety of the first surface and extends along at least a portion of a lateral surface of the upper magnet. 
     
     
       27. A vibrator comprising:
 a magnetic circuit comprising:
 a first magnet comprising a first pole and a second pole, the first and second poles having opposite polarities relative to one another; 
 a second magnet comprising a first pole and a second pole, the first and second poles having opposite polarities relative to one another; 
 a first member coupling the first pole of the first magnet and the first pole of the second magnet; 
 a second member coupling the second pole of the first magnet and the second pole of the second magnet; and 
 a third member coupled to the first pole of the first magnet and positioned to form a gap between the third member and the second member; and 
   circuitry disposed in the gap and configured to change a position of the circuitry within the gap when conducting an alternating electrical current.   
     
     
       28. The vibrator of claim 27 wherein the first pole of the first magnet and the first pole of the second magnet are not coupled together by the third member. 
     
     
       29. The vibrator of claim 27 wherein the upper magnet comprises a P-type magnet, the lower magnet comprises an F-type magnet, and the magnetic pole of the upper magnet and the magnetic pole of the lower magnet are both south poles. 
     
     
       30. The vibrator of claim 27 wherein a magnetic moment of the upper magnet and a magnetic moment of the lower magnet have substantially the same magnitude.