FI95874C - Hockey goalie racket - Google Patents

Description

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HOCKEY RACKET RACKET

The invention relates to a racket 10 for use in hockey games, having a spreading part formed on the shaft and a blade part extending at a suitable angle as a continuation thereof.

Existing goalie rackets are made so that the shaft part is either solid wood, multilayer plywood or solid wood or plywood reinforced with reinforced plastic. The spreading part is made either of solid wood reinforced with reinforced plastic or, for example, of polyurethane plastic reinforced with reinforced plastic. The blade is made of either solid wood, veneer, wear-resistant plastic such as ABS or polyurethane plastic and all 20 of the above blades are reinforced with reinforced plastic.

The disadvantages of structures such as those described above are, in particular, the insufficient strength of the spreading and shoulder part and the excessive weight of the racket. If a lot of wood is used in the racket, the tu-25 will have large differences in game characteristics, durability and weight due to the inherent properties of the wood.

The present invention significantly eliminates the disadvantages described above while improving game features in many ways.

The invention is characterized by what is stated in the characterizing parts of the claims.

The advantage of the invention is that the racket is further lightened, its damping properties are improved, the vibration caused by the disc is better, and there is damping when the disc bounces.

The impact and abrasion resistance is increased by the material used in the spreading and shoulder parts and by its presence mainly in the form of a cell or as stiffening ribs inside the structure.

In the following, the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a side view of the racket.

Figure 2 shows cross-sections of the shaft.

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Figure 3 shows sections of the spreading part and the blade part.

Figure 4 shows a side view of the component of the spreading and shoulder part.

Figure 5 shows asymmetrical cross-sectional shapes.

Figure 1 is a side view of the racket and the locations of the sectional views are shown. Figure 2 shows a cross-section of the shaft both made of solid wood 2 and covered with veneer 1 and 10 alternatively made of reinforced plastic composite 3, whereby the inner tube 4 is hollow. The latter structure achieves the lightest result.

Figure 3 is a cross-section of the beginning of the spreading part, section B-B, the arm being inside the spreading part. The frame of the spreading part is two interconnected halves 6 made of ABS plastic, between which a space is formed on the shaft. The spreading part is coated by pressing reinforcement plastic layers 5 on the surface of the racket. The space described by the number 4 is a hollow structure.

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Section C-C is at the point where the shaft is no longer inside and the spreading part is somewhat flattened. The cross-section shows the stiffener ribs 9, which are aligned in both halves when connected together.

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Section C-C is from the shoulder portion, where the body 8 is still made of ABS plastic. The blade has narrowed to almost uniform thickness, containing hollow longitudinal spaces 4. In all the above-mentioned cuts, the corresponding body parts are coated by pressing 30 layers of reinforced plastic on their surface.

Figure 4 shows a body half with a spreading part 6 and a blade part 8 together. However, the spreading part is molded from ABS plastic separately, as is the shoulder part, and they are glued together into a half-joint. They can, of course, also be molded from plastic into one piece.

The spreading part 6 has mainly longitudinal stiffeners 7 and 9 and a diagonal bar 11 in the middle. The blade part 8 has only 3 95874 longitudinal stiffeners 12.

The two halves of Figure 4, which are mirror images of each other, are preferably glued together to form a racket body. In gluing, the rigid teas inside the body are also glued together. Instead of gluing, plastic welding can also be used.

Figure 5 shows some asymmetrical cross-sectional dimensions that are possible at sections B, C and D.

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When a relatively large amount of hollow honeycomb kennel enters the body of the racket, the racket becomes considerably lighter than at present, allowing the goalkeeper to react better with the racket. Manufacturing is also made easy for the body by using die casting.

20 The material can be a synthetic raw material instead of ABS plastic.

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Claims (5)

95874 5 A goalie's racket for use in hockey or a similar game, comprising a shaft, a honeycomb spreading part (6) connected to the shaft and a honeycomb blade (8) extending thereto, characterized in that the spreading part and the blade 10 consist of substantially determines the appearance of the racket, said halves including stiffener ribs within both the spreading portion and the shoulder portion, and having a layer of reinforced plastic on the surface of the spreading and shoulder portion. 15 A racket according to claim 1, characterized in that the spreading and blade part has their own separate side halves and the spreading and blade part are overlapped when they are joined together. 20 A racket according to claim 1, characterized in that the half to be joined comprises both a spreading part and a blade part. Racket according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the stiffeners · * in the halves are aligned and connected to one another. Racket 30 according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the cross section of the spreading or blade part is asymmetrical. • · '* I. k 35 95874