WORLD’S FIRST AND ONLY TREADMILL WITH REAR-ROLLER DRIVE AND VARIABLE SOFT DECK

FEATURES

Two exclusive features of  this treadmill are its Rear Roller Drive and its Variable Soft Deck with optical feedback control.

Rear Roller Drive

The rear roller drive consists of a motor suspeneded in a 5 inch roller.  The advantages of a rear roller drive are:

(1)  Requires substantially less belt tension as it is pulling the exerciser rather than pushing, which improves belt life and tracking.

(2) Smaller footprint.

(3) No shroud to get in the way of the runner’s foot.

A quote from Health and Fitness Business News, Magazine, describes an attempt by one of our competitors who is trying to match our design: “One of  the main benefits of this advancement is the ability to house the motor, belts and pulleys in one unit, reducing maintenance costs for the unit. An additional benefit is the ability to have an effective rear-driven belt that is pulled rather than pushed.” The article then quotes our wannabe competitor directly who says: “Now treadmills can go to rear-drive, which will reduce the horse power needed to drive the belt. It will also improve the tracking of  the belt, reducing the wear and tear of the belt.”

However, we are the ONLY company which has achieved a proven “motor inside” rear-roller drive in a treadmill NOW. A full motion video demo of the rear-roller drive can be seen on page Power Roller.

Soft Deck

The “vari-soft” (TM) deck is NOT merely rubber bumpers surface, but an electronic spring suspension system which deflects with each step, and provides a push-off for the next step. The amount of “give” is variable and automatically adjusts to the runner’s weight and running speed.

The variable soft deck’s unparalleled shock absorption is especially appealing to the large number of  fitness-minded but aging baby-boomers who are prime canditates for “runner’s knee”.

To see a full motion video of varying degrees of softness, or to see how the Vari-soft control panel works, click on  any of the icons below (download file size 1.3 Meg each):

If you do not have a video player or the one you have does not work correctly with any of the above videos (e.g. the sound is erratic) Click Here

Small Footprint

Our treadmill has the same or greater running area as the two competitor models shown below but a much smaller footprint. Due to the rear roller drive, the length of our treadmill is reduced by 18 inches and no inconvenient shroud is necessary which the runner can inadverently kick.

Modification for the Handicapped

We are currently designing a modification to allow handicapped users the ability to use our treadmill.  To see how our new design will work, click on the picture below (download file size = 224K):

Specifications:

Motor........................................................Brushless DC
Length........................................................62.5 inches
Width.........................................................30.0 inches
Height.........................................................6.5 inches
Running surface...........................................62.5 inches
Shipping Height (minus box)........................8 inches
Speed.........(6” motor length)......................1/2 to 10 m.p.h.
                   (8” motor length)......................1 to 15 m.p.h.
Grade.........................................................25 percent
Input...........................................................115 A.C. 15 amp. MAX

* Rear roller drive
* Variable softdeck, automatically adjusts to speed  and weight of runner
   (90 - 350 #)
* Built-in acceleration/deceleration controls
* Serviceable, motor removed from roller or reinstalled in 3 minutes or less
* Off-the-shelf, production-proven motors and servo
* Rear roller tube provides additional internal flywheel and motor bearing
   support to increase bearing life and attenuate vibration
*  Patents Pending

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