An improved weight plate includes a planar body having a central opening for receiving a barbell or dumbbell bar therethrough. The weight plate includes oppositely facing flange members extending partially about the perimeter of the weight plate. The opposed ends of the flange members are spaced from each other and define a gap therebetween. The flange members extend perpendicularly from both sides of the weight plate planar body about the perimeter thereof. The weight plate includes at least on...

An oscillating weight for an automatic watch is arranged to carry a bearing defining an axis of rotation (A--A) and is intended to be mounted on the frame of the watch. The mass member of the weight has a center of gravity (G) shifted with respect to the axis of rotation. In this weight, this mass member includes two parts that can be moved one (10, 18) in relation to the other (24), and arranged such that their relative movement causes a radial movement of the center of gravity (G) of the mass ...

To provide a counter weight capable of forming an attaching part to a vehicle frame with high precision, capable of improving attaching precision to this vehicle frame, and further, capable of decreasing a manufacture cost thereof. The counter weight includes a base made of cast iron having an attaching part, whereby the counter weight is attached to a vehicle frame; and a weight part made of a slab material having a block body made of a slab material; wherein the weight part made of the slab ma...

The invention provides a weight sensor (10) which includes a first electrically conductive sheet (12) electrically isolated from a second electrically conductive sheet (14) by inserts of a closed cell foamed polymeric dielectric (16) and an elastic dielectric (18) in spaces (20) formed between the inserts (16) located between the sheets (12, 14). The sensor (10) also includes capacitive measuring means (24), electrically connected between the first sheet (12) and the second sheet (14), which mea...

This invention is an exercise club, which may be held comfortable in one hand. Two of these clubs may be used, one in each hand, to execute a series of planned movements, which result in a full body workout. The weight of the clubs may be easily adjusted, to alter the intensity of the workout as desired. Virtually any person can use the clubs to improve their strength, health and fitness. This club can be made preferably of enforced polypropylene for rapid and quick volume production through inj...

A method of displaying exercise weight components in a retail environment includes disposing a weight case in a retail environment, the weight case including a bottom member and a first side wall attached to the bottom member, the first side wall including a opening formed into an outer face of the first side wall and adapted to maintain an exercise weight component in a substantially upright manner with the bottom member resting on a support surface. A plurality of exercise weight components is...

The invention relates to a weight sensor comprising strain gauges which are deposited in thick films on a support (2). The support is made from an electrically-insulating material which is intended to be applied to a metallic body (1) that is essentially subject to bending. According to the invention, the support (2) comprises a ceramic material which has a Young's modulus E2 that is equal to or less than that E1 of the biased metallic body (1) and which is applied to the latter by means of glui...

An exercising apparatus which comprises first and second sets of weights, each of which has an opening extending inwardly from a periphery thereof defined by opposed surfaces. An elongated tubular assembly is provided which has a longitudinal axis and includes exterior surfaces constructed and arranged to provide a central surface area configured to be manually engaged by a user and first and second surface areas on opposite sides of the central surface area configured to enter the openings of t...

A weight plate have integrally formed handles is provided. The weight plate has a weight plate body having an outer periphery, a first side, and a second side that is substantially flat. The weight plate also has a central bore extending through the body, a raised flange member forming a portion of the outer periphery on the first side, and at least one handle opening extending through the body and through ht least a portion of the outer periphery. The handle formed by each handle opening, the c...

A weight selecting apparatus capable of automatically performing calibration, and providing a weight selecting apparatus capable of certainly carrying objects to be inspected with a relatively simple mechanism and performing weight measurement of the objects. The objects, after being subjected to weight measurement by a first weighing unit 2, are sampled by a sampler 5, and those of the objects thus sampled are subjected to weight measurement by a second weighing unit 6. A calibration unit compa...