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I N TE R N ATI O N AL OR G AN I ZATI O N FOR S TAN D AR D I Z ATl O N . M E X, I I YH AP O ~ H AR O P rAH M 3 ALWl R tl 0 C TAH ~ AP TM 3 ALWl M @ OR G AN l S ATl ON I N TE R N ATI ON ALE DE N O R M ALI S ATI O N

G ym n asti c eq u i pm en t - P aral l el bars

En g i n s de g ym n asti q u e - Barre s paral l t2 es

Fi rst ed i ti o n - 1 980 -0 9-1 5

UDC 685. 644. 4 Ref. N o. I S0 3 78- 1 980 (E )

D escri pto rs : spo rt e q u i pm e n t, g ym n asti c e q u i pm e n t, spe ci fi cati o n s, safe ty, d i m e n s i o n s, m e ch an i cal tests, be n d te sts, stabi l i ty te sts.

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 Foreword

I S0 (th e I n tern ati on al Org an i zati o n for Stan d ard i zati o n ) is a wo rl d wi d e fed erati on of

n ati on al stan d ard s i n sti tu tes MO m e m be r bod i e s) . Th e wo rk of d evel opi n g I n ter-

n ati on al Stan d ard s is carri e d ou t th rou g h I S0 te ch n i cal co m m i tte e s. E ve ry m e m ber

bod y i n terested in a su bj ect for wh i ch a te ch n i cal co m m i tte e h as been se t up h as th e

ri g h t to be represen ted on th at co m m i tte e . i n tern ati o n al org an i zati on s, g o vern m en tal

an d n on - g o vern m en tal , in l i ai so n wi th I S O, al so take part in th e wo rk.

Draft I n tern ati on al Stan d ard s ad opted by th e tech n i cal co m m i tte e s are ci rcu l ate d to

th e m e m be r bod i es fo r approval before th ei r acceptan ce as I n tern ati on al Stan d ard s by

th e I S0 C o u n ci l .

I n tern ati on al Stan d ard I S0 378 was d evel oped by Tech n i cal C o m m i tte e I SO/TC 83,

Spo rts an d recre ati on al eq u i pm en t, in co- ope rati on wi th th e I n tern ati on al G ym n as ti c

Fed erati on ( I G F) , an d it was ci rcu l ate d to th e m em be r bod i es in June 1 979.

It h as been approved by th e m em be r bod i es of th e fo l l owi n g cou n tri e s :

Au s tral i a G erm an y, F. R. Sou th Afri ca, Rep. of

Au s tri a I ndia Spai n

E g ypt, Arab Rep. of N eth erl an d s Swi tzerl an d

Fran ce Po l an d U S SR

Th e m em ber bod y of th e fo l l o wi n g cou n try e xpresse d d i sapproval of th e d ocu m e n t on

te ch n i cal g rou n d s

I tal y

Th i s I n tern ati on al Stan d ard can ce l s an d repl ace s I S0 Re com m en d ati on R 3 78-1 964, of

wh i ch it con sti tu te s a tech n i cal re vi s i o n

0 I n te rn ati o n al Org an i zati o n for S tan d ard i zati o n , 1 980

P ri n te d in S wi tz e rl an d
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G ym n asti c eq u i pm en t - P aral l el bars

1 Scope an d fi el d of appl i cati on fu n cti o n al ch aracte ri s ti cs as wood ( i m pact stren g th , sweat ab-

sorben t, m ag n esi a- n eu tral ) .

Th i s I n tern ati on al Stan d ard spe ci fi e s th e fu n cti on al an d safe ty

req u i re m e n ts for paral l e l bars for u se in com peti ti o n s an d trai n - Th e fram e, co l u m n s an d su pports s h al l be of stee l or cast i ro n

ing, in o rd er to pe rm i t a tru e co m pari so n of perfo rm an ce. accord i n g to th e d i scre ti o n of th e m an u factu rer.

Th e n o n - sl i p m ate ri al (of ru bber or s i m i l ar m ate ri a I) sh a I I n ot

2 D i m en si on s m ark th e fl o or (co l o u r or scratch e s) .

Th e d i m e n si o n s of th e paral l e l bars sh al l be th ose i n d i cated in

fi g u re 1 . Th e d i m e n si o n s n ot speci fi e d are l eft to th e d i screti o n 4 E xecu ti on

of th e m an u factu rer.

Th e bars s h al l h ave no su rface treatm en t, th e re st sh al l be pro-

It is n ot n e ce ssary th at th e paral l e l bars co rrespo n d to fi g u re 1 . tected ag ai n st co rrosi o n .

In ord er to avoi d al l po s si bi l i ty of co n tact wi th th e traverse by

3 M ateri al swi n g i n g in a l o n g i tu d i n al d i re cti o n or in case of fal l , a tran si ti on

sh al l be provi d ed between th e fl o or an d th e u pper ed g e of th e

Th e bars sh al l be of wood , l am i n ated ( or at l east h ave a su rface traverse , for e xam pl e by m ean s of bottom board s or a m e tal

of wood ) wi th re i n fo rci n g core (i n ord er to preven t total pl ate, or a m at s h al l be i n se rted . Th e bottom board s or th e m at

breakag e) or an y oth er h yg ro scopi c m ate ri al wi th th e sam e sh al l be i n se rte d wi th ou t cl earan ce .

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Fi g u re 1 - D i m e n si o n s of paral l e l bars
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5 D esi g n 5. 4 Ad j u s tm en t of bars

It sh al l be po ssi bl e to ad j u st th e h ei g h t of th e bars e asi l y an d

5. 1 G e n e ral re q u i re m e n ts
safe l y by n otch es in steps of 50 mm.

Al l sh arp ed g es, co rn e rs an d rou g h su rface s wh i ch m ay cau se

For com peti ti o n s th e h ei g h t of 1 750 mm is pre scri bed . It sh al l
i n j u ri e s , s h al l be proh i bi ted . Th e j oi n t pi n s s h al l be secu re an d
be po ssi bl e to i n cre ase th e h ei g h t to 1 800 mm.
h ave no pl ay. S cre w h ead s an d j oi n t pi n s s h al l n ot pro j ect, in

ord er to avo i d al l po ss i bi l i ty of i n j u ry by con tact wi th th em .

Wh en th e l o cki n g d evi ce i s fasten ed , ve rti cal an d l ate ral ad j u st-

m en t s h al l no l on g er be po ssi bl e. Th e l o cki n g d e vi ce s h al l be

5. 2 Fi xati o n of b ars d ou bl y secu red an d so co n stru cted th at i ts e ffi ci e n cy wi l l n ot be

d i m i n i sh e d d u ri n g u se,

Th e secti on of bars sh al l be co n stan t al on g th ei r l en g th an d

sh al l n ot be red u ced wh ere th ey are fi tted to th e su pports.

5. 5 S tabi l i ty

5. 3 D e fl e cti o n of bars

Th e paral l e l bars, se t at a h ei g h t of 1 750 mm, n ot fi xe d to th e

Wh en l oad ed wi th a test force F = 1 350 N in th e ‘ cen tre of fl oo r, sh al l re si st a h o ri zon tal test fo rce F = 900 N wi th ou t

each of th e bars, th e bars bei n g ad j u sted to a h ei g h t of l i fti n g . Th e test force sh al l be appl i ed by m e an s of two cabl e s

1 750 mm, th e bars sh al l h ave a d efl e cti on f = 60 + 6 mm. each 2 300 + 1 5 mm l on g , attach ed to th e poi n ts of su pport of

After re m o val of th e l oad , th e bars sh al l retu rn to th e i r o ri g i n al th e bars.

po si ti o n .

If th e paral l e l bars do n ot pass th e test, accord i n g to 5. 5, a

An exam pl e of th e m eth od of test is g i ven in fi g u re 2. m ean s of fi xi n g th e paral l e l bars to th e fl oo r sh al l be provi d e d .

Tu rn bu ckl e m e te r

Fi g u re 2 - E xam pl e for te sti n g th e d efl e cti o n of th e bars

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