A Snap-In Crank Mechanism

Abstract

A snap-in crank mechanism comprising a crank housing mounted out of a column, and a crank having a crank rod with two ends; the crank housing comprises a crank inner housing sleeved outside the column, and a crank outer housing detachably sleeved outside the crank inner housing; the crank inner housing has a left inner housing, a right inner housing and a lower inner housing, the left inner housing and the right inner housing are connected with each other forming a sleeve which is sleeved outside the column and has a crank rod mounting hole at the periphery of the sleeve; the crank outer housing is slidable on the periphery of the sleeve formed by the left inner housing and the right inner housing; the lower inner housing is inserted from the bottom of the crank outer housing, and is located between the crank outer housing and the bottom of the left inner housing and the right inner housing clamping with the left inner housing and the right inner housing; one end of the crank rod is located inside the crank rod mounting hole and is connected to the crank shaft running through the column, while the other end of the crank rod is connected to the crank head. The jacket of the crank head is made of natural rubber. The present invention is simple and reasonable in structure, easy to dissemble and assemble and aesthetic in appearance, and can satisfy the requirement of replacing many types of housings, improve the user’s comfort in use and improve the production quality and the user experience.

Description

Claims

1. A snap-in crank mechanism comprising a crank housing mounted out of a column, and a crank having a crank rod with two ends, a crank head and a crank shaft; wherein, the crank housing comprises a crank inner housing sleeved outside the column, and a crank outer housing detachably sleeved outside the crank inner housing;the crank inner housing has a left inner housing, a right inner housing and a lower inner housing, the left inner housing and the right inner housing are connected with each other forming a sleeve which is sleeved outside the column and has a crank rod mounting hole at the periphery of the sleeve;the crank outer housing is slidable on the periphery of the sleeve formed by the left inner housing and the right inner housing;the lower inner housing is inserted from the bottom of the crank outer housing, and is located between the crank outer housing and the bottom of the left inner housing and the right inner housing clamping with the left inner housing and the right inner housing;one end of the crank rod is located inside the crank rod mounting hole and is connected to the crank shaft running through the column, while the other end of the crank rod is connected to the crank head.

2. The crank mechanism of claim 1, wherein each of the left inner housing and the right inner housing is a semi-cylindrical shelf; the left inner housing has an upper and lower portion, a plurality of connecting columns are protruding from the inner surface of the upper and lower portions of the left inner housing;the right inner housing correspondingly has a plurality of counter bores for receiving each connecting column, so that the left inner housing and the right inner housing are connected with each other and secured by a self-tapping screw and sleeved outside the column.

3. The crank mechanism of claim 2, wherein the crank outer housing is a cylinder having an opening at the top and the end of the crank outer housing, the crank outer housing is slidable on the periphery of the left inner housing; wherein the crank outer housing has an upward U-shaped slot;and each of the left inner housing and the right inner housing has a covered channel for guiding and receiving the edge of the U-shaped slot of the crank outer housing, each covered channel locates at the periphery of the left inner housing and the right inner housing and at the side of the crank rod mounting hole, being a guiding channel for the crank outer housing to slide on and be positioned with the left inner housing and the right inner housing.

4. The crank mechanism of claim 3, wherein the sleeve of the left inner housing and the right inner housing has a lower reduced diameter section for receiving the lower inner housing, and the sleeve of the left inner housing and the right inner housing has a plurality of buckles protruding at the lower reduced diameter section; the lower inner housing has a plurality of clamping holes at the inner surface of the lower inner housing, each buckle clamps to a clamping hole so as to make the lower inner housing secured to the left inner housing and the right inner housing;the lower inner housing has a bottom flange at the bottom of the lower inner housing for pressing against the bottom edge of the crank outer housing.

5. The crank mechanism of claim 4, wherein each of the left inner housing and the right inner housing has two buckles; the lower inner housing has four clamping holes; each of the left inner housing and the right inner housing has a top flange, and the top of the crank outer housing resists against the top flange, the crank outer housing is positioned between the top flange and the bottom flange.

6. The crank mechanism of claim 1, wherein the column has a through hole for receiving the crank shaft transversely formed on the column corresponding to the position of the crank rod mounting hole of the crank inner housing; one end of the crank shaft is square, the crank rod has a square hole for receiving the square end of the crank shaft, and the other end of the crank shaft has a plurality of external threads connected to a ratchet;a plane bearing is disposed on the crank shaft between the crank rod and the column, and the crank shaft is driven to rotate under the rotation of the crank rod.

7. The crank mechanism of claim 6, wherein two mushroom heads are respectively sheathed on two ends of the through hole of the column; the plane bearing is sheathed on the crank shaft between one mushroom head and the crank rod;a slide stopping gasket is disposed between the other mushroom head and the ratchet.

8. The crank mechanism of claim 1, wherein the crank head consists of a liner made of plastics and a jacket made of natural rubber; the liner has a connecting counter bore running through the liner, and the crank rod correspondingly has an internal thread hole at the bottom thereof;a blanking cover is sheathing on the outer end of the connecting counter bore;the crank head is mounted on the crank rod by passing a bolt through the connecting counter bore and screwing it into the internal thread hole.