Patent Grant
7140525
The present invention relates to a cap feeding device for a roofing gun wherein the stack of caps is conveniently pressed by a pressing member of the device which allows the caps to be inserted into the container directly without extra movement.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,502,719B2, 6,508,392B1 and 6,543,666B1 respectively disclose a cap feeding device for roofing guns wherein the user has to open a lid or rotate a cover on a top of the container before inserting a stack of caps into the container. This is not convenient for the user to quickly insert the caps into the container.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,273,315B1 and 6,302,310B1 respectively disclose two improved feeding devices to simplify the steps for inserting caps into the container.
Nevertheless, the disclosures mentioned above involve a complicated structure which needs higher maintaining cost and manufacturing cost. Furthermore, all the feeding device have to pull the cap or lid assembly from the bottom of the container up to the top of the container such that the cap or the lid is able to be operated. After the caps are put in the container, the cap or the lid has to be pivoted to its original position. Obviously, too many steps required to re-load the caps.
The present invention relates to a cap feeding device for a roofing gun and the feeding device includes a moving member having a lever and a pressing member which is pivotably connected to the moving member. A limitation portion extends from the lever and a slot is defined between the limitation portion and a first connection portion of the moving member. A receiving portion is connected to the moving member and two second positioning members are connected to outside of the receiving portion. The pressing member includes a pressing portion which is biased by a torsion spring between the moving member and the pressing. A coil spring has one end engaged with the receiving portion of the moving member and the other end of the coil spring is engaged with the rail unit so that the moving member is movable along the rail unit and tends move downward such that the stack of caps is always pressed by the pressing member.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
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The cap feeding device comprises a moving member 10 having a lever 11 which has a first connection portion 12 (two lugs in this embodiment) connected to an end of the lever 11. A plate-shaped limitation portion 13 extends from the lever 11 and located beside the first connection portion 12 so that a slot 14 is defined between the limitation portion 13 and the first connection portion 12. A pressing member 12 is pivotably engaged with the slot 14 and the limitation portion 13 limits the angle that the pressing member 12 is pivoted. The lever 11 can be operated manually to push the pressing member 20 outward when needed. A receiving portion 15 is connected to the moving member 10 and located opposite the first connection portion 12 and the limitation portion 13. The limitation portion 13 includes two first positioning members 131 and two second positioning members 16 are connected to outside of the receiving portion 15, the first and second positioning members 131, 16 are engaged with the rail unit “C” to guide the movement of the moving member 10 along the rail unit “C”.
A coil spring 30 which is a strip spring and has one end engaged with the receiving portion 15 of the moving member 10 and the other end of the coil spring 30 is engaged with a bottom of the rail unit “C” so that the moving member 10 tends to be pulled downward.
The pressing member 20 is a U-shaped member and has a second connection portion 23 (two holes in this embodiment) at an end thereof and a pressing portion 22 at the other end of the pressing member 20. The pressing member 20 is pivotably connected to the moving member 10 by extending a pin through the first and second connection portions 12, 23. A pivot end 21 is connected to the second connection portion 23 and pivotably inserted in the slot 14 such that the limitation portion 13 limits the angle that the pressing member 12 is pivoted.
A torsion spring 40 includes two ends and is mounted to the pin extending through the first and second connection portions 12, 23, one of the two ends is in contact with the moving member 10 and the other end of the torsion spring 40 is in contact with the pressing member 20. Therefore, the pressing member 22 is pushed outward by the torsion spring 40. It is noted that the connection of the first and second connection portions 12, 23 can be any known method such as one of which is a C-shaped member and the other is a tubular member to be received in the C-shaped member. The second connection portion 23 of the pressing member 20 may have a protrusion for operating the pressing member 20 when no torsion spring 40 is installed.
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While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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