This application claims the benefit of CN 201010253482.3, filed on Aug. 8, 2010, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The subject disclosure generally relates electric tools and, more particularly, to a leakage-preventing and sealing device for the grease lubricating the moveable members inside an electric tool.
In electric tools, most of the moveable members need to be lubricated by grease. The lubricating effect of the grease is, however, often diminished with use of the electric tool. This is particularly true for electric tools having high-speed-rotating moveable members. Moreover, if the grease leaks out to an electrical connection part, the electric connection quality could be affected.
To solve the above-mentioned problems, the following describes an electric tool equipped with a leakage-preventing device.
More particularly, described hereinafter is an electric tool having a gripping portion, a working portion rotatably connected to the gripping portion about an axis, a gear box accommodated within the gripping portion and having an opening, and an output shaft movably accommodated within the working portion in a reciprocating manner with the output shaft being rotated and displaced from one end to the other end of the opening along with the working portion. A leakage-preventing device is arranged at the opening.
In a described embodiment, the leakage-preventing device comprises a bushing rotatably arranged within the gear box, and the bushing is provided with a hole through which the output shaft may pass. Generally, the hole extends along the axis direction of the output shaft.
Further, the bushing may be provided with a notch and a grease-gathering portion, shaped as a barb, may be arranged at a first end or/and a second end of the notch where it protrudes to the inside of the bushing.
Still further, a transmission gear may be contained in the gear box and the transmission gear is provided with a groove within which the first end and/or the second end of the notch can be engaged.
Yet further, impact components may also be contained in the gear box and an isolating rib portion, for avoiding grease leaking, may be arranged between the transmission gear and the impact components.
Yet further, the working portion may be provided with a light source with a scraping device being arranged on an electric connection device of the light source.
Yet further, the electric connection device may comprise a moveable connecting piece arranged on the working portion and a stationary connecting piece connected with the moveable connecting piece and disposed on the gripping portion with the scraping device having scraping pieces disposed on the two sides of the moveable connecting piece respectively and with one end of a scraping piece contacting with the stationary connecting piece.
Yet further, the scraping device may include grease-gathering grooves disposed on two ends of the stationary connecting piece.
By adopting one or more of the above mentioned technical solutions, the following technical effects can be obtained:
1) with the bushing disposed at the opening of the gear box for avoiding grease leaking, the opening of the gear box can be covered no matter how the bushing is displaced along with the output shaft, so that leaking of the lubricating grease can be avoided;
2) the isolating rib portion disposed between the transmission gear and the impact components can decrease the flowing diffusion of the lubricating grease from the transmission area to the striking area; and
3) if the connecting piece of the light source is adhered with the leaked lubricating grease, the scraping piece can scrape away the leaked lubricating grease to ensure the unobstructed contact between the connecting pieces and the grease-gathering grooves disposed on the ends of the scraping piece respectively along the rotation direction thereof can be used for gathering the scraped grease.
An electric tool will be further explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
A preferred embodiment of an electric tool will be explained in detail hereinafter wherein the electric tool is embodied in an electric hammer for striking a nail. It is to be understood, however, that this illustrative embodiment is not intended to be limiting. Rather, those of skill in the art will readily understand how to utilize the various components described hereinafter in other electrical devices to achieve the same results.
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The operation principle of rotation is that: the releasing button 3 has a discontinuous surface on the periphery thereof, accordingly, the housing 2 and the working parts 1 also have discontinuous surfaces for mating with that of the releasing button 3. When the releasing button 3 is located between the housing 2 and the working parts 1, the working parts 1 are locked and can not be rotated. When the releasing button 3 is pressed, the discontinuous surface of the releasing button 3 disengages from the housing 2 and entirely enters into the working parts 1, so that the working parts 1 can be rotated. Due to the biasing member 4, the releasing button 3 has a tendency of disengaging from the working parts 1 and entering into the housing 2. When the releasing button 3 is rotated by a certain angle, the discontinuous surface thereof is consistent with the discontinuous surface on the housing 2, as a result, the releasing button 3 enters into the housing and the working parts 1 is locked.
When the working parts 1 rotate, the output shaft 7 mounted thereon is substantially tangential at its axle center to the peripheral circle of the rotating impact components 8.
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To ensure a reliable connection between the connecting pieces, an elastic member 33 is disposed on the moveable positive and negative connecting pieces 34, 32 respectively for assisting them into contact with the stationary positive and negative connecting pieces 35, 31.
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In the illustrated embodiment, to prevent the lubricating grease inside the device from leaking out due to the motion of the members, a leakage-preventing device for controlling the grease is provided in the electric tool. As shown in
To avoid the leakage of the lubricating grease in the gear box 5 from the opening 51, the bushing 6 is disposed at the opening 51 of the gear box. The profiles of the bushing 6 and the gear box 5 are concentric circles, wherein the bushing is encompassed by the gear box 5. The output shaft 7 is connected to the bushing 6 through the axle hole 62 formed on the bushing so that the bushing 6 can be driven to rotate along the inner surface of the gear box 5. As a result, the bushing 6 can move between the first end position (a) and the second end position (b) of the opening 51 on the gear box. It is noted that, the bushing 6 can cover the opening 51 on the gear box 5 no matter how it rotates, so that the leakage of the lubricating grease can be avoided.
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Since the outer surface of the bushing 6 is engaged with the inner surface of the gear box 5, the grease coming off the impact components 8 to the inner surface of the bushing 6 will flow back to the gear box 5 along this inner surface and is not likely to flow out of the gear box along the engagement surface. Certainly, it may be easily conceivable for those skilled in the art that the outer diameter of the bushing 6 may be slightly larger than the inner diameter of the gear box 5 so as to enhance the leak tightness of the seal. Referring to
To avoid a failure of connection of the LED due to the leakage of the grease, in the present embodiment a scraping device is disposed on the positive and negative connecting pieces of the circuit respectively. Referring to
While various concepts have been described in detail, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that modifications and alternatives to those concepts could be developed in light of the overall teachings of the disclosure. Therefore, it will be appreciated that the particular concepts disclosed are meant to be illustrative only and not limiting as to the scope of the invention which is to be given the full breadth of the appended claims and any equivalents thereof.
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