Patent Application
20090032563
The present invention relates to a motor holding mechanism in a gas combustion type striking machine for carrying out an operation of nail striking or the like by igniting to combust a mixture gas provided by mixing a combustible gas and air by a rotating fan driven by a motor at inside of a combustion chamber formed on an upper side of a strike cylinder, driving a strike piston contained at inside of the strike cylinder by a pressure of a combustion gas produced by the combustion, and impacting a fastener of a nail or the like arranged on a lower side of a driver by the driver integrally coupled with the strike piston.
There is known a combustion gas drive striking machine as an example of a gas combustion type striking machine. In the combustion gas drive striking machine, a combustible gas is injected into a hermetically closed combustion chamber, a mixture gas of the combustible gas and air is agitated at inside of the combustion chamber, the agitated mixture gas is combusted at inside of the combustion chamber and a high pressure combustion gas is generated. The high pressure combustion gas is operated to a strike piston contained at inside of a strike cylinder, and the strike piston is impulsively driven at inside of the strike cylinder. By a driver coupled to a lower face side of the strike piston, a nail is struck to a steel plate or concrete. In such a combustion gas drive striking machine, a vessel of a gas bottle or the like filled with the combustible gas is mounted to inside of the machine, a battery constituting a power source for igniting the combustible gas is mounted to the machine, and the striking machine is formed as a portable tool. Therefore, operation of striking a nail or a pin can be carried out without being constrained by a power supply source of electric power, compressed air or the like.
As described above, the combustion gas drive striking machine is provided with a rotating fan for generating a mixture gas of a predetermined air to fuel ratio by agitating to mix the combustible gas injected into the combustion chamber with air at inside of the combustion chamber. The rotating fan is rotated by an electric motor. The motor for rotating the rotating fan is contained at inside of a containing portion formed at a cylinder head at an upper portion of the combustion chamber. A shaft projected from the motor is projected into the combustion chamber by penetrating a bearing hole formed at a bottom portion of the containing portion.
However, when the mixture gas at inside of the combustion chamber is ignited to explode in operating an impulse machine, whereas the cylinder head is moved to an upper side by a combustion pressure, since the motor is operated with an inertia force, the motor is moved to a lower side relative to the cylinder head. Further, whereas when the strike piston driven by the combustion pressure impinges impulsively to a damper at a lower portion of the strike cylinder, also the cylinder head is moved to the lower side along with the machine main body, since the motor is operated with the inertia force, the motor is moved to the upper side relative to the cylinder head. In this way, by an acceleration applied in reciprocating the strike piston, the motor is vibrated at inside of the machine main body. Therefore, a significant influence is effected on reliability or service life of a total of the apparatus by exfoliating welding between the motor and other member or destructing a bearing.
Hence, as shown by JP-A-2004-130506, there is known a motor holding mechanism for holding an outer peripheral face of a motor and an inner wall of a containing portion by way of a damping member made of rubber. The motor is constructed by a structure of being suspended by a damping member having an elasticity, and therefore, even when a vibration in an up and down direction is applied to the motor, an impact is not applied to the motor per se. Therefore, the motor can be protected against an impact in up and down direction.
However, also a rotating fan disposed at inside of a combustion chamber receives operation of a combustion pressure and a shaft of the motor is swung in a front and rear direction and in a left and right direction, and therefore, the motor per se of the shaft is not only vibrated in the up and down direction but also strongly swung in the front and rear direction and in the left and right direction. Further, when the shaft of the motor is swung, strong friction or impact is brought about between the shaft and a bearing hole of a containing portion. In this way, according to the motor holding mechanism of the background art, damping is insufficient against vibration or impact in a direction orthogonal to the shaft of the motor, and there is a case of destructing the motor.
According to one or more embodiments of the invention, there is provided a motor holding mechanism of a gas combustion type striking machine capable of promoting durability and reliability of a motor by effectively alleviating impacts or vibrations in all the directions applied to a motor for a rotating fan in operating the striking machine.
According to one or more embodiments of the invention, there is provided a gas combustion type striking machine, wherein a combustion chamber is provided on an upper side of a strike cylinder, a containing portion for containing a motor is formed at an upper wall of the combustion chamber, a shaft of the motor is coupled to a rotating fan by penetrating through a bottom portion of the containing portion to face the combustion chamber, a mixture gas provided by agitating and mixing a combustible gas and air by the rotating fan is ignited to combust at inside of the combustion chamber, and a fastener of a nail or the like is struck by a pressure of a combustion gas produced by the combustion, wherein the motor is contained in the containing chamber by way of damping members in a shape of a short cylinder respectively having an elasticity, and the respective damping members are formed with a plural of grooves prolonged in an up and down direction at constant intervals along a peripheral direction.
Further, according to one or more embodiments of the invention, one end of the damping member is formed with a flange having an outer diameter substantially the same as an inner diameter of the containing portion, and a gap is formed between an inner side face of the containing portion and an outer peripheral face of the damping member.
Further, according to one or more embodiments of the invention, a plural of projections are formed at a face of the damping member brought into contact with an upper end or a lower end of the motor at constant intervals along a peripheral direction.
Further, according to one or more embodiments of the invention, a sheet-like motor sleeve made of a synthetic resin is interposed between an inner wall face of the containing portion and an outer peripheral face of the motor, and both side faces of the motor sleeve are formed with a plural of parallel projected streaks formed in an up and down direction alternately on a side of the inner wall face and a side of the outer peripheral face.
Further, according to one or more embodiments of the invention, an inner side face of the containing portion and the motor sleeve as well as the motor sleeve and the motor are respectively engaged with each other so as not to be able to be rotated relative to each other.
According to one or more embodiments of the invention, the motor is contained in the containing portion for the motor by way of the damping members in the shape of the short cylinder respectively having the elasticity at the upper and lower portions, and the respective damping members are formed with the plural of groove holes prolonged in the up and down direction at constant intervals along the peripheral direction. Therefore, even when the motor is slid in the up and down direction at inside of the motor sleeve by an impact in operating the gas combustion type striking machine, the impact by a vibration to a lower side is absorbed by the damping member at the lower portion to attenuate an acceleration applied to the motor, and an impact by a vibration to the upper side is absorbed by elastically deforming the damping member at the upper portion to attenuate acceleration applied to the motor. Therefore, the impacts both to the upper and lower sides are alleviated. Further, although when the damping members at the upper and lower portions absorb the impacts, the damping members are compressed to bend, the elastic deformations are absorbed by the groove hole. Therefore, the impacts can firmly be alleviated.
Further, the one end of the damping member is formed with the flange having the outer diameter substantially the same as the inner diameter of the containing portion of the motor, and a gap is formed between the inner side face of the containing portion and the outer peripheral face of the damping member. Therefore, the impacts produced in operating the gas combustion type striking machine are absorbed by the damping members at the upper and lower portions. Therefore, although at this occasion, the damping member is compressed to expand to an outer side, the bending deformation is absorbed by the gap formed between the damping member and the containing portion, and therefore, the impact is effectively alleviated.
Further, the face of the damping member brought into contact with the upper end or the lower end of the motor is formed with the plural of projections at constant intervals. Therefore, in a state of containing the motor by way of the damping members on the upper and lower sides, the projections of the damping member on the upper and lower sides are compressed to slightly crash, and therefore, the motor is brought into a stable state of being fastened from the upper and lower sides by the upper and lower damping members.
Further, the sheet-like motor sleeve made of a synthetic resin is interposed between an inner wall face of the containing portion of the motor and an outer peripheral face of the motor, and side faces of the motor sleeve are formed with a plural of parallel projected streaks formed in the up and down direction on a side of the inner wall face and a side of the outer peripheral face. Therefore, even when the motor is combined with the containing portion to be tightly or loosely fitted with each other by dispersions in tolerances of the motor and the containing portion, the motor sleeve interposed between the motor and the containing portion is constituted by a shape of a wave by the projected streaks formed alternately at the two side faces, and the motor sleeve can be bent to deform in accordance with the tolerances. As a result, a clearance between the motor and the motor sleeve is ensured to be small, and tightening of the motor sleeve to the motor is not loosened.
Further, although when an explosive combustion is carried out at inside of the combustion camber, the rotating fan receives a pressure from a transverse direction to be violently swung to rattle from various directions orthogonal to an axial direction of the shaft of the motor, portions between the contiguous projected streaks of the motor sleeve are bent to deform, the elasticity works, and therefore, the pressure from the transverse direction can effectively be absorbed. Therefore, it is prevented that the motor and the inner side face of the containing portion as well as the shaft and the bearing hole of the containing portion are brought into strong contact with each other.
Further, the inner side face of the containing portion and the motor sleeve as well as the motor sleeve and the motor are engaged with each other so as not to be able to be rotated relative to each other. Therefore, it is excellently prevented that the motor is rotated in the containing portion and an accident of cutting the harness of the motor is avoided.
Other aspects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the appended claims.
Exemplary embodiments of the invention will be explained in reference to the drawings as follows.
In
An upper side of the strike cylinder 4 is formed with a combustion chamber 11 for generating a mixture gas of the combustible gas and air and combusting the mixture gas. The combustion chamber 11 is formed by a movable sleeve 14 in a ring-like shape arranged between an upper end of the strike cylinder 4 at which an upper end face of the strike piston 6 is exposed and an upper wall (cylinder head) 13 formed at inside of an upper housing 12, and is constituted such that a pressure of a combustible gas produced by generating and explosively combusting a mixture gas of a combustible gas and air at inside of the combustion chamber 11 is operated to the strike piston 6 to drive the strike piston 6 to a bumper 15 arranged at a position of a lower dead center at inside of the strike cylinder 4.
The movable sleeve 14 forming the combustion chamber 11 is slidably arranged along a direction of operating the strike piston 6, the movable sleeve 14 is disposed at a lower position before starting the nail striking machine 1, and inside of the combustion chamber 11 is communicated with the atmosphere by way of a vent port (not illustrated) formed by penetrating the upper wall 13 and a path 16 formed between an outer peripheral face of the strike cylinder 4 and an inner peripheral face of the housing 3. Further, in starting the nail striking machine, by pressing the nose portion 7 to the struck member, the movable sleeve 14 is moved relatively to an upper position shown in
The upper housing 11 forming the upper wall 13 of the combustion chamber 11 is arranged with an injection nozzle 9 communicated with a gas vessel and an ignition plug (not illustrated) for igniting and combusting the mixture gas. The ignition plug ignites the mixture gas based on a switch operated by operating a trigger 17.
Further, the upper housing 12 is provided with a rotating fan 18 for generating a mixture gas of a predetermined air to fuel ratio at inside of the combustion chamber 11 by agitating the combustible gas injected into the combustion chamber 11 with air at inside of the combustion chamber 11.
As shown by
The containing portion 22 is formed with a space portion slightly larger than the motor 20. Further, at inside of the containing portion 22, the motor 20 is held by way of damping members 25, 26 having an elasticity and a motor sleeve 27 made of a synthetic resin.
The motor 20 is contained to be fixed to the containing portion 22 by way of the damping members 25, 26 at upper and lower portions thereof. The respective damping members 25, 26 are formed by a shape of a short cylinder by an elastic material of silicone species rubber or the like excellent in heat resistance.
As shown by
Next, an upper end of the upper damping member 25 and a lower end of the lower damping member 26 are formed with flanges 29 having an outer diameter substantially the same as an inner diameter of the containing portion 22. Thereby, a gap is produced between an inner side face of the upper containing portion 22 and outer peripheral faces of the damping members 25, 26.
Further, faces of the damping members 25, 26 brought into contact with an upper end or a lower end of the motor 20, that is, a lower face of the upper damping member 25 and an upper face of the lower damping member 26 are respectively formed with a plural of projections 30 in a semispherical shape at constant intervals along the peripheral direction.
Next, the sheet-like motor sleeve 27 is interposed between the inner wall face of the containing portion 22 and the outer peripheral face of the motor 20. As shown by
Further, as shown by
Further, although the motor sleeve 27 is engaged so as not to slip down from the containing portion 22, the motor 20 can be slid in the up and down direction relative to the motor sleeve 27 and is engaged therewith so as not to be able to rotate. It is not necessary that a width (height) of the motor sleeve 27 is larger than the height dimension of the motor 20.
When the motor 20 is contained in the containing portion 22, as shown by
Meanwhile, even when the motor 20 is combined with the containing portion 22 to be fitted tightly or loosely by dispersions in tolerances of the motor 20 and the containing portion 22, as described above, the motor sleeve 27 interposed between the motor 20 and the containing portion 22 is constituted by a wave shape by the projected streaks 31 formed alternately at the two side faces, and can be bent to deform in accordance with the tolerances, and therefore, a clearance between the motor 20 and the motor sleeve 27 is ensured to be small, and fastening the motor sleeve 27 to the motor 20 is not loosened.
Further, although lengths of the engaging recess portion 32a of the upper portion of the containing portion 22 and the engaging projected portion 33a of the upper portion of the motor sleeve 27 are substantially the same, the engaging recess portion 32b of the lower portion of the motor 20 is formed to be longer than the engaging projected portion 33b of the lower portion of the motor sleeve 27 in the up and down direction. Therefore, although the motor sleeve 27 is supported by the containing portion 22 so as not to slip down, the motor 20 is made to be able to slide in the up and down direction relative to the motor sleeve 27. Further, the motor 20 is only brought into contact with the projected streaks 31 of the motor sleeve 27, and therefore, a friction resistance therebetween is small. Therefore, the motor 20 can smoothly be slid.
Next, in striking a nail, when the mixture gas at inside of the combustion chamber 11 is ignited and combusted explosively, by the combustion pressure, the strike piston is driven to the lower side, and therefore, the upper wall 13 of the containing portion 22 is rapidly moved to the upper side along with the upper housing 12 by a reaction thereof. The motor 20 is operated with an inertia force, and therefore, the motor 20 is impulsively moved to the lower side relative to the containing portion 22 formed at the upper wall 13. Further, although when the strike piston 6 driven to the lower side impinges impulsively to the bumper 15 of the lower portion of the strike cylinder 4, the containing portion 22 is also moved to the lower side rapidly along with the housing 3, since the motor 20 is operated with the inertia force, the motor 20 is impulsively moved to the upper side relative to the containing portion 22. The impulses are further added with the impulse of striking the nail to the struck member or the like, and therefore, the motor 20 is violently vibrated in the up and down direction. In contrast thereto, the motor 20 is slid in the up and down direction at inside of the motor sleeve 27 in accordance with the impulses applied in the up and down direction, the impulse by the vibration to the lower side is absorbed by the damping member 26 of the lower portion to attenuate an acceleration applied to the motor 20, and the impulse by the vibration to the upper side is absorbed by the damping member 25 of the upper portion to attenuate the acceleration applied to the motor 20, and therefore, all the impulses are alleviated.
Meanwhile, the damping members 25, 26 of the upper and lower portions are compressed in absorbing the impulses, and therefore, expanded to the outer side, however, the elastic deformation is absorbed by the groove holes 28 aligned along a peripheral direction and the gap 40 formed between the damping members 25, 26 and the containing portion 22. Further, the motor 20 is made to be slidable in the up and down direction relative to the motor sleeve 27, and therefore, the motor 20 is slid in accordance with the impulse, however, the impulse is absorbed by the damping members 25, 26, and the impact can firmly be alleviated. Further, the damping members 25, 26 are constituted by the silicone species rubber excellent in heat resistance, and therefore, can maintain a stable function without being melted at high temperatures or deteriorated in a flexibility at low temperatures.
Next, when explosive combustion is carried out at inside of the combustion chamber 11, hot wind at high temperature and high pressure is generate at inside of the combustion chamber 11, and therefore, the rotating fan 18 receives a pressure from a transverse direction to be violently swung to rattle from various directions orthogonal to an axial direction of the shaft 21. However, the motor 20 is contained in the containing portion 22 by way of the motor sleeve 27, further, the inner and outer side faces of the motor sleeve 27 are formed with the plural of projected streaks 31 in the up and down direction, and therefore, portions among the inner and outer projected streaks 31 of the motor sleeve 27 are bent to deform, and by the elasticity, the pressure in the transverse direction can effectively be absorbed. Therefore, the motor 20 and the inner side face of the containing portion 22 as well as the shaft 21 and the bearing hole 24 are not brought into strong contact with each other, and a failure is prevented. Further, also the motor sleeve 27 is constituted by polyacetal resin (POM) excellent in heat resistance, and therefore, the stable function can be maintained without deforming the motor sleeve 27 even under high temperature and high pressure.
Further, as described above, the motor 20 is constructed by a constitution of being arranged at inside of the containing portion 22 by way of the motor sleeve 27, and therefore, the motor 20 receives a force of rotating the motor 20 per se by a rotating force of the motor 20 or a vibration. However, the inner side face of the containing portion 22 and the motor sleeve 27 as well as the motor sleeve 27 and the motor 20 are engaged with each other by the engaging projected portions 33a, 33b and the engaging recess portions 32a, 32b. Therefore, the motor 20 is prevented from being rotated by the engaging portions, and therefore, an accident of cutting the harness 23 of the motor 20 can be avoided.
As described above, according to the above-described motor holding mechanism, durability and reliability of the motor 20 can be promoted by effectively alleviating the impulses and the vibrations in all the directions applied to the motor 20 for the rotating fan 18 in actual striking.
Further, the bending deformation of the damping members 25, 26 when impacted can be absorbed only by the groove holes 28, or also by the gap 40 between the containing portion and the damping member by the flange 29.
The motor sleeve may be constituted by a shape of a wave. Even constituted by the shape of the wave, both sides thereof are invariably formed with the projected streaks alternately.
Further, the engaging projected portions 33a, 33b and the engaging recess portions 32a, 32b of the containing portion 22 and the motor sleeve 27 and the motor 20 may be constructed by a constitution of forming the engaging projected portions at the containing portion 22 and the motor 20 and forming the engaging recess portions (may be notches) at the motor sleeve 27 contrary to the above-described example.
Further, the groove hole formed at the damping member may be constituted by a through hole penetrating the damping member in the up and down direction, or may be constituted by a groove formed at the outer peripheral face or the inner peripheral face of the damping member in the up and down direction.
Also a shape of the damping member may be constituted by a shape of a truncated cone in an outer shape thereof. In this case, the flange is not needed.
Although the invention has been explained in details and in reference to the specific embodiments, it is apparent for the skilled person that the invention can variously be changed or modified without being deviated from the spirit and the range of the invention.
The application is based on Japanese Patent Application (Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-106650) filed on Apr. 1, 2005, and a content thereof is incorporated herein by reference.
The invention is applicable as a motor holding mechanism of a gas combustion type striking machine.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-106650 | Apr 2005 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/JP2006/306731 | 3/30/2006 | WO | 00 | 9/25/2007 |
