The present invention relates to a hand power tool, in particular a drilling screwdriver.
In a known power percussion drill with a device for changing operating modes (German Patent Disclosure DE 100 06 641 A1), the adjusting or changing device has two adjusting rings or changing rings, which are located side by side on the power tool housing and are embodied such that one changing ring, in three successive setting positions, calls up the “percussion drilling” operating mode, the “drilling” operating mode, and the “screwdriving” operating mode, and the other changing ring, in the “percussion drilling” operating mode, over a plurality of setting positions predetermines the overlocking moment or torque of the overlocking coupling.
The changing device furthermore has a blocking device or disengagement device, which in the “percussion drilling” and “drilling” operating modes blocks the overlocking capability of the overlocking coupling. In the third setting position of the first changing ring, for calling up the “percussion drilling” operating mode, the disengagement device is deactivated, and the overlocking moment or torque of the overlocking coupling is determined by a coupling spring, whose spring prestressing is adjustable by means of the second changing ring.
In keeping with these objects and with others which will become apparent hereinafter, one feature of the present invention resides, briefly stated, in a hand power tool, in particular a drilling screwdriver, which is a further improvement of the existing hand power tools.
In keeping with these objects and with others which will become apparent hereinafter, one feature of the present invention resides, briefly stated, in a hand power tool, comprising a power tool housing; a tool spindle supported rotatably in said housing; a drive train via which said tool spindle is drivable to rotate; a cam device located in said drive train and having two cam discs in engagement with one another for transmitting axial percussion motions to said tool spindle; an overlocking coupling located in said drive train and having two coupling parts which are in engagement with one another and are overlockable counter to an axially exerted force; a coupling spring exerting said axial force; a blocking device which upon its activation blocks a relative rotation of said coupling parts of said overlocking coupling to one another; and an operating mode setting device for setting “percussion drilling”, “drilling” and “screw driving” operating modes, and also a magnitude of an overlocking moment upon screwdriving, said operating mode setting device having two adjusting rings located on said power tool housing and rotatable manually to define setting positions and acting on said cam device, said overlocking coupling and said blocking device, wherein one of said adjusting rings is a torque adjusting ring and sets the “drilling” operating mode and the “screwdriving” operating mode, with preselection of the magnitude of the overlocking moment, while the other of said adjusting rings is embodied as a function adjusting ring and switches the “percussion drilling” operating mode on and off, and in its position that switches the “percussion drilling” operating mode on, it overrides any operating mode set by said torque adjusting ring.
When the hand power tool is designed in accordance with the present invention it has the advantage that the operating modes of “percussion drilling”, “drilling” and “screwdriving” with preselection of the overlocking moment or torque are divided up more logically between the adjusting rings and can be called up by means of shorter rotation paths of the adjusting rings. Hence regardless of the instantaneous setting of the torque adjusting ring, the percussion drilling function can be engaged by transferring the function adjusting ring to its one setting position. If the percussion drilling function is disengaged again by rotating the function adjusting ring in reverse, then the hand power tool resumes the operating mode specified at that instant by the torque adjusting ring. For setting the “percussion drilling” operating mode from the “drilling” or the “screwdriving” operating mode, thus the function adjusting ring merely needs to be rotated by a small rotary angle and does not—as in the known hand power tool—have to travel through the wide torque adjusting range of the “screwdriving” operating mode. The operating mode setting device is distinguished by good ergonomics and ease of use and has an attractive appearance.
In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the torque adjusting ring, which has a plurality of setting positions, accesses the overlocking coupling and the blocking device in such a way that in the setting position of the torque adjusting ring that trips the drilling function, the blocking device is activated, while in the other setting positions of the torque adjusting ring it is deactivated, and the coupling spring of the overlocking coupling is prestressed variously strongly. The setting positions of the torque adjusting ring are preferably located such that with an increasingly long rotary path of the torque adjusting ring, the overlocking moment increases from one setting position to the next, and the setting position for calling up the drilling function adjoins the last one of these further setting positions. The function adjusting ring, which has only two setting positions, accesses the cam device and the blocking device, in such a way that in one setting position, the percussion drilling function is engaged and the blocking device is activated, and in the other setting position, the percussion drilling function is disengaged and the blocking device is deactivated.
The novel features which are considered as characteristic for the present invention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
With the hand power tool shown in fragmentary form in longitudinal section in
The hand power tool has a power tool housing 10, in which a rotationally drivable tool spindle 11 is rotatably supported. The tool spindle 11 protrudes from the face end of the power tool housing 10 and on its protruding end has a thread 12 onto which a tool holder, not shown here, can be screwed, in which holder a drill, screwdriver or percussion drill can be fastened. In the front region, a guide sleeve 13 is fixedly joined to the power tool housing 10. The end of the guide sleeve 13 on the power takeoff side of the spindle is dynamically closed off from the rotating tool holder, for the sake of preventing the entry of dust, by means of a cap 60 with an integrated dust labyrinth 61 (
The tool spindle 11 is rotatably held in the guide sleeve 13 via a ball bearing 14, on the one hand, and on the other, two rotatable adjusting rings of an operating mode setting device are located axially side by side on the guide sleeve 13, for calling up the operating modes of the hand power tool. With the torque adjusting ring 15, the “drilling” operating mode and the “screwdriving” operating mode are called up, and simultaneously in the “screwdriving” operating mode, the desired tightening torque for a screwdriver is preselected. With the function adjusting ring 16, the “percussion drilling” operating mode is engaged and disengaged again.
The rotational drive of the tool spindle 11 is effected by an electric motor 17 (
As long as the torque or overlocking moment predetermined by the prestressing force of the coupling spring 24 is not attained, the ring gear 22 is held nonrotatably on the guide sleeve 13, and the tool spindle 11 is driven via the planet wheel carrier 21, which is braced on the tool spindle 11 and coupled to it in a manner fixed against relative rotation via a slaving means 26 (
The prestressing of the coupling spring 24 is preselected by the torque adjusting ring 15. The torque adjusting ring 15 is capable of rotating a threaded ring 28, specifically via a slaving means 27 (
For the “drilling” and “percussion drilling” operating modes, the overlocking coupling 25 must be switched to be inoperative; that is, the ring gear 22 that forms one coupling part is fixed on the guide sleeve 13 in a manner that prevents relative rotation, without the capability of overlocking. To that end, the ring gear 22, on its outer circumference, has detent lugs 32, offset from one another by the same circumferential angles, with detent gaps 33 located between them (
The axial displacement of the slide wedges 34 is accomplished on the one hand by two control cams 36 on the threaded ring 28 (
The function adjusting ring 16, which by rotation can be transferred into two setting positions, likewise accesses the blocking device 31, specifically in such a way that in its “percussion drilling” setting position, it inserts the slide wedges 34, counter to the force of the restoring spring 35, into the detent gaps 33 in the ring gear 22, and in its other setting position, it releases the slide wedges 34 again, so that they are thrust out of the detent gaps 33 by the restoring springs 35, and the ring gear 22 now meshes with the transmission ring 23 of the overlocking coupling 25 solely via the transmission elements.
As can be seen from
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The control cams 36 on the threaded ring 28 have thrust the slide wedges 34 into the detent gaps 33 of the ring gear 22 and keep the slide wedges 34 in this thrust-in position, counter to the force of their restoring spring 35. In
If the function adjusting ring 16 is returned to its other setting position, then the control cams 40 release the slide wedges 34, and the slide wedges are expelled from the detent gaps 33 of the ring gear 22 by their restoring springs 35. The hand power tool is in the operating mode that is predetermined by the instantaneous position of the torque adjusting ring 15. As can be seen, by rotation of the function adjusting ring 16 into its “percussion drilling” setting position, the operating mode called up by the torque adjusting ring 15 is “overtaken” or overridden. The torque adjusting ring 15 can be rotated arbitrarily without becoming operative. Not until the function adjusting ring 16 has been reset to its other setting position does the torque adjusting ring 15 attain its described mode of operation.
For the “percussion drilling” operating mode, a cam device 41 (
The cam disk 43 thus rests in its receptacle in the guide sleeve 13 in an axial floating way, prestressed toward the cam disk 42 and mechanically limited. The axially floating bearing of the cam disk 43 is necessary to assure continuous drilling in the percussion drilling mode. With a slight contact pressure force of the tool against the workpiece, the cam disk 42 comes into engagement with the detent cams on the cam disk 43. However, the cam disk 43 can deflect axially counter to the prestressing force of the compression springs 44. The compression spring packet thus has a damping effect and absorbs some of the vibrational energy, which is important for drilling against hard, brittle workpiece surfaces. If the full percussion drilling vibration is required, as for instance in making coarse bores in masonry, fine concrete, and the like, then the contact-pressure force of the tool must be increased maximally, as a result of which the compression springs 44 are overridden, and the cam disk 43 is pressed against its axial mechanical stop in the guide sleeve 13. Thus the maximum possible undamped axial vibration energy reaches the drilling tool.
An actuating unit 45, controlled by the function adjusting ring 16, assures that when the function adjusting ring 16 is set to its “percussion drilling” setting position, the cam disks 42, 43 are brought into engagement with one another, and in the other setting position of the function adjusting ring 16, they are put out of engagement again. As long as the cam disks 42, 43 are in engagement with one another, the tool spindle 11 is additionally subjected to percussion upon rotation. The actuating unit 45 (
The holder 50 has an annular bottom 501, three retaining arms 502 protruding from it, and three overfitting tabs 503, which are bent at the end of the retaining arms 502 and rest on the disk face, facing away from the humps 47, of the control disk 48.
In this position of the actuating unit 45, the ball bearing 14 and the tool spindle 11 are displaced axially so far that the cam disk 42, press-fitted onto the tool spindle 11, is disengaged from the cam disk 43. Upon rotation of the control disk 48, which is done via a slaving means 51 (
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In the function adjusting ring 16, there is a display window 54, in which a red face appears when the function adjusting ring 16 is set to its “percussion drilling” setting position, and a triangle 55 with its triangular tip pointing toward the torque adjusting ring 15 appears when the function adjusting ring 16 is set to the other setting position. This triangular tip serves as a reference marking for the markings 61 on the torque adjusting ring 15 and points to the setting position, set by the torque adjusting ring 15, which is indicated by the markings on the torque adjusting ring 15. The two symbols “red face” and “triangle” are located on a curved flat segment 56 (
In the modified version of the torque adjusting ring 15′ and function adjusting ring 16′ shown in
The torque adjusting ring 15′ has an offset annular collar 59, which the function adjusting ring 16′ fits over. Numbers are located side by side in the circumferential direction on the annular collar 59, symbolizing the setting positions of the torque adjusting ring 15′ in which positions the overlocking moment of the overlocking coupling 25 is set with a deviating overlocking moment. The magnitude of the overlocking moment increases as the numbers become higher. At the end of the number scale, there is a symbol, not visible here, for the “drilling” setting position. If the function adjusting ring 16′ is in its “percussion drilling” setting position, then the hammer symbol 57 becomes visible through the display window 54′. The hand power tool is in the “percussion drilling” operating mode. If the function adjusting ring 16′ is shifted from this setting position to its other setting position, then the display window 54′ comes to coincide with the segment cutout 58 in the flat segment 56′. Depending on which setting position the torque adjusting ring 15′ is set to, this setting position becomes visible in the display window 54′, such as the number “1” for a setting position in which the hand power tool is in the “screwdriving” operating mode with the least overlocking moment, or the drilling symbol, for instance, on the annular collar 59 that shows that the hand power tool is in the “drilling” operating mode.
It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together, may also find a useful application in other types of constructions differing from the types described above.
While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in a hand power tool, in particular drilling screwdriver, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of reveal present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of the invention.
What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10 2004 051911.0 | Oct 2004 | DE | national |