This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
A first embodiment of a non-step speed changer 40 for a plane shaft of a manual planer in the present invention, as shown in
The non-step speed changer 40 includes an adjust base 41, a speed changing cam unit 42 and a position device 43. The adjust base 41 is a flat board, and the motor 21 is fixed on the adjust base 41, and a connecting shaft 411 is combined laterally to a first side of the adjust base 41, located in parallel to the spindle 211, and pivotally connected to the base 20. The adjust base 41 further is provided with a adjusting shaft unit 412 connected pivotally to a second side opposite to the first side formed with the connecting shaft 411. The adjust shaft unit 412 has a shaft 4121 pivotally connected in the base 20 and having one end protruding out of the base 20. The two ends of the shaft 4121 are both fixed with a disc 4122 located in the base 20. Further, a connect rod 4123 has a lower end pivotally connected eccentrically on the inner surface of the disc 4122, and an upper end pivotally connected to one of two ends of the second side of the adjust base 41. Then if the disc 4122 of the adjust shaft unit 412 is rotated, the spindle 211 of the motor 21 can be adjusted in its level or position accordingly by movement of the connect rod pushed up or down. The position device 43 is pivotally positioned at an outer side of the shaft 4121, having elastic positioning function on the shaft 4121.
The speed-changing cam unit 42 is composed of a cam unit 421 and an elastic member 422, and the cam unit 312 consists of a first cam 4211 and a second cam 4212. The first and the second cam 4211 and 4212 both have an inner inclined surface gradually swelling up from the outer circumference to the center. The first cam 4211 is pivotally fixed on the spindle 211 and the second cam 4212 is combined movably on the spindle, possible to reciprocate for a axial distance to alter the gap between itself and the first cam 4211. Then a transmitting endless belt 312 is mounted between the first and the second cam 4211 and 4212, or in the cam unit 421, and at the same time an elastic member 422 is fitted around the spindle 211 behind the second cam 4212 to always urge the second cam 4212 so that the second cam 4212 is always pushed elastically by the elastic member 422, forcing the transmitting belt 312 maintained in a definite tension.
In using, if the rotating speed of he plane shaft 31 is wanted to be lessened, firstly press the position device 43 to let the shaft 4121 to rotate, then the connect rod 4123 is to be rotated eccentrically by the disc 412210 and the adjust base 41 together with the motor 21 is to be lowered down. Then the distance between the spindle 211 and the belt wheel 311 is lengthened accordingly so that the transmitting belt 312 moves nearer to the center of the cam unit 421, letting the gap between the second cam 4212 and the first cam 4211 to increase. So the rotating radius of the cam unit 421 may reduce to lower the planing speed of the plane shaft 31, as shown in
On the contrary, if the plane shaft 31 is needed to increase its rotating speed, the shaft 4121 has to be rotated reversely, letting the disc 4122 rotate the connecting rod 4123 eccentrically, so the connecting rod 4123 may lift up the adjust base 41 to swing up together with the motor 21, with the spindle 211 also raised up accordingly. Then the distance between the spindle 211 and the belt wheel 311 is shortened, so the transmitting belt 312 moved nearer to the outer circumference of the cam unit 421, with the elastic member 422 producing elasticity to press the second cam 4212 toward the first cam 4211. Then the cam unit 421 tightens the transmitting belt 312, which then surely transmits force, increasing the rotating radius of the cam unit 421 for the transmitting belt 312, and then the planing speed of the plane shaft 31 is augmented accordingly, as shown in
Next,
In using the second embodiment, when the planing speed of the plane shaft 31 is needed to be altered, firstly rotate the round handle 231 to let the threaded rod 23 rotate to move the adjust shaft 413 to swing up or down together with the motor 21 so the motor 21 may alter its location and the spindle 211 also altered in its location.
As can be understood from the aforesaid description, the invention has the following advantages.
1. The planing speed of the plane shaft can be altered by changing the position of the motor, permitting the operation easy and accurate to obtain good quality for works finished.
While the preferred embodiments of the inventin have been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.