The invention relates to a pneumatic machine tool and more particularly to a pneumatic machine tool with two pivot connecting arms disposing on a tool head.
Existing hand-held pneumatic machine tools can be mainly divided into two parts, a tool head and a handle. The hand-held pneumatic machine tool is provided with a pneumatic motor inside the tool head, an air inlet channel is formed on the tool head and the handle, and external gas flows into the tool head along the air inlet channel to drive the pneumatic motor to run, so that the pneumatic motor drives the tool to work.
However, because the tool head and the handle of the conventional hand-held pneumatic machine tool cannot move relative to each other, the pneumatic machine tool is easily restricted by a width of the working environment or obstacles, and cannot be smoothly manipulated. In the past, the operator could only swing his wrist to change the manipulation angle to make the operation position of the tool match the surface to be machined, but this would easily affect the smoothness of operation and also cause occupational injury to the operator.
In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the manufacturers of pneumatic machine tools have acquired patents such as TW 1711511, TW 1724866 and TW 1724856. The aforementioned patents disclose that the tool head and the handle are connected by the pivot shaft, and the user can change the angle between the tool head and the handle by manipulating the pivot shaft, so that the tool head can swing relative to the handle according to different operation requirements. However, the tool heads of the pneumatic machine tools disclosed in TW 1711511 and TW 1724866 are assembled at a single point, that is, the assembly neck that is inserted between the two connecting arms of the handle is provided on the tool head. Because inside the tool head is provided with the pneumatic motor, and the pneumatic motor has to be connected to the tool when the pneumatic machine tool is to be operated, the assembly neck needs to bear the weights of the pneumatic motor and the tool, which will cause the assembly neck to be easily damaged after long-term use. Furthermore, in the conventional pneumatic machine tools, in the process of gas flowing from the main flow channel to the head, the gas enters the two branch flow channels from the main flow channel, and then enters the head. However, the design of the gas path easily affects the concentration of the gas flow, causing the gas flow rate to drop, and the motor incapable of being driven to work normally. In addition, the aforementioned pneumatic machine tools require a large number of additional sealing structures to establish the gas path, which leads to inconvenience in assembly. Furthermore, if the sealing structure loses the airtight function, it is easy to cause the gas flow rate inside the conventional pneumatic machine tool to be too low, resulting in the pneumatic machine tool being incapable of functioning properly.
A main object of the invention is to solve the problems caused by the deficient structures of the conventional pneumatic machine tool with an adjustable tool head.
In order to achieve the above object, the invention provides a pneumatic machine tool comprising a handle and a tool head, one end of the handle is a first pivot connecting end, and the handle comprises a main flow channel extending to reach the first pivot connecting end, and a switch assembly provided in the main flow channel. The switch assembly determines whether the main flow channel is in a ventilation state or a stopped ventilation state. The tool head comprises a main body, a tool driving assembly disposed in the main body, and two pivot connecting arms formed on the main body and disposed side by side. The two pivot connecting arms served as a second pivot connecting end of the tool head to be assembled with the first pivot connecting end through a pivot shaft. The main body is formed with a chamber provided for disposal of the tool driving assembly, and at least one secondary flow channel communicating with the chamber and extending to the two pivot connecting arms. The pivot shaft comprises a transfer flow channel and two transfer ports communicating with the transfer flow channel, and the main flow channel and the at least one secondary flow channel form a ventilation path through the two transfer ports.
In one embodiment, a plurality of choke rings are formed on the pivot shaft to establish the ventilation path together with the main flow channel and the at least one secondary flow channel.
In one embodiment, the pivot shaft comprises a head, and the head is served as one of the plurality of choke rings.
In one embodiment, the pivot shaft is provided with a plurality of airtight washers respectively located on the plurality of choke rings.
In one embodiment, the pivot shaft comprises a port communicating with the transfer flow channel, and wherein when the pivot shaft is pivotally connected to the handle and the tool head, the port is closed by one of the two pivot connecting arms.
In one embodiment, the handle comprises a first shaft mounting hole communicating with the main flow channel, and two second shaft mounting holes communicating with the first shaft mounting hole are formed on the two pivot connecting arms, respectively, and wherein the first shaft mounting hole and two second shaft mounting holes are provided for the pivot shaft to dispose therein.
In one embodiment, one of the two second shaft mounting holes is a through hole, and an other one of the two second shaft mounting holes is a blind hole.
In one embodiment, the main flow channel penetrates the first pivot connecting end, and the handle comprises a first plug mounted at the first pivot connecting end to close a first opening of the main flow channel located at the first pivot connecting end.
In one embodiment, the at least one secondary flow channel penetrates one of the two pivot connecting arms, and the tool head comprises a second plug mounted on one of the two pivot connecting arms which is penetrated by the at least one secondary flow channel to close a second opening of the at least one secondary flow channel.
In one embodiment, the handle comprises a body provided for disposal of the switch assembly, and a neck connecting with the body and served as the first pivot connecting end.
In one embodiment, the handle comprises a manipulation pressing plate disposed on the body for driving the switch assembly.
Accordingly, the invention has the following features: the invention is provided with the two pivot connecting arms, the tool head utilizes the two pivot connecting arms as the second pivot connecting end, and the tool head is connected with the first pivot connecting end through the pivot shaft to achieve an object of swinging relative to the handle. In addition, the invention forms the secondary flow channel extending to one of the two pivot connecting arms through the main body, so that gas can flow into the chamber more concentrated to prevent the pneumatic machine tool from being incapable of working properly caused by a low gas flow rate. Furthermore, through disposition of the pivot shaft and the transfer flow channel of the invention, the problem of the prior art that a large number of additional sealing structures are required to establish a ventilation path can be improved.
The detailed description and technical content of the invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The tool head 30 includes a main body 31, a tool driving assembly 32 disposed in the main body 31, and two pivot connecting arms 33 formed on the main body 31, wherein the two pivot connecting arms 33 are disposed side by side on a side of the main body 31, when the tool head 30 is to be pivotally connected with the handle 10, the tool head 30 provides a second pivot connecting end 34 via the two pivot connecting arms 33, the second pivot connecting end 34 of the tool head 30 is assembled with the first pivot connecting end 11 through a pivot shaft 50, and the tool head 30 is capable of achieving an object of swinging relative to the handle 10 through the pivot shaft 50, as shown in
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It can be known from the above that, in the invention, through disposition of the two pivot connecting arms 33, when the tool head 30 is to be assembled with the handle 10, the tool head 30 is assembled with the pivot shaft 50 through the two pivot connecting arms 33, and is pivotally connected on the handle 10 to achieve an object of assembling and swinging. In addition, the main body 31 of the invention forms the at least one secondary flow channel 312 extending to one of the two pivot connecting arms 33, so that gas can flow into the chamber 311 centrally in order to prevent a gas flow rate from being too low to cause the pneumatic machine tool 100 being incapable of working properly. Furthermore, through disposition of the two pivot connecting arms 33 and the pivot shaft 50 of the invention, the problem of prior arts that a large number of additional sealing structures are required to establish a ventilation path can be improved. In this way, the invention is capable of avoiding the problem of leaking of gas flow in the prior arts due to aging of sealing structures or unreliable assembly, resulting in the problems of the gas flow rate being too low in the conventional pneumatic machine tool and the conventional pneumatic machine tool being incapable of working properly.
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In one embodiment, an end of the rod body 55 without including the head 56 is open, and the pivot shaft 50 includes a port 57 communicating with the transfer flow channel 51. When the pivot shaft 50 is pivotally connected to the handle 10 and the tool head 30, the port 57 is closed by one of the two pivot connecting arms 33, and one of the two pivot connecting arms 33 closing the port 57 restricts a flow direction of gas in the transfer flow channel 51.
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Furthermore, in another embodiment, at least one of the two pivot connecting arms 33 includes a first threaded portion 37 disposed on an inner wall of the second shaft mounting hole 36 corresponded, and the pivot shaft 50 includes a second threaded portion 58 matched with the first threaded portion 37. When the pivot shaft 50 is pivotally connected to the handle 10 and the tool head 30, the second threaded portion 58 is assembled with the first threaded portion 37. In order to assist in assembling the pivot shaft 50, the pivot shaft 50 is divided into a wide-diameter section 59 and a narrow-diameter section 60 connecting with the wide-diameter section 59, wherein the wide-diameter section 59 is provided with the head 56, which is convenient for the user to hold thereon during assembly. In addition, the pivot shaft 50 includes an assembly hole 61 disposed on the head 56. The assembly hole 61 provides the user to pivotally connect the pivot shaft 50 on the handle 10 and the tool head 30 by using an external tool (such as a screwdriver, a hexagonal wrench, etc.).
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The handle 10 of the invention includes a manipulation pressing plate 19 disposed on the body 17, and the manipulation pressing plate 19 is operated by the user and utilized to drive the switch assembly 13. In addition, the switch assembly 13 comprises a diversion valve 131, a movable plug 132 disposed in the diversion valve 131, and a spring 133 butting against the movable plug 132. The diversion valve 131 includes a diversion flow channel 134; and the movable plug 132 is controlled by the manipulation pressing plate 19, and is butted by the spring 133 to close the diversion flow channel 134 under normal circumstances. That is to say, the movable plug 132 blocks a communication between the diversion flow channel 134 and the main flow channel 12 when the manipulation pressing plate 19 does not control the movable plug 132, so that gas in the main flow channel 12 cannot flow into the transfer flow channel 51. When the manipulation pressing plate 19 presses the movable plug 132, the movable plug 132 releases the diversion flow channel 134, so that the diversion valve 131 communicates with the main flow channel 12, and gas in the main flow channel 12 can flow into the transfer flow channel 51. In one embodiment, the handle 10 of the invention is formed with an assembly protrusion 20 disposed on the body 17 and provided for assembling the manipulation pressing plate 19, the assembly protrusion 20 is formed with an opening 201, and the opening 201 is provided for disposal of an assembling rod 191 of the manipulation pressing plate 19 so that the manipulation pressing plate 19 is capable of displacing relative to the switch assembly 13 after being assembled on the assembly protrusion 20.
In another embodiment, the main flow channel 12 is divided by the switch assembly 13 into an air inlet section 123 with the air inlet 14, and an air outlet section 124 located on a side close to the transfer flow channel 51. The diversion flow channel 134 of the diversion valve 131 communicates with the air inlet section 123 and the air outlet section 124. When the movable plug 132 closes the diversion flow channel 134, the air inlet section 123 cannot communicate with the air outlet section 124, and vice versa, the air inlet section 123 is able to communicate with the air outlet section 124. In addition, when viewing the pneumatic machine tool 100 from a side view, an extension line 125 of the air inlet section 123 and an extension line 126 of the air outlet section 124 intersect at one point. In another embodiment, the handle 10 is formed with a space 21 communicating with the main flow channel 12, and a main function of the space 21 is to provide the handle 10 with a light weight. It should be understood that an end of the space 21 without facing the air inlet 14 is not communicated with the at least one secondary flow channel 312, and the space 21 does not substitute for the main flow channel 12 to deliver gas.
In addition, in this embodiment, the tool head 30 includes at least one exhaust port 38 disposed on the main body 31, the exhaust port 38 communicates with the chamber 311 and the outside to discharge gas inside the chamber 311. In another embodiment, the tool head 30 of the invention includes at least one maintenance opening 39 formed on the main body 31, and the maintenance opening 39 has a function of facilitating disassembly of the main body 31 for maintenance of the tool driving assembly 32.
Number | Name | Date | Kind |
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20210205966 | Ho | Jul 2021 | A1 |
Number | Date | Country |
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I711511 | Dec 2020 | TW |
I724856 | Apr 2021 | TW |
I724866 | Apr 2021 | TW |