1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a pneumatic nail gun. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a pneumatic nail gun having a double insurance mechanism.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional pneumatic nail gun is communicated to a source compressed gas, and includes a nail-gun main body and a trigger disposed on the nail-gun main body. When a user pulls the trigger, a nail is fired out from a nail outlet of the nail-gun main body.
For the purpose of avoiding accidentally firing the nail as a result of carelessly pulling the trigger by the user, or for the purpose of avoiding the user from using the pneumatic nail gun in an incorrect manner, in some pneumatic nail gun an insurance unit is disposed at the nail outlet of the nail-gun main body. The insurance unit can shift between a non-firing location and a location to be fired. In a non-operating condition, the insurance unit is protruded relative to the nail outlet and is thus disposed at a non-firing location. At this point, the trigger of the pneumatic nail gun cannot be pulled, or alternatively the trigger can be pulled but no nail is fired.
When the nail outlet abuts against an operating surface as operated by a user, the insurance unit reaches the location to be fired as pushed by the operating surface, and only at this point can the user push the trigger to fire the nail smoothly.
However, there are still security flaws in the conventional pneumatic nail gun. For example, when the aforesaid insurance unit accidentally abuts against a body part (such as a hand or foot) of the user or other positions at which nailing is originally not required, then as accordingly the insurance unit moves to the location to be fired, it is still possible that the pneumatic nail gun is actuated by mistake. Therefore there is a need to solve such a problem.
The Patent No. TW I352652 discloses a pneumatic nail gun having a pneumatic auxiliary handle, wherein the auxiliary handle is used to control whether conducting the high-pressure gas or not, so that in order to fire a nail smoothly, the user has to simultaneously pull a trigger of the pneumatic auxiliary handle and an activating main trigger of the nail gun respectively with two hands.
However, the Patent No. TW I352652 still has security flaws as the control of actuation of the pneumatic auxiliary handle is not linked with the action of the aforesaid insurance unit, and this patent even proposes that the nailing operation can be performed without abutting the pneumatic nail gun against a workpiece (that is, when the user pulls the two triggers at the same time, a nail is fired no matter the pneumatic nail gun abuts the surface to be nailed or not). Therefore, it cannot consider that such a design has already reached a high-level security and protection.
In view of the above, the disclosure is mainly directed to provide a pneumatic nail gun having a double insurance mechanism.
In order to achieve the aforesaid and other aims, the disclosure provides a pneumatic nail gun communicated to a source of compressed gas. The pneumatic nail gun includes a nail-gun main body, a first trigger, an auxiliary handle, an insurance unit and an auxiliary insurance mechanism. The first trigger is disposed in the nail-gun main body. The auxiliary handle is extended from the nail-gun main body. The insurance unit is disposed at a nail outlet of the nail-gun main body, and is capable of shifting between a non-firing location and a location to be fired. The auxiliary insurance mechanism includes a second trigger and an insurance stopper element. The second trigger disposed on the auxiliary handle. The insurance stopper element is disposed in the nail-gun main body. The insurance stopper element is capable of shifting between a first location and a second location as controlled by operation of the second trigger so as to selectively block a shifting path of the insurance unit. When the user uses one hand to operate the second trigger so as to control the shift of the insurance stopper element to enable the insurance unit to shift to the location to be fired, and the user has to use the other hand to operate the first trigger.
With the aforesaid structure, in addition to the insurance mechanism owned by the conventional pneumatic nail gun, in the disclosure by adding an auxiliary insurance mechanism, the insurance unit can freely move only after the user moves the insurance stopper element to an appropriate location, otherwise even the insurance unit itself cannot reach the location to be fired so that actuation of the pneumatic nail gun by mistake is avoided.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are by examples, and are intended to provide further explanation of the disclosure as claimed.
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The stopper element accommodation groove 10 is disposed in the nail-gun main body 1 and has a first passage 11 which communicates the stopper element accommodation groove 10 to the valve lever accommodation groove 50. The insurance stopper element 20 is disposed in the stopper element accommodation groove 10 and can shift between a first location (as shown in
The first elastic member 30 is disposed in the stopper element accommodation groove 10, and provides a pre-elastic force for moving the insurance stopper element 20 to the first location.
The second passage 40 is communicated to the source of compressed gas of the nail-gun main body 1, so as to direct the compressed gas provided from the source of compressed gas. That is, the second passage 40 is disposed as communicated to the valve lever accommodation groove 50 and is further communicated to the nail-gun main body 1.
The valve lever accommodation groove 50 is communicated between the first passage 11 and the second passage 40, and the valve lever 60 has a head portion 61 disposed in the valve lever accommodation groove 50, and is capable of shifting between a third location (as shown in
The third passage 70 is communicated between the first passage 11 and the outside.
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Based on the aforesaid structure, the nail is fired only when the user operate as follows: using one hand to control the valve lever 60, then making the nail outlet 4 abut against an operating surface to push the insurance unit 3 against the location to be fired, such that the pneumatic nail gun is in a stated to be actuated; and then using the other hand to pull the first trigger 2. Such pneumatic nail gun having a double insurance mechanism (the insurance unit 3 and the auxiliary insurance mechanism 5) can ensure that the nail is fired only when the user uses both hands to operate the pneumatic nail gun and pushes the insurance unit 3 against the location to be fired, thereby the possibility of firing the nail by mistake is significantly reduced.
In this preferred embodiment, an auxiliary handle 80 extends from the nail-gun main body 1 and is connected to the valve lever accommodation groove 50, and the control means of the auxiliary insurance mechanism 5 further has a second trigger 90 pivotally disposed in the auxiliary handle 80 and a pair of connecting rods 100 controlled by the second trigger 90. The pair of connecting rods 100 has a first connecting rod 101 and a second connecting rod 102. The first connecting rod 101 is pivotally and coaxially disposed on the auxiliary handle 80 together with the second trigger 90. The second connecting rod 102 is pivotally disposed between the first connecting rod 101 and the valve lever 60. As such, the user can press the second trigger 90 to enable the pair of connecting rods 100 to push shifting of the valve lever 60. Moreover, the auxiliary handle 80 is provided with the valve lever 60 therein, and the function of the valve lever 60 of opening or closing the compressed-gas source of the main body is driven by the second trigger 90, so as to control gas from the source of compressed gas to pass through the first passage 11 to enable the insurance stopper element 20 to act at the first location or the second location.
In order to make the valve lever 60 shift smoothly, the control means of the auxiliary insurance mechanism 5 further includes a guide rod 110. The valve lever 60 has a pivot end 62 and a pivot hole 63 disposed at the pivot end 62. The second connecting rod 102 has an abutting end 103 pivotally connected to the pivot end 62, and an abutting hole 104 disposed at the abutting end 103. The auxiliary handle 80 has an accommodation groove 81 used for accommodating the pivot end 62 of the valve lever 60 and an elongated slot 82 communicated to the accommodation groove 81. The guide rod 110 penetrates the pivot hole 63 and the abutting hole 104 and is partially protruded into the elongated slot 82, such that the guide rod 110 can shift along the elongated slot 82 to direct the valve lever 60 to smoothly shift between the third and fourth locations.
Moreover, the control means of the auxiliary insurance mechanism 5 also includes a valve block 120 disposed in the valve lever accommodation groove 50. The valve block 120 has a through hole 121, a ring groove 122 corresponding to the first passage 11, and several openings 123 communicated between the through hole 121 and the ring groove 122. Two ends of the through hole 121 are respectively communicated to the second passage 40 and the third passage 70. The head portion 61 of the valve lever 60 movably penetrates the through hole 121, and the internal and external surfaces of the valve block 120 are provided with several sealing rings for improving gas tightness.
Additionally, in order to facilitate restoration of the valve lever 60 the control means of the auxiliary insurance mechanism 5 of this preferred embodiment further includes a second elastic member 130. The second elastic member 130 is disposed in the auxiliary handle 80 to provide a pre-elastic force for putting the valve lever 60 back to the third location.
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It should be illustrated that in other possible embodiments of the disclosure, the user also can use other control means to control the valve lever. As an example, a free end of the valve lever is exposed to outside, such that the user can perform controlling by directly pressing the valve lever. In other possible embodiments of the disclosure, the third passage may be omitted and the residual pressure of the pneumatic chamber is released in other manners. For example, other pressure release valves or pressure release channels are directly arranged in the pneumatic chamber and are controlled in appropriate manners.
Additionally, in the aforesaid two preferred embodiments, the control means is shifting the valve lever to control whether pushing the insurance stopper element or not. That is the control means is a pneumatic control means, although the control means of the disclosure also includes purely mechanical control means.
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Such a mechanical control means is advantageous in that the configuration number of gas flowing passages can be reduced; the gas loss is less; such a control means is adapted to operation of continuously firing; and it is convenient to install and maintain. It should also be illustrated that the mechanical control means is not limited to that shown in the third preferred embodiment. For example, the second trigger can be changed into a shifter lever, a rotary knob or the like form; the steel rope can be replaced by other conveying mechanisms such as a connecting rod set, a gear train and a conveying chain; and it is also not necessary to use the mechanical control means together with a insurance stopper element capable of swinging. That is, the insurance stopper element can be changed as capable of linearly shifting under the control of the mechanical control means, and disposed at an appropriate position of the nail-gun main body.
Additionally, in order to adapt the pneumatic nail gun of the disclosure to the habits and ergonomic requirement of the user during operating, in the aforesaid three embodiments, the long-axis direction of the nail-gun main body is the first direction (such as the orientation of X axis); the long-axis direction of the auxiliary handle is the second direction (such as the orientation of Y axis); the shifting path of the insurance unit is the third direction (such as the orientation of Z axis); and the first, second and third directions are vertical to each other, such that the user can grip the nail gun during operating. Certainly, in other possible implementation aspects, these directions may be not vertical to each other.
At last, it should be noted that the construction components disclosed in the aforesaid embodiments are only illustrative and not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other equivalent replacements or modifications of the components are also protected by the scope of the claims of the disclosure.