Claims
- 1. A rotating connector, wherein, said rotating connector includes a fixed unit and a combined fastening part;
- two parallel fixed bolts which are extended outward are fixed on one said of said fixed unit, and a neck section is formed on the end part of each fixed bolt;
- said combined fastening part is composed of a buckling unit and a plug-in block; said plug-in block is circular, and a jack-post which is extended outward is concentrically formed on one side of said plug-in block, and a taper flange is formed on the end of said jack-post; two rabbets which are corresponded to the heads of said fixed bolts on said fixed unit are formed on the plug-in block and around said jack-post, and the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the plug-in block, of the rabbets are equal to the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the fixed unit, of the fixed bolts, and some teeth are evenly arranged on the exterior periphery of said plug-in block;
- on the exterior periphery of said buckling unit some teeth are arranged to avoid sliding while which is held to rotate; a cavity consisted of three concentric cylinder cavities which are communicated with one and another is concentrically formed in said buckling unit; two arc flanges extended toward the center line of said buckling unit are symmetrically formed on the interior periphery of the largest cylinder cavity, which diameter is slightly longer than the longest diameter of the envelope line of the exterior periphery of said plug-in block; the diameter of the middle cylinder cavity is corresponded to the diameter of said jack-post, and the diameter of the other end cylinder cavity is longer than that of the middle cylinder cavity to receive the end flange of said jack-post; some arc guide grooves which are communicated with the largest cylinder cavity are formed on the buckling unit and around the jack-post, which number is equal to that of the fixed bolts on the fixed unit, and which width is shorter than the diameter of said fixed bolt and longer than the diameter of the neck section on the end part of said fixed bolt; the corresponding end of each arc guide groove is arc, which diameter is longer than that of the head of said fixed bolt; the radius of center line of the arc guide groove, i.e., the radius of the arc by which the width of said arc guide groove is evenly divided is equal to half the central distance between two fixed bolts on said fixed unit;
- the plug-in block can be pressed and inserted into the cylinder cavity in the buckling unit, and the buckling unit can be rotated relative to the plug-in block and cannot move axially relative to the plug-in block because the end flange of the jack-post is buckled; the fixed bolts on the fixed unit can pass through the end arc part of the arc guide groove and the heads of said fixed bolts can be inserted into the rabbets on said plug-in block.
- 2. A rotating connector, wherein, said rotating connector includes a fixed unit and a combined fastening part;
- more than two parallel fixed bolts which are extended outward are fixed on one said of said fixed unit, and a neck section is formed on the end part of each fixed bolt;
- said combined fastening part is composed of a buckling unit and a plug-in block; said plug-in block is circular, and a jack-post which is extended outward is concentrically formed on one side of said plug-in block, and a taper flange is formed on the end of said jack-post; two rabbets which are corresponded to the heads of said fixed bolts on said fixed unit are formed on the plug-in block and around said jack-post, and the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the plug-in block, of the rabbets are equal to the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the fixed unit, of the fixed bolts, and some teeth are evenly arranged on the exterior periphery of said plug-in block;
- on the exterior periphery of said buckling unit some teeth are arranged to avoid sliding while which is held to rotate; a cavity consisted of three concentric cylinder cavities which are communicated with one and another is concentrically formed in said buckling unit; two arc flanges extended toward the center line of said buckling unit are symmetrically formed on the interior periphery of the largest cylinder cavity, which diameter is slightly longer than the longest diameter of the envelope line of the exterior periphery of said plug-in block; the diameter of the middle cylinder cavity is corresponded to the diameter of said jack-post, and the diameter of the other end cylinder cavity is longer than that of the middle cylinder cavity to receive the end flange of said jack-post; some are guide grooves which are communicated with the largest cylinder cavity are formed on the buckling unit and around the jack-post, which number is equal to that of the fixed bolts on the fixed unit, and which width is shorter than the diameter of said fixed bolt and longer than the diameter of the neck section on the end part of said fixed bolt; the corresponding end of each arc guide groove is arc, which diameter is longer than that of the head of said fixed bolt; the radius of center line of the arc guide groove, i.e., the radius of the arc by which the width of said arc guide groove is evenly divided is equal to the radius of the circle on which periphery the center lines of the fixed bolts on said fixed unit are situated;
- the plug-in block can be pressed and inserted into the cylinder cavity in the buckling unit, and the buckling unit can be rotated relative to the plug-in block and cannot move axially relative to the plug-in block because the end flange of the jack-post is buckled; the fixed bolts on the fixed unit can pass through the end arc part of the arc guide groove and the heads of said fixed bolts can be inserted into the rabbets on said plug-in block.
- 3. A rotating connector, wherein, said rotating connector includes a fixed unit and a combined fastening part;
- two parallel fixed bolts which are extended outward are fixed on one said of said fixed unit, and a flange is formed on the end part of each fixed bolt;
- said combined fastening part is composed of a buckling unit and a plug-in block; said plug-in block is circular, and a jack-post which is extended outward is concentrically formed on one side of said plug-in block, and a taper flange is formed on the end of said jack-post; two rabbets which are corresponded to the heads of said fixed bolts on said fixed unit are formed on the plug-in block and around said jack-post, and the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the plug-in block, of the rabbets are equal to the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the fixed unit, of the fixed bolts, and some teeth are evenly arranged on the exterior periphery of said plug-in block;
- on the exterior periphery of said buckling unit some teeth are arranged to avoid sliding while which is held to rotate; a cavity consisted of three concentric cylinder cavities which are communicated with one and another is concentrically formed in said buckling unit; two arc flanges extended toward the center line of said buckling unit are symmetrically formed on the interior periphery of the largest cylinder cavity, which diameter is slightly longer than the longest diameter of the envelope line of the exterior periphery of said plug-in block; the diameter of the middle cylinder cavity is corresponded to the diameter of said jack-post, and the diameter of the other end cylinder cavity is longer than that of the middle cylinder cavity to receive the end flange of said jack-post; some arc guide grooves which are communicated with the largest cylinder cavity are formed on the buckling unit and around the jack-post, which number is equal to that of the fixed bolts on the fixed unit, and which width is longer than the diameter of said fixed bolt and shorter than the diameter of the flange on the end part of said fixed bolt; the corresponding end of each arc guide groove is arc, which diameter is longer than that of the head of said fixed bolt; the radius of center line of the arc guide groove, i.e., the radius of the arc by which the width of said arc guide groove is evenly divided is equal to half the central distance between two fixed bolts on said fixed unit;
- the plug-in block can be pressed and inserted into the cylinder cavity in the buckling unit, and the buckling unit can be rotated relative to the plug-in block and cannot move axially relative to the plug-in block because the end flange of the jack-post is buckled; the fixed bolts on the fixed unit can pass through the end arc part of the arc guide groove and the heads of said fixed bolts can be inserted into the rabbets on said plug-in block.
- 4. A rotating connector as claimed in claim 1 or 2 or 3, wherein, said fixed bolts are welded on one side of the fixed unit.
- 5. A rotating connector as claimed in claim 1 or 3, wherein, said fixed bolt is the shape of the letter "U" and the bottom of said fixed bolt is embeded in the fixed unit.
- 6. A rotating connector as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein, the head of each fixed bolt on the fixed unit is taper, and said rabbets are taper blind holes.
- 7. A rotating connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein, the head of each fixed bolt on the fixed unit is hemispherical, and said rabbets are hemispherical blind holes.
- 8. A rotating connector, wherein, said rotating connector includes a fixed unit and a combined fastening part;
- more than two parallel fixed bolts which are extended outward are fixed on one said of said fixed unit, and more than one neck section are alternatively formed on the end part of each fixed bolt;
- said combined fastening part is composed of a buckling unit and a plug-in block; said plug-in block is circular, and a jack-post which is extended outward is concentrically formed on one side of said plug-in block, and a taper flange is formed on the end of said jack-post; two rabbets which are corresponded to the heads of said fixed bolts on said fixed unit are formed on the plug-in block and around said jack-post; and the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the plug-in block, of the rabbets are equal to the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the fixed unit, of the fixed bolts, and some teeth are evenly arranged on the exterior periphery of said plug-in block;
- on the exterior periphery of said buckling unit some teeth are arranged to avoid sliding while which is held to rotate; a cavity consisted of three concentric cylinder cavities which are communicated with one and another is concentrically formed in said buckling unit; two arc flanges extended toward the center line of said buckling unit are symmetrically formed on the interior periphery of the largest cylinder cavity, which diameter is slightly longer than the longest diameter of the envelope line of the exterior periphery of said plug-in block; the diameter of the middle cylinder cavity is corresponded to the diameter of said jack-post, and the diameter of the other end cylinder cavity is longer than that of the middle cylinder cavity to receive the end flange of said jack-post; some arc guide grooves which are communicated with the largest cylinder cavity are formed on the buckling unit and around the jack-post, which number is equal to that of the fixed bolts on the fixed unit, and which width is shorter than the diameter of said fixed bolt and longer than the diameter of the neck section on the end part of said fixed bolt; the corresponding end of each arc guide groove is arc, which diameter is longer than that of the head of said fixed bolt; the radius of center line of the arc guide groove, i.e., the radius of the arc by which the width of said arc guide groove is evenly divided is equal to the radius of the circle on which periphery the center lines of the fixed bolts on said fixed unit are situated;
- the plug-in block can be pressed and inserted into the cylinder cavity in the buckling unit, and the buckling unit can be rotated relative to the plug-in block and cannot move axially relative to the plug-in block because the end flange of the jack-post is buckled; the fixed bolts on the fixed unit can pass through the end arc part of the arc guide groove and the heads of said fixed bolts can be inserted into the rabbets on said plug-in block.
- 9. A rotating connector, wherein, said rotating connector includes a fixed unit and a combined fastening part;
- two parallel fixed bolts which are extended outward are fixed on one said of said fixed unit, and a flat end flange which traverse dimension is longer than the diameter of the fixed bolt is formed on the end part of each fixed bolt;
- said combined fastening part is composed of a buckling unit and a plug-in block; said plug-in block is circular, and a jack-post which is extended outward is concentrically formed on one side of said plug-in block, and a taper flange is formed on the end of said jack-post; two rabbets which are corresponded to the heads of said fixed bolts on said fixed unit are formed on the plug-in block and around said jack-post, and the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the plug-in block, of the rabbets are equal to the number and position, relative to each other and to the center line of the fixed unit, of the fixed bolts, and some teeth are evenly arranged on the exterior periphery of said plug-in block;
- on the exterior periphery of said buckling unit some teeth are arranged to avoid sliding while which is held to rotate; a cavity consisted of three concentric cylinder cavities which are communicated with one and another is concentrically formed in said buckling unit; two arc flanges extended toward the center line of said buckling unit are symmetrically formed on the interior periphery of the largest cylinder cavity, which diameter is slightly longer than the longest diameter of the envelope line of the exterior periphery of said plug-in block; the diameter of the middle cylinder cavity is corresponded to the diameter of said jack-post, and the diameter of the other end cylinder cavity is longer than that of the middle cylinder cavity to receive the end flange of said jack-post; some arc guide grooves which are communicated with the largest cylinder cavity are formed on the buckling unit and around the jack-post, which number is equal to that of the fixed bolts on the fixed unit, and which width is longer than the diameter of said fixed bolt and shorter than the diameter of the flat end flange on the end part of said fixed bolt; the corresponding end of each arc guide groove is arc, which diameter is longer than that of the head of said fixed bolt; the radius of center line of the arc guide groove, i.e., the radius of the arc by which the width of said arc guide groove is evenly divided is equal to half the central distance between two fixed bolts on said fixed unit;
- the plug-in block can be pressed and inserted into the cylinder cavity in the buckling unit, and the buckling unit can be rotated relative to the plug-in block and cannot move axially relative to the plug-in block because the end flange of the jack-post is buckled; the fixed bolts on the fixed unit can pass through the end arc part of the arc guide groove and the heads of said fixed bolts can be inserted into the rabbets on said plug-in block.
- 10. A rotating connector for material comprising:
- a fixed base unit for disposing above the material, including a plurality of parallel, radially spaced-apart downwardly extending bolts affixed to the base unit, each of the bolts including an end portion with a reduced thickness neck section formed on the end portion, the end portion terminating in a tip spaced apart from the neck section;
- a generally circular plug-in block for disposing below the material, the plug-in block having an upwardly protruding jack post terminating in a tapered flange, a plurality of rabbets in the upper face in alignment with the bolts, and a plurality of circumferentially outwardly protruding teeth; and
- a generally circular buckling unit having a top face for disposing below the material, the buckling unit including:
- a substantially cylindrical plug-in cavity therein of a diameter adapted to receive the plug-in block, the plug-in block being rotatable in the plug-in cavity,
- a middle cylindrical cavity and an upper cylindrical cavity arranged axially of the plug-in cavity, the upper cylindrical cavity adapted to receive the tapered flange to axially lock the tapered flange therein, and
- a plurality of arcuate guide grooves in the top face of the buckling unit and extending downward into the plug-in cavity.
- 11. The connector of claim 10, wherein the grooves each include a generally circular groove end, the grooves each having a width greater than the neck section of the bolts and less than the tip of the bolts, the grooves having an arcuate length less than an arcuate distance between the bolts.
- 12. The connector of claim 10, wherein a diameter of the middle cylindrical cavity is greater than a width of the jack post.
- 13. The connector of claim 10, wherein the plurality of bolts, the plurality of rabbets, and the plurality of guide grooves all are equal in number.
- 14. The connector of claim 10, wherein the bolts comprise a plurality of prongs unitarily formed in an inverted "U"-shaped bolt member affixed to the base unit.
- 15. The connector of claim 10, wherein the end portions of the bolts include a plurality of spaced-apart, reduced-diameter neck portions.
- 16. The connector of claim 10, wherein the tip of each bolt comprises a flat end flange having an overall width greater than the bolt end portion.
- 17. The connector of claim 13, wherein the arcuate length of the grooves is less than the arcuate distance between the bolts.
- 18. The connector of claim 17, wherein a radius of the guide grooves has a length equal to one-half the distance between two of the bolts.
- 19. The connector of claim 18, wherein the bolts comprise a plurality of prongs integrally formed as a single "U"-shaped bolt member affixed to the base unit.
- 20. The connector of claim 19, wherein the tip is a generally convex hemisphere and the rabbets comprise generally concave hemispherical recesses.
- 21. The connector of claim 18, wherein the tip is generally conical and wherein the rabbets are blind generally conical holes.
- 22. The connector of claim 18, wherein at least two bolts are provided.
- 23. The connector of claim 18, wherein at least three bolts are provided.
- 24. The connector of claim 18, wherein the end portions of the bolts include a plurality of spaced-apart, reduced-diameter neck portions.
- 25. The connector of claim 18, wherein the tip of each bolt comprises a flat end flange having an overall width greater than the bolt end portion and wherein the grooves each include a generally circular groove end, the grooves each having a width slightly greater than the neck section of the bolts and slightly less than the tip of the bolts, the grooves having an arcuate length less than the arcuate distance between the bolts.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/641,695 filed Jan. 16, 1991 ; now abandoned
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