Sawing machine with dustproof assembly

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6739060
  • Patent Number
    6,739,060
  • Date Filed
    Tuesday, April 29, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, May 25, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
A sawing machine has a casing, a moveable cover and a saw blade both pivotally mounted inside the casing. Two block rings are respectively mounted at two lateral sides of a pivoted portion of the moveable cover for preventing sawing chips generated by the saw blade sawing a workpiece in a sawing procedure from entering the pivoted portion of the moveable cover.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates generally to a machine tool, and more particularly to a sawing machine having an assembly for dustproof.




2. Description of the Related Art





FIG. 1

shows a conventional sawing machine mainly having a casing


1


, a transmission assembly


2


, a movable cover


3


and a saw blade


4


. The transmission assembly


2


has a motor


2




a


mounted at an outer side of the casing


1


, a bearing mount


2




b


mounted at an inner side of the casing


1


and a transmission shaft


2




c


running through the bearing mount


2




a


, wherein the bearing mount


2




b


has an axle


2




d


projected out, the movable cover


3


has an annular rim


3




a


and an arched block plate


3




b


to engage the rim


3




a


with the axle


2




d


so that the movable cover


3


swings with the axle


2




d


to be the center of rotation. The saw blade


4


connects with the transmission shaft


2




c


and has a part thereof covered by the block plate


3




b


. A separating device


5


is provided in between the movable cover


3


and saw blade


4


to keep the saw blade


4


running smoothly. When the sawing machine is cutting a specific object A, as shown in

FIG. 2

, the movable cover


3


has its front end in contact with the object A and moves along with it. In the meantime of the object A running forwardly, the movable cover


3


swings backwardly so that the movable cover


3


always can block the chips of the object A being sawn.




It is always occurred in the conventional sawing machine that the chips run into the space between the rim


3




a


and the axle


2




d


and are accumulated therein to make the movable cover


3


can not swing smoothly. Beside that, the movable cover was made of aluminum so that while a metal object was sawn by the machine, the metal chips accumulated in between the rim and the axle damage the movable cover frequently.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a sawing machine having a dustproof assembly to block the sawing chips so that the movable cover always works correctly in sawing procedures.




According to the objective of the present invention, a sawing machine comprises a casing having a chamber therein, an axle hole at a side thereof and an opening at a bottom thereof. Both of the axle hole and the opening communicate with the chamber. A transmission assembly has a bearing mount mounted at an inner side of the casing having a base board and an axle projected from a side of the base board, a transmission shaft running through the bearing mount and the axle hole and a power resource for driving the transmission shaft to rotate. A movable cover has an annular rim and a block plate, wherein the rim has an inner annular face, an inner face and an outer face and is engaged with the axle of the bearing mount so that the movable cover swings around the axle which serves as a center of rotation. A first block ring is installed in between the bearing mount and the movable cover, wherein the first block ring is attached to the base board of the bearing mount and the rim of the movable cover respectively. A block device is provided at an outer side of the movable cover and has a mask and a second block ring, wherein the mask has a first hole for the transmission shaft running therethrough and the second block ring has opposite sides attached to the outer face of the rim of the movable cover and the mask respectively, and a saw blade is fastened at a distal end of the transmission shaft and is located at an outer side of the block device, wherein the saw blade has a part thereof extruded out of the casing via the opening and the extruded part thereof are covered by the block plate.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is an exploded view of a conventional sawing machine;





FIG. 2

is a front view of the conventional sawing machine, showing a specific object being sawn;





FIG. 3

is an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 4

is an enlarged exploded view of partial elements of the preferred embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 5

is a perspective of the elements shown in

FIG. 4

being assembled;





FIG. 6

is a sectional view of

FIG. 5

, and





FIG. 7

is similar to

FIG. 6

, showing a slot on the outer side of the rim of the movable cover.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




As shown in FIGS. from

FIG. 3

to

FIG. 6

, a sawing machine


100


of the preferred embodiment of the present invention mainly comprises a casing


10


, a transmission assembly


20


, a sheath


30


, a first block ring


40


, a movable cover


50


, an annular piece


60


, a block device


70


and a saw blade


80


.




The casing


10


has a chamber


11


therein, an axle hole


12


at an inner side and an opening


13


at a bottom, and both of the axle hole


12


and the opening


13


are communicated with the chamber


11


. The casing


10


further has two thread holes


14


beside the axle hole


12


.




The transmission assembly


20


includes a bearing mount


21


, a transmission shaft


22


, a gear


23


for deceleration and a motor


24


as a power resource. The bearing mount


21


has a base board


211


, an axle


212


projected from a side of the base board


211


, three thread holes


213


at a distal end of the axle


212


and two through holes


214


at the base board


211


. The bearing mount


21


is firmly secured on the casing


10


via two bolts


25


running through the through holes


214


and screwed into the thread holes


14


on the casing


10


. The transmission shaft


22


runs through the bearing mount


21


and the axle hole


12


. The gear


23


connects with the transmission shaft


22


at an end thereof and is received in the axle hole


12


. The motor


23


drives the transmission shaft


22


rotating via the gear


23


.




The sheath


30


is made of metal having a ring portion


31


with a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the axle


212


and a flange portion


32


radially projected from an end of the ring portion


31


.




The first block ring


40


is made of rubber having an annular portion


41


and a lip portion


42


projected from an edge of the annular portion


41


for dustproof. As shown in FIG.


3


and

FIG. 6

, the first block ring


40


is installed in between the bearing mount


21


and the sheath


30


. The ring portion


31


of the sheath


30


is engaged with the axle


212


. The flange portion


32


is attached to the base board


211


by the annular portion


41


of the first block ring


40


pressing it. The lip portion


42


of the first block ring


40


faces outwardly.




The movable cover


50


is made of aluminum having an annular rim


51


, a side plate


52


and an arched block plate


53


, wherein the annular rim


51


has an inner annular face


511


, an inner face


512


, an outer face


513


and a step portion


514


on the outer face


513


. The annular piece


60


is made of metal initially installed in the annular rim


51


as shown in FIG.


6


. The annular rim


51


is engaged with axle


212


in the bearing mount


21


and the annular piece


60


is located at between the inner annular face


511


of the annular rim


51


and the ring portion


31


of the sheath


30


. The lip portion


42


of the first block ring


40


is attached to the step portion


514


so that the movable cover


50


swings with the axle


212


to be a center of rotation.




The block device


70


consists of a mask


71


and a second block ring


72


, wherein the mask


71


has a first hole


711


and three second holes


712


and the second block ring


72


is a rubber ring covering an edge of the mask


71


. The second block ring


72


has a lip portion


721


at the edge of the mask


71


as shown in FIG.


5


. The block device


70


is firmly secured at an outer side of the movable cover


50


with the lip portion


721


attached to the outer face


513


of the annular rim


51


via three bolts


73


running through second holes


712


and screwed into the thread holes


213


of the bearing mount


21


respectively. The transmission shaft


22


is extruded out of the block device


70


via the first hole


711


as shown in FIG.


6


. It has to be mentioned that the assembled block device


70


does not interfere with the motion of the movable cover


50


.




The saw blade


80


connects with the transmission shaft


22


at an end extruded out via the first hole


711


. The saw blade


80


has two separating device


90


to keep the saw blade


80


running smoothly. The saw blade


80


has a part thereof extruded out of the casing


10


via the opening


13


and the extruded part thereof is covered by the block plate


53


.




The main character of the present invention is to provide the rubber first and second block rings


40


and


72


, as shown in

FIG. 6

, at between the movable cover


50


and the axle


212


which the lip portions


42


and


721


are attached to opposite sides of the annular rim


51


of the movable cover


50


so that chips of an object sawn by the saw blade


80


are blocked thereby under a condition of without interfering with the motions of the saw blade


80


and the movable cover


50


. An alternate structure is that rubber washers (not shown) are installed in between the opposite sides of the annular rim


51


, the base board


211


and the mask


71


respectively. Another alternate structure is that the sheath


30


made of a metal piece and the annular piece


60


are provided in between the annular rim


51


and the axle


212


. The capacities of smaller friction and wearproof of the sheath


30


and the annular piece


60


make movable cover


50


swinging more smoothly and prevent the portion of the movable cover


50


adjacent to the axle


212


from wearing.




As shown in

FIG. 7

, the movable cover


50


is provided with a slot


515


at the outer face


513


of the annular rim


51


to receive the lip portion


721


of the second block ring


72


therein that make the sawing machine of the present invention having more capacity of blocking the sawing chips.



Claims
  • 1. A sawing machine, comprising:a casing having a chamber therein, an axle hole at a side thereof and an opening at a bottom thereof, wherein both of the axle hole and the opening are communicated with the chamber; a transmission assembly having a bearing mount mounted at an inner side of the casing having a base board and an axle projected from a side of the base board, a transmission shaft running through the bearing mount and the axle hole and a power resource for driving the transmission shaft to rotate; a movable cover having an annular rim and a block plate, wherein the rim has an inner annular face, an inner face and an outer face and the rim is engaged with the axle of the bearing mount so that the movable cover swings around the axle which serves as a center of rotation; a first block ring installed in between the bearing mount and the movable cover, wherein the first block ring is attached to the base board of the bearing mount and the rim of the movable cover respectively; a block device provided at an outer side of the movable cover having a mask and a second block ring, wherein the mask has a first hole for the transmission shaft running therethrough and the second block ring is attached to the outer face of the rim of the movable cover and the mask respectively, and a saw blade fastened at a distal end of the transmission shaft and located at an outer side of the block device, wherein the saw blade has a part thereof extruded out of the casing via the opening and the extruded part thereof are covered by the block plate.
  • 2. The sawing machine as defined in claim 1, further comprising a sheath having a ring portion and a flange portion to be engaged with the axle and the first block ring having an annular portion and a lip portion, wherein the annular portion is attached to the flange portion, the annular portion is attached to the base board and the lip portion is attached to the inner face of the rim of the movable cover.
  • 3. The sawing machine as defined in claim 2, wherein the movable cover further has a step portion at the inner face of the rim to be attached to the lip portion of the first block ring.
  • 4. The sawing machine as defined in claim 2, further comprising an annular piece installed in between the ring portion of the sheath and the inner face of the rim of the movable cover.
  • 5. The sawing machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the second block ring of the block device has an annular lip portion at an edge of the mask and the axle of the bearing mount has at least two thread holes at an end thereof and the mask has at least two second holes corresponding to the thread holes of the axle so that at least two bolts run through the second hole and are screwed into the thread holes respectively to make the lip portion of the second block ring attached to the outer face of the rim of the movable cover.
  • 6. The sawing machine as defined in claim 5, wherein the movable cover has a slot at the outer face of the rim and the lip portion of the second block ring is received in the slot.
  • 7. The sawing machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the first and second block rings are made of rubber.
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