Patent Application
20230173650
The disclosure relates to a work machine that performs work by operating a tip tool with power such as an electric motor.
A work machine is widely used in which a power supply of a detachable battery pack is used to drive a motor to operate a tip tool to perform work. The work machine is provided with a switch for rotating a motor. When an operator (user) turns on the switch, the motor rotates, and when the switch is turned off, the motor stops. Patent Literature 1 is an example of such a work machine. The work machine described in Patent Literature 1 is a work machine of a so-called impact tool. An anvil for holding a tip tool, a hammer for applying a rotational impact force to the anvil, a spindle for rotationally driving the hammer, and a motor for rotationally driving the spindle are provided inside the device body. The technique of Patent Literature 1 discloses an impact tool with various drive modes such as a pulse mode for normal fastening, a tex mode for fastening tex screws, a bolt mode for fastening bolts, and a drill mode for drilling as drive modes for fastening work. When the drive mode is switched between these drive modes, the rotation speed of the motor, the acceleration control of the motor, the pull characteristic of the trigger lever and the like are changed.
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[Patent Literature 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-11503
In Patent Literature 1, a number of modes are assigned to one dial, and it is necessary to turn the dial to the position of the desired mode. However, as the types of modes increase, it may be troublesome to turn to the position of the desired mode, or a wrong mode may be selected. In addition, increasing the number of operation parts for mode switching leads to an increase in size and cost of the work machine. In addition, as the number of switchable modes increases, though the user-friendliness has improved, the operator may feel that the characteristics such as the motor rotation start timing when the trigger is pulled, the rotation increase curve, the maximum rotation speed and the like are not to their liking. Patent Literature 1 increases the number of switchable modes by subdividing each drive mode into “strong or weak” or “strong, medium, weak,” and the like. However, due to the increase in the number of drive modes, it becomes necessary to finely operate the dial, which impairs operability.
The disclosure has been made in view of the above background, and the disclosure improves the operability of drive mode selection. In addition, the disclosure provides a work machine capable of supporting various drive modes, such as the operation amount from the time the trigger is operated until the motor is driven, the rotation speed of the motor, the control suited to the work, and the trigger characteristics desired by the operator. The disclosure also provides a work machine that enables switching between groups of drive modes using an operation part provided on the work machine, thereby enabling selection of many drive modes with a small number of operation parts.
The exemplary features of the disclosure described herein are as follows. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a work machine includes: a motor; a start switch configured to be operable to switch the motor on or off; and a control part configured to rotate the motor in one of multiple drive modes in response to an operation of the switch. The multiple drive modes include a first drive mode in which the motor starts to be driven when the start switch is operated by a first operation amount; and a second drive mode in which the motor starts to be driven when the start switch is operated by a second operation amount larger than the first operation amount. Further, the work machine includes a first switch having a first operation part configured to switch between the multiple drive modes by a first predetermined operation. The work machine is provided with a first group including a part of multiple drive modes and a second group including multiple drive modes at least partly different from the first group, and switching between the first drive mode and the second drive mode is performed by a second predetermined operation of the first operation part, which is different from the first predetermined operation.
According to another embodiment of the disclosure, a work machine includes: a motor; a start switch configured to be operable to switch the motor on or off; a drive circuit that supplies electric power from a power supply to the motor; a control part configured to rotate the motor in one of multiple drive modes; and a first switch for switching the drive modes by a first predetermined operation. A first group including a part of the multiple drive modes, and a second group of drive modes including at least a part of drive characteristics different from the first group are provided. The first group and the second group are switchable by a second predetermined operation different from the first predetermined operation performed for switching the drive modes in the first group. Each of the drive modes is set to be different in at least one control characteristic of an operation amount from when the switch is operated until the motor starts rotating, a maximum rotation speed of the motor, a minimum rotation speed of the motor, a slope of an acceleration curve, and an arrival time until reaching the maximum rotation speed. That is, a first drive mode defined as the first group and a second drive mode are set differently.
According to another embodiment of the disclosure, a work machine includes a start switch that switches a motor on or off, and settings in each of multiple drive modes include a startup delay time for the motor to start rotating after the start switch is turned on. Here, a first predetermined operation and a second predetermined operation are different operations performed on a first operation part. In addition, the work machine includes multiple indicators (for example, multiple LEDs) for displaying the drive modes, and the currently set mode is displayed by the indicators. When the second predetermined operation is performed, a control part of the work machine changes a display mode of the indicators, or notifies the operator that the second predetermined operation has been performed by using a notification part that is different from the indicators. The second predetermined operation is different in at least one of the number of times of operations and an operation time of a common operation part.
According to still another embodiment of the disclosure, the first switch is a press button as the first operation part, and the first predetermined operation is one press operation of the press button, and each time the first predetermined operation of the first switch is performed, the drive modes in the group are switched in order. The second predetermined operation is a long press operation of the press button, and when the second predetermined operation of the first switch is performed, the first group and the second group are switched. The first switch may be a touch sensitive switch, in which case the first predetermined operation is one touch operation of the sensitive switch, and each time the first predetermined operation of the first switch is performed, the drive modes in the group are switched in order. Further, the second predetermined operation is a touch operation of the sensitive switch continuously for a predetermined time, and the first group and the second group are switched when the second predetermined operation of the first switch is performed.
According to still another embodiment of the disclosure, the power supply is a detachable battery pack, and the work machine further includes a body part that accommodates the motor, a handle part that extends from the body part, and a battery pack mounting part that is formed at an end of the handle part and away from the body part, and the first operation part is provided in the battery pack mounting part. Here, the work machine is provided with multiple operation parts, and a combination of the operation parts used for the predetermined operation is different between the first predetermined operation and the second predetermined operation. Further, the control part of the work machine is provided with a microcomputer and a storage device, and parameters for controlling drive modes included in the first group and the second group are registered in advance in the storage device.
According to still another embodiment of the disclosure, the work machine further includes a communication device that enables wireless communication between an external device and the microcomputer, and the parameters for controlling the drive modes included in the second group are configured to be rewritable from an outside via the communication device. In addition, the work machine is provided with a reset function for returning to a predetermined drive mode, or a reset function for returning settings to factory default settings.
According to this disclosure, the work machine with good operability of drive mode selection may be provided.
Embodiments of the disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings below, an impact tool 1 is used as an example of a work machine, and the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Further, in this disclosure, the front, rear, left, right, up and down directions are described as the directions shown in the drawings.
The handle part 12 extends downward to be substantially orthogonal to the central axis (rotation axis A1) of the body part 11, and a trigger lever 6a is provided at a position where the operator's index finger is positioned when the operator grips the handle part 12. The trigger lever 6a is an operating part of a start switch (trigger switch 6) for controlling on or off of the motor. A forward/reverse switching lever 7 for switching the rotational direction of the motor is provided above the trigger lever 6a. A lower part within the handle part 12 is formed with the battery pack mounting part 13 for mounting the battery pack 90 thereon. The battery pack mounting part 13 is an enlarged diameter part formed to expand radially (forward, rearward, rightward, and leftward, which are orthogonal directions) from the longitudinal central axis of the handle part 12. A control circuit board 9 for controlling the entire impact tool 1 is provided in the internal space of the battery pack mounting part 13.
On the front and back sides of the control circuit board 9, various control elements (not shown) for controlling the on/off, rotational direction, and rotation speed of the motor 20 are mounted. A push-type first switch 61 (see
The battery pack 90 accommodates multiple secondary batteries such as lithium ion batteries, and may be detached from the front side of the main housing 10 by pushing a latch button 91 and moving it to the front side. Although not shown, the battery pack 90 is equipped with a voltage check circuit, and a multi-segment LED display device (not shown) and a check button (not shown) to be operated by an operator are provided on a part of the housing of the battery pack 90. When the operator operates the check button to turn it on, the number of LEDs corresponding to the remaining battery level is lit for several seconds. In this embodiment, since the voltage check circuit is provided on the battery pack 90 side, the main body of the impact tool 1 is not provided with a remaining battery check function. When the battery pack 90 is neither charged nor discharged, the microcomputer of the battery pack 90 shifts to a sleep state, but when the trigger lever 6a is pulled after the battery pack 90 is attached to the main body of the work machine such as the main body of the impact tool 1, the microcomputer shifts from the sleep state to the active state. Further, by pressing the check button of the battery pack 90, the microcomputer may be activated. In addition, the impact tool 1 of this embodiment may be powered by any power supply, such as by a commercial power supply supplied through an AC power cable instead of using the battery pack 90.
The divided-type main housing 10 is made of synthetic resin, and is formed with multiple screw bosses 16a to 16h for screwing on one side (left side), and formed with screw holes on the other side (right side). The left and right sides of the main housing 10 are screwed together with the hammer case 3 sandwiched therebetween, and an integral rear cover 17 is then attached to the main housing 10. The rear cover 17 is moved from the rear side to the front side along the rotation axis A1 and screwed to the main housing 10 with two screws (not shown) extending in a direction parallel to the rotation axis A1. Two screw bosses (not visible in the figure) formed with internal threads for engaging screws (not shown) are provided near the right end and near the left end of the rear opening 15 of the main housing 10. Further, two screw holes (not visible in the figure) for passing screws (not shown) are provided near the right end and near the left end of the rear cover 17.
The hammer case 3 has an opening at its rear end and a shape in which the tip of the outer peripheral surface is narrowed. A cylindrical through hole 3a is formed at the tip, and a bearing 49 such as a needle bearing is mounted inside the through hole 3a. In the manufacturing and assembling process, the bearing 49, a rotary impact mechanism 50 including the anvil 55, the speed reduction mechanism 40, and the like are incorporated inside from the rear side opening of the hammer case 3, and the interior is sufficiently filled with grease for lubrication, and the opening on the rear side is closed with an inner cover 44. The anvil 55 exposed to the front side from a through hole on the front side of the hammer case 3 is provided with a tip tool holding part 35 for holding a tip tool (not shown).
The motor 20 as a drive source is accommodated inside a space defined by the body part 11 and the rear cover 17. A rotation shaft 25 of the motor 20 is disposed to extend in the front-rear direction. The speed reduction mechanism 40 using a planetary gear that decelerates the rotational force of the motor 20 provided on the front side of the rotation shaft 25 and the rotary impact mechanism 50 for converting the rotational force output by the speed reduction mechanism 40 into an impact force and transmitting it to the tip tool holding part 35 are disposed on the rotation axis A1. The brushless motor 20 is driven by an inverter circuit (not shown), and is disposed with a rotor that rotates on the inside and a stator that does not rotate on the outside. The rotor is configured by fixing permanent magnets 24 to a rotor core 23 fixed to the rotation shaft 25. The stator has a stator core 21 fixed on the outer peripheral side to the body part 11 of the main housing 10 and a coil 22 wound thereon. The rotation shaft 25 passing through the rotor core 23 is supported by a bearing 27 on the front side and by a bearing 28 on the rear side. The bearing 27 is a ball bearing whose outer ring is held by the inner cover 44. The bearing 28 is a ball bearing and held by a bearing holder 19 formed on the inner wall side of the rear cover 17.
In the motor 20, the stator core 21 that forms a magnetism forming circuit on the stator side is completely accommodated in the inner space of the main housing 10. A substantially circular circuit board 30 on which a semiconductor switching element such as a Hall IC 31 is mounted is provided on the front side of the motor 20. A cooling fan 33 is provided behind the rotation shaft 25 of the motor 20. The cooling fan 33 sucks outside air from an air hole (not visible in the figure) provided on the radial outer side and flows it forward in the direction of the rotation axis A1, thereby cooling the electronic elements mounted on the motor 20 and the circuit board 30. The left and right side surfaces of the rear cover 17 are provided with air windows (not visible in the figure) serving as air inlets. In this way, the main housing 10 and the rear cover 17 define a space for accommodating the motor 20, but any type of motor 20 may be used, and is not limited to the brushless DC motor shown in
The speed reduction mechanism 40 decelerates the output of the motor 20 at a predetermined reduction ratio and transmits it to a spindle 46, and is a mechanism using a planetary gear. The speed reduction mechanism 40 includes a sun gear 41 fixed to the tip of the rotation shaft 25 of the motor 20, a ring gear 43 provided to surround the sun gear 41 with a distance therebetween on the outer peripheral side, and multiple planetary gears 42 disposed in a space between the sun gear 41 and the ring gear 43 and meshing with both of these gears. The ring gear 43 has a gear formed on the inner peripheral surface of a ring-shaped member and is fixed to the main housing 10 via the inner cover 44. The sun gear 41 is a spur gear serving as an input part of the speed reduction mechanism 40. Between the outer gear surface of the sun gear 41 and the inner gear surface of the ring gear 43, the three planetary gears 42 revolve around the sun gear 41 while rotating, and the spindle 46, functioning as a planetary carrier, rotates in a state of being decelerated at a predetermined ratio.
The inner cover 44 is a component manufactured by integral molding of synthetic resin, and is held by the body part 11 of the main housing 10 to be sandwiched from the left-right direction. At this time, the inner cover 44 is held so as not to rotate relative to the main housing 10. The main role of the inner cover 44 is to hold the bearing 27 provided in the rotary impact mechanism and to hold a bearing 45 formed on the front side of the motor 20 for axial positioning. The bearing 45 held by the inner cover 44 is for axially supporting the rear end of the spindle 46, and a ball bearing is used, for example.
A spindle cam groove is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the spindle 46 which is integrally formed with the planetary carrier part. The hammer 51 is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the shaft part of the spindle 46, and a hammer cam groove is formed on the inner peripheral side. The hammer 51 is held by a cam mechanism using a cam ball 47 movable inside the spindle cam groove and the hammer cam groove. A hammer spring 48 abuts on the hammer 51 side on the front side and on the planetary carrier part of the spindle 46 on the rear side.
At the rear end of the anvil 55, two blade parts 56, which are to be struck, are formed at positions spaced apart by 180 degrees in the circumferential direction. The blade part 56 has a shape extending radially outward and is struck by the striking claw of the hammer 51. The rotating bodies of the spindle 46 and the anvil 55 are supported on the inner wall of the hammer case 3 by the bearing 49 on the front side. The shape of the hammer 51 and the blade part 56 may be any shape, and the number of the blade parts 56 may be three instead of two, or may be another number.
The tip tool holding part 35 includes a mounting hole 57 having a hexagonal cross-section extending axially rearward from the front end of the anvil 55, two radially penetrating holes formed at two locations in the circumferential direction for disposing steel balls 37, and a sleeve 36 provided on the outer peripheral side. A spring 38 is mounted inside the sleeve 36 to bias the sleeve 36 rearward. A lighting device 34 for illuminating the vicinity of the tip of the tip tool (not shown) is provided below the tip tool holding part 35. One or multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) are used as the lighting device 34, and an irradiation window 8 that transmits light is provided on the front side of the lighting device 34. The irradiation window 8 is a synthetic resin cover member, and may be configured to include a lens for directing light in a specific direction.
The rotational driving force of the motor 20 is transmitted from the rotation shaft 25 to the rotary impact mechanism 50 through the speed reduction mechanism 40 using planetary gears. The speed reduction mechanism 40 transmits the output of the motor 20 to the spindle 46, and the revolutionary motion of the planetary gear 42 is converted into the rotational motion of the planetary carrier part, causing the spindle 46 to rotate. When the spindle 46 rotates, the hammer 51 rotates accordingly, causing the anvil 55 to rotate. As long as the load applied from the hammer 51 to the anvil 55 is small, the hammer 51 rotates almost in conjunction with the spindle 46. When the reaction force received from the tip tool increases, the movement of the cam ball 47 slightly changes the relative positions of the hammer 51 and the spindle 46 in the rotational direction, and as the relative positions of the hammer 51 and the spindle 46 in the rotational direction slightly change, the hammer 51 moves backward. The backward movement of the hammer 51 is a movement while compressing the hammer spring 48.
Due to the backward movement of the hammer 51, the striking claw of the hammer 51 climbs over the blade part 56 of the anvil 55, and the engagement between the two is released. Then, the hammer 51 is rapidly accelerated in the rotational direction and forward by the rotational force of the spindle 46, the elastic energy accumulated in the hammer spring 48, and the action of the cam mechanism, and is pushed forward by the biasing force of the hammer spring 48. That is, the hammer 51 is moved toward the anvil 55, and the striking claw of the hammer 51 reengages with the blade part 56 of the anvil 55 and starts to rotate integrally. At this time, a strong rotational impact force is applied to the anvil 55, whereby the rotational impact force is transmitted to the tip tool (not shown) attached to the anvil 55. After that, the same operation is repeated to fasten the screw or the like.
The drains or sources of the six switching elements Q1 to Q6 of the inverter circuit 74 are connected to the U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase of the delta-connected coil 22. The drain terminals of the switching elements Q1 to Q3 are commonly connected to the positive side of the battery pack 90. In addition, the drain terminals of the switching elements Q4 to Q6 are connected to the V-phase, U-phase and W-phase terminals of the motor, respectively. Inside the stator core 21 of the motor 20, the rotor with the permanent magnets 24 rotates. The control part 70 may detect the rotational position of the motor 20 by detecting the positions of the permanent magnets 24 mounted on the rotor with the three Hall ICs 31 serving as rotational position detection elements.
The control part 70 is a control part for controlling the on/off and rotation of the motor, and includes a microcomputer 71. The control part 70 controls the rotation speed of the motor 20 based on the activation signal input by the operation of the trigger switch 6 for turning on and off the motor 20 and the drive mode set by the drive mode switching button (first switch 61), and controls the energization time and drive voltage of the U, V, and W phases of the coil. The microcomputer of the control part 70 outputs to the control signal output circuit 73 an instruction signal for controlling the drive signals H1 to H6 output to the respective gates of the six switching elements Q1 to Q6 of the inverter circuit 74. The second switch 62 is a switch for turning on the lighting device 34 (see
The switching elements Q1 to Q6 perform switching operations based on the drive signals H1 to H6 input from the control signal output circuit 73, and convert the DC voltage supplied from the battery pack 90 as three-phase (U-phase, V-phase, W-phase) voltages Vu, Vv and Vw to the motor 20. The magnitude of the current supplied to the motor 20 is detected by the control part 70 by detecting the voltage across a shunt resistor 75 connected between the battery pack 90 and the inverter circuit 74. A predetermined current threshold corresponding to the set rotation of the motor 20 is set in advance in the control part 70. When the detected current value exceeds the threshold, the switching operation of the inverter circuit 74 is stopped to stop driving the motor 20. In this way, the occurrence of burnout or the like due to excessive current flowing through the motor 20 is prevented.
The constant-voltage power supply circuit 76 is a power supply circuit that is directly connected to the output side of the battery pack 90 and supplies a stabilized reference voltage (low voltage) direct current to the control part 70 configured by a microcomputer or the like. The constant-voltage power supply circuit 76 includes a diode, a smoothing electrolytic capacitor, an IPD circuit, a regulator, and the like. An LED drive circuit 80 is connected to the control part 70. The LED drive circuit 80 is a circuit for independently controlling four light emitting diodes (LEDs) 66-69. Although not shown here, the LED drive circuit 80 is supplied with power from the constant-voltage power supply circuit 76, and controls the lighting on/lighting off state of the LEDs 66 to 69, the brightness of light, the color of light emitted, and the form of light emission according to instructions from the microcomputer 71. This embodiment may be realized by using monochromatic LEDs as the LEDs 66 to 69, but multicolor LEDs capable of displaying two or more colors may be used.
A wireless communication device 78 is connected to the control part 70. The wireless communication device 78 enables one-way or two-way communication with an external information terminal, work machine, and the like, and is connected to an antenna 79. The wireless communication device 78 enables short-distance communication of several meters to several tens of meters, and may use Bluetooth (registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc. USA), for example. Using close proximity wireless communication, it is possible to read and write information stored in a storage device 72 from an external information terminal such as a smartphone (not shown).
Two switch pressing surfaces 61a and 62b are formed in the horizontal direction of the operation panel part 60. The switch pressing surfaces 61a and 62b are slightly movable in the vertical direction, and by pressing them, a switch operation, which will be described later, is performed. The first switch 61 and the second switch 62 (see
The protection sheet 63 is provided with four LED display windows 64a to 64d disposed side by side in the vertical direction, and on the right side thereof, the name of the “drive mode” indicated by the lighting state through the LED display windows 64a to 64d is displayed. The LED display windows 64a to 64d are semi-transparent parts formed in the protection sheet 63 to allow light to pass through, and have four LEDs 66 to 69 (see
When the trigger lever 6a is pulled, the microcomputer 71 receives an on/off signal (high or low) and an electric signal corresponding to the pull amount (stroke) of the trigger lever 6a. The microcomputer 71 controls the inverter circuit 74 by executing a program for controlling the rotation of the motor 20 using those signals and parameters according to the set drive mode.
In the conventional impact tool 1, these parameters are fixed for each drive mode, and the operator cannot change these parameters. Therefore, in order to increase the number of drive modes that may be changed by the operator, the number of stages that may be switched is increased; for example, it is necessary to design the product with two drive modes including a soft mode and a power mode to have more types of drive modes, such as a soft mode, a middle mode, and a power mode. In addition, if the number of drive modes is increased, the number of times the first switch 61 must be pressed increases, thereby degrading operability. Therefore, in this embodiment, while the total number of modes to be switched each time the first switch 61 is pressed is fixed at four, multiple drive mode groups are assigned so that the characteristics of the three groups, circle 1 to circle 3, may be switched. This switching is performed by long pressing the first switch 61, for example, by keeping the first switch 61 pressed for five seconds or more. Switching by this long press operation is a “group switching operation.” In addition, this long press operation or the “group switching operation” using an external device, which will be described later, corresponds to the first selection operation in the disclosure.
The characteristics of the circled 1 group are preset as the default state of the impact tool 1. The characteristics of the circled 1 group cannot be changed, and if a group switching reset operation is performed, the setting of the circled 1 group is returned to regardless of which group is set. The drive mode characteristics set in the circled 1 group may be set in the same manner as in the conventional impact tool. In the impact tool 1 of this embodiment, a drive mode group set by a circled 2 group and a drive mode group further set by a circled 3 group are set in advance. The circled 2 group and circled 3 group are set in advance at the time of shipment from the factory, and the control characteristics of the same drive mode in the circled 1 to circled 3 groups are different. By long pressing the first switch 61, the operator may switch the group as a whole in the order of the first group (characteristic 1) to the second group (characteristic 2) to the third group (characteristic 3). The operation of switching between the first group, the second group, and the third group in this way may also be realized by adding a dedicated switching button. However, it is often difficult to add a new button to a work machine such as the impact tool 1 due to space constraints. Therefore, in this embodiment, by changing the operation mode of the first switch 61, the group switching operation is made possible. In addition, the “group switching operation” may be realized by pressing the first switch 61 and the second switch 62 at the same time instead of long pressing the first switch 61. In addition, in work machines other than the impact tool 1, various operation parts such as a forward/reverse switch, a battery pack remaining amount display switch, a speed switching dial, and the like may be provided, and the “group switching operation” may be realized by using these operation parts and the first switch 61 or the second switch 62. In this way, by changing the combination of the operation parts that operate the “drive mode switching operation” and the “group switching operation,” it is possible to suppress unintended change of the drive mode by the operator.
By simultaneously pressing the first switch 61 and the second switch 62, the first group, the second group, and the third group are switched in order as indicated by the arrows, and then when the first switch 61 is long pressed when the third group is set, it returns to the first group again. In this way, by performing a predetermined operation (long press of the first switch) on the main body side of the work machine (impact tool 1), the first to third group settings pre-stored in the work machine main body may be called as desired.
Here, as the default characteristics, soft mode circled 1, power mode circled 1, bolt mode circled 1, and tex mode circled 1 are set in group 1; soft mode circled 2, power mode circled 2, bolt mode circled 2, and tex mode circled 2 are set in group 2; and soft mode circled 3, power mode circled 3, bolt mode circled 3, and tex mode circled 3 are set in group 3. The difference in control of the same drive mode between groups 1 to 3 is that at least one control characteristic of the maximum rotation speed, minimum rotation speed, slope of the acceleration curve, and time to reach the maximum rotation speed of the motor is different and is set according to the work target. A specific example in which such drive mode groups are divided into multiple groups and the drive characteristics may be switched on a group-by-group basis will be described with reference to
Drive characteristics 111 to 113 are control characteristics set as group 2 registered in advance. As shown in
As described above, in this embodiment, the drive characteristics 101 to 103 defined as the first group in this embodiment may be switched to the drive characteristics 111 to 113 defined as the second group. Therefore, the operator may select one of the first group and the second group according to the work contents. The total number of groups different from the first group is not limited to two (the first group and the second group), and one may be added and the drive characteristics 121 to 123 may be provided as the third group. The drive characteristics 121 to 123 of the third group are intermediate between the drive characteristics 101 to 103 of the first group and the drive characteristics 111 to 113 of the second group. In the example of the drive characteristics of
The drive characteristics 141 to 143 defined as the second group have lower maximum rotation speeds than the drive characteristics 131 to 133 defined as the first group, and also have slower reaction when the trigger lever 6a is started to be pulled, and as shown by arrows 141a and 142a, the arrival time of the motor 20 to arrows 141b and 142b is AT2 (however, AT2>AT1). The drive characteristic 143 is set so that the arrival time to the arrow 143b is even later than AT2. In this way, the delay time of the speed rise of the motor 20 is increased in the second group; therefore, the operator who prefers a longer delay time may easily use the drive characteristics of the second group.
First, the microcomputer 71 determines whether the first switch 61 of the operation panel part 60 (see
If the second switch 62 is pressed in step 162, it corresponds to the simultaneous press of the first switch 61 and the second switch 62, so the microcomputer 71 detects the simultaneous press (step 163), and the microcomputer 71 starts counting up the time of the simultaneous press (step 164), and returns to step 161.
If the first switch 61 is not pressed in step 161, the microcomputer 71 determines whether the first switch 61 and the second switch 62 have been simultaneously pressed until just before the moment (step 165). If there is simultaneous press until just before the moment, it means that the group switching operation or the reset operation is performed as shown in
In step 165, if it is determined that the first switch 61 and the second switch 62 are not pressed at the same time, it is not to switch the group, so it is determined whether the second switch 62 is pressed (step 172). Since the second switch 62 is a lighting switch of the lighting device 34, when the second switch 62 is pressed in step 172, the lighting mode is switched (step 173). When the second switch 62 is pressed, for each time it is switched, the lighting mode is switched in the order of continuous lighting, SW interlocking lighting, lighting off, continuous lighting, . . . and the like. If the second switch 62 is not operated in step 172, the simultaneous press detection mode is cleared (step 171), and the process returns to step 161.
By using the first switch 61 and the second switch 62 under the control of the above flow chart, the group switching operation (step 170) and the switching operation of the control characteristics circled 1 to circled 3 (see
During the reset operation in step 167 and when the group is switched in step 170, LEDs 66 to 69 (see
These lights may be turned off after being displayed for a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds). Further, when the first switch 61 and the second switch 62 are simultaneously pressed for a predetermined time or longer, it is determined that a reset operation has been performed, and it may be configured that after the LEDs 66 to 69 blink in blue for a predetermined time, if it has returned to the first group, only one of the LEDs 66 is lit in blue for about 3 seconds. In addition, the performance of the group switching operation and the reset operation may be notified by turning on or blinking the lighting device 34 for a predetermined time. The lighting device 34 corresponds to a notification part in the disclosure. By notifying the performance of the group switching operation and the reset operation by the notification part that is not activated by a drive mode switching operation, it is possible to reliably notify the operator that the groups have been switched and reset.
As described above, according to the work machine of the disclosure, as shown in
Although the disclosure has been described above based on the embodiments, the disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure. For example, although the impact tool 1 has been described as an example of the work machine in the above-described embodiments, the disclosure may be similarly applied to electric tools other than impact tools and electrical equipment for work, as long as it is a work machine having multiple switchable drive modes or a work machine having a variable switch such as a trigger switch and a motor. Furthermore, the power supply for the work machine is not limited to the one using the battery pack, and may be the one using the commercial power supply.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-078897 | Apr 2020 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/JP2021/016540 | 4/23/2021 | WO |
