OUTPUT SHAFT ROTATION RESTRICTION STRUCTURE OF HAND-HELD MACHINE TOOL
A output shaft rotation restriction structure of a hand-held machine tool having a shell, a drive shaft in the shell, and an output shaft in the shell, perpendicular to the drive shaft, provided with a grinding piece, and in linkage with the drive shaft via a steering gear set; two sides of the hand-held machine tool may be defined according to an extension line of the drive shaft. The output shaft rotation restriction structure includes a mounting hole on the shell, specifically, one of the two sides of the hand-held machine tool, a restriction hole on the output shaft and facing the mounting hole, and a rotation restriction group including a holder in the mounting hole, a restriction plug on the holder, and a spring, the restriction plug being forced into the restriction hole to interfere with the rotation of the output shaft.
The invention relates to an output shaft rotation restriction structure, in particular to an output shaft rotation restriction structure of a hand-held machine tool.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONTo avoid that an output shaft is driven by a grinding piece when replacement of the grinding piece for a conventional hand-held machine tool, so as to allow the grinding piece to be removed relative to the output shaft difficultly. In the process of replacing the grinding piece by using two wrenches in the prior art, the output shaft is fixed by any one of the two wrenches and the other one of the two wrenches rotates a sleeve at a bottom end of the output shaft, thereby releasing the sleeve and replacing the grinding piece. However, a conventional method using two wrenches is rather inconvenient; as a result, manufacturers of the hand-held machine tool alternatively provided a rotation restriction structure for the output shaft on the hand-held machine tool to overcome this defect.
In the case of Taiwan Patent No. 1288684, which provides an output shaft rotation restriction structure to restrict the rotation of a steering gear set and further restrict the rotation of the output shaft. The output shaft is difficult to be fixed once the steering gear set falling off from an engagement with the output shaft.
In addition, in the cases of China utility model patent no. 206464951U, Taiwan utility model patent no. M449058U and China publication No. 108972342, an output shaft rotation restriction structure of a hand-held machine tool restrict the rotation of the output shaft directly, but the output shaft rotation restriction structure is provided in an extension direction of a drive shaft. Taking Taiwan utility model patent no. M449058U as an example, the output shaft rotation restriction structure is located above a head part of the hand-held machine tool, however, a drive switch of the hand-held machine tool and the output shaft rotation restriction structure are both located on a plane which is in an extension direction of the drive shaft, as shown in
It's a main object of the invention to solve the problem that a user is likely to touch a drive switch by mistake when operating a conventional output shaft rotation restriction structure by one hand.
To achieve the above object, the invention provides an output shaft rotation restriction structure of a hand-held machine tool. The hand-held machine tool comprises a shell, a drive assembly disposed in the shell, a drive shaft disposed in the shell and driven by the drive assembly, and an output shaft disposed in the shell and perpendicular to the drive shaft in an extension direction thereof, wherein the output shaft is provided with a grinding piece, connected to the drive shaft via a steering gear set, and driven by the drive shaft, and wherein two sides of the hand-held machine tool is defined on the basis of an extension line of the drive shaft. The output shaft rotation restriction structure includes a mounting hole, a restriction hole, and a rotation restriction group. The mounting hole is provided on the shell and positioned on one of the two sides of the hand-held machine tool. The restriction hole is provided on the output shaft and facing the mounting hole. And the rotation restriction group includes a holder disposed in the mounting hole, a restriction plug disposed on the holder and exposed outside the shell, and a spring disposed in the holder and provides the restriction plug with a restoring force, wherein the restriction plug is inserted into the restriction hole to restrict the rotation of the output shaft when the restriction plug is forced to move towards the output shaft.
In an embodiment, the restriction hole extends through the output shaft.
In an embodiment, the restriction hole is deviated from a center of the output shaft.
In an embodiment, the holder includes a first opening for the restriction plug to insert in and a second opening, coaxial with the first opening, for the restriction plug to extend out.
In an embodiment, the restriction plug includes an operation part exposed outside the shell, a connection part extending from the operation part and disposed in the holder, and a restriction part extending from the connection part and extending out of the second opening, wherein the connection part includes a convex rib abutting against a periphery of the first opening to prevent the restriction plug falling off from the holder.
In an embodiment, a size of the restriction part is smaller than a size of the connection part.
In an embodiment, the connection part includes a stage difference connection surface adjacent to the restriction part, and a guide inclined surface connecting the stage difference connection surface and extending in an opposite direction from the restriction part.
In an embodiment, one side of the convex rib facing the restriction part is connected to the guide inclined surface without stage difference.
In an embodiment, the holder is a tubular structure.
In an embodiment, the holder includes a first thread provided on an outer surface of the holder, and the mounting hole includes a second thread fitting the first thread.
In an embodiment, the holder includes a first portion inserted into the shell and a second portion exposed outside the shell, and the first thread is disposed on the first portion.
In an embodiment, a cross-section of the holder at the second portion is polygonal.
The invention has the following advantages compared with the prior art according to the foregoing embodiments: the output shaft rotation restriction structure is selectively provided on one of the two sides of the hand-held machine tool, and the extension plane of the output shaft rotation restriction structure intersects with the extension plane of the drive switch of the hand-held machine tool. As a result, if a user intends to replace the grinding piece, he needs to change his holding posture that places his thumb on the output shaft rotation restriction structure and his other four fingers not placed on the drive switch, thereby avoiding the situation that the drive switch is touched by mistake. In addition, the rotation restriction structure for the output shaft directly restricts the output shaft instead of interfering with the output shaft through other elements indirectly. Thus the situation that the rotation of the output shaft cannot be specifically restricted due to disengagement among structures can be avoided. Furthermore, the rotation restriction group is an independent component. Namely, the hand-held machine tool only needs to form the mounting hole and the restriction hole during the assembling process and the rotation restriction group as an independent component can be directly assembled in the mounting hole so as to finalize assembling of the hand-held machine tool which is easier than the prior art and featuring convenience in assembling.
The details and technical content of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings as follows.
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Further, the rotation restriction group 113 is disposed in the mounting hole 111, and the rotation restriction group 113 includes a holder 114, a restriction plug 115 and a spring 116. The holder 114 is disposed in the mounting hole 111 to provide the restriction plug 115 being disposed, and the restriction plug 115 is inserted into the holder 114. One end of the restriction plug 115 is exposed outside the shell 14; and the other end of the restriction plug 115 is protruded out of the holder 114 or to be stowed in the holder 114. And further, the spring 116 is disposed in the holder 114 and sleeved on the restriction plug 115, and two ends of the spring 116 respectively abut against the holder 114 and the restriction plug 115.
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Further, the output shaft rotation restriction structure 11 is disposed at one of the two sides 101, 102 of the hand-held machine tool 10, and an extension plane of the output shaft rotation restriction structure 11 intersects with an extension plane of a drive switch 143 of the hand-held machine tool 10. As a result, if the user changes his holding posture to put a thumb on the output shaft rotation restriction structure 11 for replacing the grinding piece 20, the other four fingers of a hand will not put on the drive switch 143, and accordingly reducing a situation that the user mistakenly touches the drive switch 143 when operating the output shaft rotation restriction structure 11 to replace the grinding piece 20. Further, the rotation restriction group 113 directly restricts the output shaft 17 instead of interfering with the output shaft 17 through other elements indirectly. Compared with the invention, a situation may be happened in the prior art that the output shaft 17 cannot be really restricted once other elements fall off from the output shaft 17. Further, the hand-held machine tool 10 is formed with the mounting hole 111 and the restriction hole 112 during the assembling process of the invention, and the rotation restriction group 113 is an independent component to be directly assembled in the mounting hole 111 so as to finalize assembling which is easier than the prior art.
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In another aspect, the restriction plug 115 includes an operation part 123, a connection part 124 and a restriction part 125. The operation part 123 is exposed outside the shell 14 after the rotation restriction group 113 is engaged in the mounting hole 111. The connection part 124 extends from the operation part 123 in a direction facing the output shaft 17, and the connection part 124 is disposed in the holder 114 after finalizing the engagement. In an embodiment, a size of the operation part 123 is larger than a size of the connection part 124, thereby allowing the user to press the operation part 123 conveniently when operating the restriction plug 115. Further, the restriction part 125 extends from the connection part 124 in a direction which is opposite the operation part 123, the restriction part 125 is normally disposed in the holder 114, and the restriction part 125 extends out of the holder 114 to interfere with the restriction hole 112 when the restriction plug 115 is forced. In an embodiment, a size of the restriction part 125 is smaller than a size of the connection part 124.
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Claims
1. An output shaft rotation restriction structure of a hand-held machine tool, the hand-held machine tool comprising a shell, a drive assembly disposed in the shell, a drive shaft disposed in the shell and driven by the drive assembly, and an output shaft disposed in the shell and perpendicular to the drive shaft in an extension direction thereof, wherein the output shaft is provided with a grinding piece, connected to the drive shaft via a steering gear set, and driven by the drive shaft, and wherein two sides of the hand-held machine tool is defined on the basis of an extension line of the drive shaft; the output shaft rotation restriction structure comprising:
- a mounting hole provided on the shell and positioned on one of the two sides of the hand-held machine tool,
- a restriction hole provided on the output shaft and facing the mounting hole, and
- a rotation restriction group including a holder disposed in the mounting hole, a restriction plug disposed on the holder and exposed outside the shell, and a spring disposed in the holder and provides the restriction plug with a restoring force, wherein the restriction plug is inserted into the restriction hole to restrict rotation of the output shaft when the restriction plug is forced to move towards the output shaft.
2. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 1, wherein the restriction hole extends through the output shaft.
3. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 1, wherein the restriction hole is deviated from a center of the output shaft.
4. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 3, wherein the holder includes a first opening for the restriction plug to insert in and a second opening coaxial with the first opening for the restriction plug to extend out.
5. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 4, wherein the restriction plug includes an operation part exposed outside the shell, a connection part extending from the operation part and disposed in the holder, and a restriction part extending from the connection part and extending out of the second opening, wherein the connection part includes a convex rib abutting against a periphery of the first opening to prevent the restriction plug falling off from the holder.
6. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 5, wherein a size of the restriction part is smaller than a size of the connection part.
7. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 6, wherein the connection part includes a stage difference connection surface adjacent to the restriction part, and a guide inclined surface connecting the stage difference connection surface and extending in an opposite direction from the restriction part.
8. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 7, wherein one side of the convex rib facing the restriction part is connected to the guide inclined surface without stage difference.
9. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 4, wherein the holder is a tubular structure.
10. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 9, wherein the holder includes a first thread provided on an outer surface of the holder, and the mounting hole includes a second thread fitting the first thread.
11. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 10, wherein the holder includes a first portion inserted into the shell and a second portion exposed outside the shell, and the first thread is disposed on the first portion.
12. The output shaft rotation restriction structure of the hand-held machine tool according to claim 11, wherein a cross-section of the holder at the second portion is polygonal.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 12, 2020
Publication Date: Feb 17, 2022
Inventor: Jung-Fu Hsieh (Taoyuan)
Application Number: 16/991,698