CN103688646A - Handle for a lawnmower, and lawnmower thereof - Google Patents

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CN103688646A
CN103688646A CN201310445488.4A CN201310445488A CN103688646A CN 103688646 A CN103688646 A CN 103688646A CN 201310445488 A CN201310445488 A CN 201310445488A CN 103688646 A CN103688646 A CN 103688646A
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艾安·泽特尔斯特罗梅尔史密斯
尼尔·科茨
科林·怀特塔克
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01DHARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D34/00Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters
    • A01D34/01Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus
    • A01D34/412Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters
    • A01D34/63Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a vertical axis
    • A01D34/82Other details
    • A01D34/824Handle arrangements
    • GPHYSICS
    • G05CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05GCONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY
    • G05G1/00Controlling members, e.g. knobs or handles; Assemblies or arrangements thereof; Indicating position of controlling members
    • G05G1/04Controlling members for hand actuation by pivoting movement, e.g. levers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H3/00Mechanisms for operating contacts
    • H01H3/02Operating parts, i.e. for operating driving mechanism by a mechanical force external to the switch
    • H01H3/04Levers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01DHARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D34/00Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters
    • A01D34/01Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus
    • A01D34/412Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters
    • A01D34/63Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a vertical axis
    • A01D34/67Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a vertical axis hand-guided by a walking operator
    • A01D34/68Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters characterised by features relating to the type of cutting apparatus having rotating cutters having cutters rotating about a vertical axis hand-guided by a walking operator with motor driven cutters or wheels
    • A01D2034/6843Control levers on the handle of the mower
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01DHARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D2101/00Lawn-mowers

Abstract

The invention provides a handle (6) for a lawnmower, and a lawnmower thereof. The handle for a lawnmower comprises at least one elongate arm 10 and a cross member 11 non-parallel to each elongate arm, in which the handle is provided with a switch box 7 mounted on the cross member, the switch box comprising a switch 8, a box body 15 and at least one lever 13 arranged to operate the switch and to be manipulated by a user, each lever being mounted on the switch box body so as to pivot about an axis 14 parallel to the cross member.

Description

Handle and mower for mower
Technical field
The present invention relates to for the handle of mower and the mower with this handle.
Background technology
Power-operated mower has switch enclosure conventionally, is applied to the motor of mower this switch enclosure permission current selective.Conventionally, switch enclosure will be arranged on the handle of mower, and user is grasping member in its vicinity.Switch element will extend to the position of user's grasping member, and will handle in some way to start or inactive mower.
Conventionally, handle will comprise at least one slender arm, exist a lateral member substantially vertical with described slender arm.In a common layout, two substantially parallel slender arms are provided, wherein said lateral member is in conjunction with these two slender arms.Switch enclosure can be arranged on the higher end place of in described arm, and switch member (such as bar) is stretched out towards user.In an alternative, can provide bag arm (bale arm) but not single bar, this bag arm is installed on pivotally on switch enclosure and at far-end and is installed on pivotally on arm far away at one end.In another alternative, switch enclosure can centrally be arranged in lateral member, and its king-rod is mounted for around the pivoting action of the axis perpendicular to lateral member and slender arm.
In any situation in these situations, manufacturing tolerance can make this handle be difficult to manufacture reliably.Conventionally, slender arm and lateral member will be formed to form the single tube-like piece (conventionally being made by metal material, such as being formed from steel) of correct shape by bending.Due to change in process, the accuracy of curved handle geometry may be variable.This can mean, when actuation switch, bar or bag arm may not be shelved on position best for user's comfortableness.Under a kind of extreme case, bag arm or bar can contact lateral member before the switching point that arrives switch; Similarly, the moving range of bag arm can stop before bag arm arrives lateral member, and this will be uncomfortable for must control bag arm in this position with the user of use mower.
In addition, for wrapping the pivotal point of arm, need to be formed on handle tube.This relates to punching in pipe.Described hole causes inaccurate possibility in the mill to increase with respect to the accuracy of the relative positioning of handle bend.Meanwhile, this can cause bar with respect to the incorrect location of lateral member or not meet the location of ergonomics, particularly in the start position of switch.
In addition, bag arm is formed by crooked steel pipe conventionally, and for user's long-term holding, may be therefore uncomfortable.
Summary of the invention
According to a first aspect of the invention, a kind of handle for mower is provided, this handle comprises at least one slender arm and not parallel with each slender arm lateral member, wherein, described handle is provided with the switch enclosure being arranged in lateral member, this switch enclosure comprises switch, box body and at least one bar, and described bar is arranged to operate box body switch and is handled by user, and described bar is arranged on switch enclosure body with the axis pivotable around being parallel to lateral member.
Therefore by bar is arranged on switch enclosure body, no longer need bar to be directly installed on handle, and can reduce or avoid any tolerance issues of being caused by this installation.In addition, because bar is mounted to around being parallel to the axis pivotable of lateral member and being arranged on switch enclosure body, thereby be easier to guarantee correctly to carry out the correct travel range of bar.
Can exist and be arranged on switch enclosure body and a plurality of bars of console switch around described axis.Bar can couple to move together, or can independently move.
Each bar can have around axis makes bar arrive from the position away from lateral member the travel range that its king-rod is adjacent to the position of handle.This design than prior art is easier to realize, because important tolerance is only the tolerance of any bend of switch enclosure body (being conventionally arranged in lateral member) and the lateral member that is arranged in the region that is adjacent to each bar now.
The shape of each bar therein bar can be against the shape of following lateral member in the region of lateral member.The in the situation that of being arranged in a plane (so-called deuce handle) together with each arm in lateral member, each bar can be arranged in a plane when being arranged in the position that is adjacent to handle.In the situation that lateral member has the bend that is positioned at outside the plane being limited by arm (as in the situation that the handle of so-called upset upward), lateral member be arranged in each bend outside described plane all corresponding to the bend of at least one bar.
Conventionally, switch enclosure body forms (normally molded) by plastic material; Than form metal, use this moulding material to be easier to realize acceptable manufacturing tolerance.Each bar equally can be by plastic material manufacture (normally molded).Each bar can form single molded plastics body; In the situation that there is a plurality of bar, each bar all can be molded as a single plastic body.
Described axis can be parallel to a part for lateral member, and switch enclosure normally (but not necessarily) is arranged in this part of lateral member.Lateral member can have or can not have the part that is not parallel to described axis.Described part can be perpendicular to each slender arm.Conventionally, described axis and described part are spaced apart.Lateral member conventionally and can be fully or generally substantially perpendicular to each slender arm.
Can have pair of parallel slender arm, lateral member is in conjunction with described arm.
According to a second aspect of the invention, provide a kind of mower, this mower has body and the supported handle away from described body according to a first aspect of the invention.
Conventionally, switch is electric switch.Mower is power-operated mower normally, and wherein switch is controlled the operation of mower.Conventionally, mower will comprise blade and the motor that is arranged to drive blade (being generally used for rotating); Switch controls is applied to motor by electric current.
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Now, be the description of in the mode of example, embodiments of the invention being carried out with reference to accompanying drawing below, in accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 shows according to the schematic side elevation of the mower of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 shows the front perspective view in upper handle region of the mower of Fig. 1, and wherein switch is in starting state;
Fig. 3 shows the rear perspective view corresponding to Fig. 2 view, and wherein switch is in dead status;
Fig. 4 shows the view identical with Fig. 3, and wherein switch is in starting state;
Fig. 5 shows the front perspective view in upper handle region of the mower of second embodiment of the invention, and wherein switch is in starting state;
Fig. 6 shows the rear perspective view corresponding to Fig. 5 view, and wherein switch is in dead status;
Fig. 7 shows the view identical with Fig. 6, and wherein switch is in starting state; And
Fig. 8 shows the diagrammatic plan view in upper handle region of the mower of third embodiment of the invention.
Embodiment
Shown in the mower of first embodiment of the invention Fig. 1 to 4 in the accompanying drawings.This mower comprises the housing 1 being supported by wheel 2.Electro-motor 3 is arranged in housing 1.Motor 3 drives blade 4 to make rotation in its cutting chamber 5 on the downside that is formed at housing 1, so that the grass that cutting mower was pressed.
In order to make user that mower is driven and crosses surface to be mowed, provide handle 6.This will be described in more detail below.Handle 6 is installed and is arranged on housing by pivotable, and switch enclosure 7 is supported on to the far-end with respect to housing 1.Switch enclosure 7 is positioned in the region being grasped by user of handle.Switch enclosure 7 holds switch 8, and this switch controls whether by cable 9, electric power is offered to motor 3.With the handle 6 shown in solid line, are deuce handles, this handle is arranged in single plane; At 6a, sentence dotted line and schematically show the handle of upset upward, herein from deuce handle separately, wherein dotted portion 6a is positioned at outside described plane this handle.
Referring now to the Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 on the top that illustrates in greater detail handle 6 in accompanying drawing, this handle comprises two parallel arms 10, and described arm is pivotally mounted on housing 1 at its lower end.At their upper end, described arm is by lateral member 11 combinations.It should be noted in the discussion above that arm 10 and lateral member 11 can be formed to limit the single steel pipe of suitable shape by crooked as desired as shown in the figure, or can form the independent part combining.
The body 15 of lateral member 11 supporting switch boxes 7.Switch enclosure 7 is clamped in lateral member at part 12 places perpendicular to parallel arms 10.In this embodiment, lateral member 11 is bent to part 12 is positioned at outside the plane that comprises two parallel arms 10, and the handle geometry that therefore can be regarded as overturning upward.
At the far-end with respect to lateral member 11 of switch enclosure 7, two bars 13 are installed.Therefore bar 13 is installed in rotation on switch enclosure body 15 around common axis 14, and described common axis is parallel to part 12 and perpendicular to parallel arms 10.Bar 13 is crossed backward switch enclosure body 15 and is extended towards lateral member 11, and in shape corresponding to the bend 16 of lateral member 11.
User can grasp bar 13 so that they against lateral member 11(as shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 at accompanying drawing).Bar 13 is coupled to switch 8, makes this motion (according to the application) firing switch 8 of the one or both in bar 13, electric current is supplied to motor 3.Bar 13 is spring-loaded (or otherwise biasing), so that by setover out start position and entering as the rest position as shown at Fig. 3 of accompanying drawing away from lateral member 11 of bar 13.In this position, switch 8 is deactivated, and therefore motor is not powered.Therefore, bar 13 is carried out the function of " dead-man's handle (dead man ' s handle) ", because if user and bar 13 lose physical contact, bar will make motor be disengaged.
The switch enclosure 7 that comprises bar 13 will be molded by plastic material, and plastic material is the nylon material of acronitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) or glass-filled normally.There is the remarkable improvement that moulded handgrip allows the comfortableness of user on the bag arm of metal.Than metal parts, moulding part is also more cheap significantly.In addition, than forming, metal parts is attainable, for molded plastic part, more easily realizes acceptable manufacturing tolerance.Bar 13 correct location with respect to lateral member 11 in start position mainly depends on: first, the pivotal point in Switch main body 15 is to the tolerance of the distance of the bite that is clamped to lateral member of Switch main body 15; And secondly, be adjacent to the list of switch enclosure 7 to bend 16, eliminated a plurality of sources of tolerance issues of the prior art.
In the second alternative embodiment shown in Fig. 5 to Fig. 7 of accompanying drawing, handle is flat and be not the handle overturning upward.The integer being equal to the integer of the first embodiment has provided corresponding reference number, with respect to the integer increase 50 of the first embodiment.
In this embodiment, lateral member 61 is arranged in the plane identical with parallel arms 60, and therefore deuce handle 56 is provided.Equally, bar 63 is pivotally mounted on switch enclosure body 65 around axis 64, and described axis is parallel to the part 62 of the installation switch enclosure 57 of lateral member 61.Lateral member 61 comprises at this straight part 62 being limited by sweep 66; Bar 63 is configured as and is assemblied in the below of sweep 66 and is of similar shape.
In addition, bar 63 has: as the Fig. 5 at accompanying drawing and the start position as shown in Fig. 7, and in this position, the downside of switch 8 startings and bar 63 butt lateral member 61; And as the rest position as shown at Fig. 6 of accompanying drawing, in this rest position, bar is stopped using away from lateral member 61 and switch 8.
As embodiment above, bar 63 mainly depends on the tolerance of the distance between pivotal point in Switch main body 65 is held on lateral member 61 bite to Switch main body 65 in start position with respect to the correct location of lateral member 61.By single moulded parts, make the controlled a plurality of sources of eliminating tolerance issues of the prior art of this tolerance.
In another the 3rd alternative embodiment shown in Fig. 8 of accompanying drawing, the integer being equal to the integer of the first embodiment has provided corresponding reference number, with respect to the integer increase 100 of the first embodiment.
In this embodiment, lateral member 111 is arranged in the plane identical with described pair of parallel arm 110.Yet this lateral member is to be formed by three parts; Each in two symmetrical angled parts 120 is all bonded in parallel arms 110 with non-perpendicular angle, and angled part 120 is by vertical component 112 combinations perpendicular to parallel arms 110.Switch enclosure 107 is arranged on vertical component 112.
As previously mentioned, switch enclosure 107 is provided with two bars 113 that are pivotally mounted on switch enclosure 107.Yet in this embodiment, bar 113 can be parallel to around the axis 114 of its pivotable described angled part 120.Bar 113 can be resisted against in angled part 120 on being pressed against lateral member 111 time; Bar 113 still depends on the parts that are easy to processing with respect to the correct location of lateral member, be mainly the position that the installation of switch enclosure 107 in lateral member 111 and bar 113 107 pivotable in switch enclosure is installed.This then and then present a kind of like this handle, this handle is manufactured than possible being easier in prior art, and some degree of freedom of the position that bar 113 places are provided simultaneously.

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1. the handle for mower, described handle comprises at least one slender arm and not parallel with each slender arm lateral member, wherein, described handle is provided with the switch enclosure being arranged in described lateral member, described switch enclosure comprises switch, box body and at least one bar, described bar is arranged to operate described switch and is handled by user, and described bar is arranged on switch enclosure body with the axis pivotable around being parallel to described lateral member.
2. handle according to claim 1, wherein, exists around described axis and is arranged on described switch enclosure body and operates a plurality of bars of described switch.
3. handle according to claim 1, wherein, each bar all has around the described bar that makes of described axis and arrives from the position away from described lateral member the travel range that wherein said bar is adjacent to the position of described handle.
4. handle according to claim 1, wherein, the shape of each bar therein described bar can be against the shape of all following described lateral member in the region of described lateral member.
5. handle according to claim 1, wherein, described lateral member is arranged in the plane being limited by described arm, and each bar is arranged in a plane when being arranged in the position that is adjacent to described handle.
6. handle according to claim 1, wherein, described lateral member has the bend being positioned at outside the plane being limited by described arm, and is arranged in each bend outside the described plane of described lateral member all corresponding to the bend of at least one bar.
7. handle according to claim 1, wherein, at least one in described box body and each bar formed by molded plastic material.
8. handle according to claim 7, wherein, each bar all forms single molded plastic body.
9., wherein, there are a plurality of bars in handle according to claim 8, and wherein each bar is all molded as individual plastic body.
10. handle according to claim 1, wherein, at least a portion of described lateral member is substantially perpendicular to each elongate articles.
, wherein, there is the slender arm of pair of parallel in 11. handles according to claim 1, described lateral member is in conjunction with described arm.
12. 1 kinds of mowers, have body and handle according to claim 1, and described handle is supported away from described body.
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