CN1264699C - 可控流体夹持器、具有夹持器的手动用具及其使用方法 - Google Patents
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Abstract
本发明涉及一种用于手持物品的夹持器(10)。夹持器有一个外壳件(20)用来配合物品的手持部分。外壳件包含有可控流体(22),如磁致流变流体和电致流变流体。夹持器还有激励元件(40),其用于可选择地将场施加到可控流体来改变其流变行为,如增加其粘度。因此,可控流体能够保持外壳件的形状直到激励元件将施加的场撤除。本发明还涉及一种安装了上述夹持器的手持用具(12)和带有上述夹持器的手持用具的使用方法。
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技术领域
本发明涉及一种适于配合手持物品的夹持器,其能够为个人使用者提供个人化的物品夹持方式。特别地,本发明涉及一种夹持器,其中包含有可控流体,当施加磁场或电场其能够压印出使用者的夹持方式并保持这种夹持方式。本发明还涉及使用这种夹持器的方法。
背景技术
当使用手持物品时,如铅笔,剃须刀,打火机,工具,以及运动器材,如网球,壁球,或乒乓球的球拍,很重要的一点就是使用者要适当和舒服地拿住物品。这样作的话,使用者可以更好地控制这个物品而使用者的手则不会出现不必要的疲劳。已经发现当手的位置接近其人类环境改造学的或解剖学的位置,使用者的舒服感提高。
已经作了各种尝试使物品的手柄符合个人使用者的手。一个通常采用的办法是提供预先加工好轮廓的手柄,使其能符合平均使用者的手。
惠布赖切(Huybrechts)的美国专利No.5,548,848,德利思(Dellis)的美国专利No.5,155,878,萨克思顿(Sexton)的美国专利No.4,934,024和德利思(Dellis)的美国专利No.4,875,495披露了一种手柄,这种手柄可以由客户制模使之完全符合使用者手的轮廓。这种手柄使用可塑材料如热塑性塑料。在制模过程中,热塑性塑料要首先加热到熔化温度才能够模制出所希望的形状。一旦熔化的热塑性塑料形成希望的形状,就被冷却到环境温度来使热塑性塑料固化形成客户个人化的形状。
发明内容
在提供预先加工好轮廓的手柄的情况下,很容易就可证明,这种轮廓的手柄在符合个人使用者方面是不适合的。此外,制作模制手柄要求加热和冷却装置。典型地,模制过程是在制造工厂,或在使用者通常购买商品的零售商的商店里进行,个人使用者不可能进行使用前的调校。因此,作为使用者经常要求进行个人化轮廓的物品或为多个使用者设计的物品,这种手柄是不实际的。
因此,希望提供一种手柄,其克服上面提到的缺点并能够很容易作到符合使用者的手。还希望提供使用这种夹持器的方法。
本发明涉及一种手持物品的夹持器。夹持器包括一个用于配合物品手持部分的外壳件。该外壳件包含有可控流体,如磁致流变流体和电致流变流体。夹持器还包括一个激励件可用来有选择地激励可控流体的场来改变其流变行为。
夹持器的外壳件,可以是围绕物品的手持部分的管状元件,也可以是构成物品手持部分中的至少一部分。外壳件包括包封元件,其限定了至少一个用于容纳可控流体的空腔。在一个优选的实施例中,包封元件限定了包含可控流体的多个空腔。包封元件可以用尿烷制作。
夹持器的激励元件可以有各种形式。在一个优选实施例中,所采用的可控流体是磁致流变流体,激励元件是一个永磁体,可相对于管状外壳件移动。
可选择形式还有,激励元件可以由贴近管状外壳件的电-磁元件和提供能量给电-磁元件的选择性激励电源组成。电-磁元件最好是线圈。电源至少包括一个电池和一个开关。
在另一个优选实施例中,所用的可控流体是电致流变流体,激励元件包括一对电极元件和提供能量给电极元件的选择性激励电源。
本发明还涉及一种应用了上述夹持器的手动用具,比如书写笔。手动用具包括带有手持部分的主体部分。主体部分包括至少一部分要延伸进手持部分的空腔。夹持器外壳件配合主体部分的手持部分,激励元件适于装在空腔的内部。激励元件可以是能够滑动进出手持部分空腔的永磁体。作为一种选择,激励元件也可以包括安装在空腔内部的电-磁元件,其至少部分要被外壳件包围;提供电能给电-磁元件的电源;和开关。
在另一个本发明的优选实施例中,开关成为可滑动地安装到空腔内部的屏蔽元件,可以在关的位置和开的位置之间滑动。在关的位置屏蔽元件位于外壳件和电-磁元件之间。
本发明还涉及一种使用带有夹持器的手动用具的方法。夹持器含有可在流体状态和基本坚硬状态之间变化的可控流体。这个方法包括的步骤是:(a)握住手动用具在夹持器上压印出个人的夹持印记,其中可控流体处于流体状态;(b)将激励场加到可控流体使其状态变到基本坚硬状态并将个人夹持印记固定住;和(c)保持可控流体处于基本坚硬状态和个人夹持印记。本发明的这个方法还包括步骤(d)取消激励场以恢复可控流体的流动状态。上述(a)到(d)的步骤可按照要求重复进行。
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本发明的这些和其它的特征、方面、优点通过下面的说明、附图、及所附的权利要求就会更加明了。其中:
图1是根据本发明的连同书写笔一起使用的夹持器第一个实施例的局部纵向剖视图;
图2是夹持器的第二个实施例的纵向剖视图;
图3是夹持器的第三个实施例的纵向剖视图;
图4是夹持器的第四个实施例的纵向剖视图;
图5是夹持器的第五个实施例的纵向剖视图。
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各种实施本发明原理的夹持器和手动用具在图1-5中进行了图例说明。本发明的夹持器能够简单和快速地从一个所要的轮廓改变到另一个所要的轮廓为使用者提供舒服的手柄。在各个实施例中,同样的元件用相同的参考标号标示,省略重复介绍。
如图中所显示的,本发明的手动用具1包括与用具主体部分12局部配合的夹持器10。更具体地说,用具主体部分12一般有细长的形状并具有手持部分14。夹持器10的一部分安装到手持部分14上。用具主体部分12有外壁16,外壁限定了可容纳各种元件的空腔18,比如将在下面介绍的夹持器10的激励元件。空腔18至少要有部分延伸进入用具主体部分12的手持部分14。
应当理解手动用具包括各种手持物品,如书写笔,剃须刀,打火机,工具,运动器材包括球拍和各种其它器材的手柄。所有的这些手持物品12可以不加修正或很少修正地应用本发明的夹持器。
本发明有许多的应用。如附图所显示的,这里主要针对书写笔12加以说明。书写笔12通常包括外套16,其对应于用具主体部分的外壁16;和位于空腔18内部的墨水芯管19。
本发明的夹持器10有外壳件20和激励元件40。外壳件20适于如图1所示与书写笔12的手持部分14配合。外壳件20的内部包含了可控流体22。激励元件40能够有选择地将一个场施加在可控流体上改变其流变行为,如动态屈服强度和粘度。当处于这样的场之中,可控流体的粘度增加到基本坚硬的程度,使可控流体22被‘冻结’。因此,外壳体20的形状被保留直到激励元件40撤回。
本发明所用的可控流体22最好是能通过改变流变行为,如改变动态屈服强度和粘度来对施加的磁场或电场作出反应的材料。更具体地说,可控流体22可以是磁致流变流体,已知其也就是流体介质中含有微米级的磁悬浮颗粒。处于流体状态的磁致流变流体具有较低的粘度,在没有施加磁场的条件下可以自由流动。然而,一旦施加磁场,磁致流变流体反应以高动态屈服强度和黏度改变,所以流体变厚和产生可控屈服应力。相应地,由于较高的粘度和动态屈服强度,外壳件20内的可控流体的流动基本上停止。
用于本发明的磁致流变流体是从位于美国的405 Gregson Drive,Cary,NC 27511的劳德公司(Lord Corporation)得到的。尤其希望磁致流变流体能是水基的,由于这种流体容易处理。其它的磁致流变流体也可用于本发明。
用于本发明的可控流体22还可以是电致流变流体。已经知道电致流变流体是粘性的绝缘液体含有微小的高密度极性粒子。当电场施加到这些悬浮液,它们的表观粘度戏剧性地增加。因此电致流变流体的刚度是可控的。用于本发明的电致流变流体也可从劳德公司(Lord Corporation)得到。
夹持器10的外壳体20适合与书写笔12相配合,围绕并覆盖其手持部分14的主要部分。外壳体可以有各种结构,只要这种结构能够包围可控流体。在所示的实施例,它一般是管状的,其内表面的尺寸可与手持部分14紧密配合以保证外壳体20固定到书写笔12上。外壳体20可以有封闭可控流体22的包封元件24。包封元件24限定了空腔26,如图1所示的通常是环状的空腔26。在图2所示的实施例中,外壳件20的包封元件24限定了多个容纳可控流体22的空腔元件26。包封元件24最好用易于变形的材料制造,比如尿烷。
另一方面,外壳件20可以构成书写笔12手持部分14的至少一部分。如图4所示,外壳体20替换了手持部分14成为书写笔12外套16的一部分。在这种情况下,书写笔12显示平滑的外表面。当这样制造时,使外壳体20具有书写笔外套所要求的足够强度是有好处的。在一个优选实施例中,外壳件20的包封元件24主要是用刚性材料制成并有暴露在外表面的易变形区。
夹持器10的激励元件40能够将一个场施加于外壳件20内的可控流体22上。施加场的作用是增加可控流体22的粘度,所以,可控流体22从其原始的流动状态变化到大致坚硬的状态。因此可控流体22得到强化,只要施加的场继续作用就可以保持其形状。取决于所用可控流体22的类型,激励元件40既可以如图1-4所示产生用于磁致流变流体的磁场,也可以如图5所示产生用于电致流变流体的电场。另外,根据下面介绍的激励元件40的不同实施例,施加的磁场或电场能以不同的方式产生。
激励元件40最好置于书写笔12的空腔18内。如图1所示,激励元件40是永久磁铁42。永久磁铁42是管状的,可以宽松地插进空腔18内的书写笔12的墨水芯管。永久磁铁42设置成可相对管状外壳件20移动。永久磁铁42沿箭头45的移动可以在套管43的帮助下实现。套管43将永久磁铁42连接到位于紧贴书写笔12端部的推动元件(未示出)。
当永久磁铁42移动到如图1所示位置,其施加一个磁场到磁致流变流体22“强化”磁致流变流体使其变成大致坚硬的状态。在另一方面,当永久磁铁42从这个位置缩回的时候,磁场也移动。这时磁致流变流体22回复到原来的流动状态。
图2-4显示另一个产生磁场的方法。这些实施例的激励元件40包括电-磁体44,其最好是线圈。电-磁线圈44宽松地围绕书写笔12的墨水芯管19,位于非常靠近管状外壳件20的地方。对比于前面讨论的永久磁铁42,线圈44最好采用本专业普通技术人员所掌握的知识中的各种传统方法固定安装到外壳件20内。
另外,激励元件40包括可选择性的激励电源46,可用来提供能量到电-磁线圈44。如图2所示,电源46可包括连同开关50一起的电池组48。电池组48包括如图2和3所示的一排电池48a或如图4所示的电池组48b。还有一种可用的方法,用多个太阳能电池来代替电池组48。
在如图2所示的实施例中,开关50是固定在书写笔12外套16外侧的通/断开关。包括电池组48和通/断开关50的电源46电气连接到电-磁线圈44形成闭环电路44,46。使用者可以促动通/断开关50以连接电路44,46并因此产生可施加到磁致流变流体22上的磁场。另一方面,可以促动通/断开关50以断开电路44,46来除去磁场。
在图3所示的另一个实施例中,开关50是屏蔽元件。屏蔽元件53是套筒状,可滑动地安装在书写笔12的空腔18内侧。屏蔽元件53可在断的位置和通的位置之间移动。在断的位置屏蔽元件位于外壳件和电-磁元件之间,如图3所示,在那里屏蔽元件53遮挡了磁场防止其作用到可控流体22上。当屏蔽元件53沿箭头51的方向从断的位置移动到通的位置,通过激励元件40产生的磁场或电场施加到可控流体22上,如上面讨论的,使可控流体变坚硬。
在图4所示的优选实施例中,还设置了流变仪52来改变磁致流变流体22的刚度。流变仪52电气连接到电路44,46并包括位于书写笔12外套16外部的刻度盘54。因此,使用者可以通过调节刻度盘54来改变流过电-磁线圈44的电流并改变磁致流变流体22的粘度。流变仪52还可以减少电流到零来断开电路44,46。在这种方式中,流变仪52的作用就像上面讨论的通/断开关50。
图5显示了设计出的激励元件40,产生可施加到封闭在外壳件20内的电致流变流体22的电场。激励件40包括一对位于外壳件20端部的电极56。在一个优选实施例中,电极56是一对碟状电极。另外与上面介绍的近似,设置了有选择性的激励电源46来提供电能给电极56。当使用者促动开关50或流变仪52时,电源46在两个电极56之间产生电场。然后,施加电场到电致流变流体22上来强化电致流变流体。另一方面,开关50或流变仪52能被促动以断开电源46并因此将电场从电致流变流体22除去。
当使用手动用具1,如在这里介绍的书写笔12,使用者首先握住书写笔12的夹持器10如同拿一个普通的笔,使用者的手指在可控流体22处于流动状态的夹持器10上留下了独特夹持印记。
然后使用者对可控流体22施加一个场将它的状态变化到大致坚硬的状态,因而固定了独特夹持印记。如上面所讨论的,要产生所施加的场,可以通过移动永久磁铁42到如图1所示的与外壳件20平齐的位置,或如图2所示促动通/断开关50以连接电路44,46或移动屏蔽元件53到其断开的位置。施加的场将可控流体22从其原始流动状态改变到基本坚硬的状态来保留独特夹持印记。客户化的个人夹持印记因而形成,其能够使使用者具有更舒服的把握和更好的控制书写笔12。
这样得到的个人化夹持方式只要施加的场仍作用于可控流体22就可以保持。使用者可在延长的时间里有舒服的把握。当使用者结束使用个人化的夹持方式,可以如上面介绍的,通过撤除施加的场就很容易解除。一旦施加的场撤除激励,可控流体恢复其原来的流动状态,变得柔软准备新的压印。如果同一使用者或另一使用者希望有另一个个人化的夹持方式,使用者只要简单地重复上面介绍的步骤。
上面的介绍只是对本发明原理的图示说明,应当认识到和懂得本发明不会受到在这里图示和说明的具体构造和形状的限制,所以本专业的专家高手根据这里所作披露轻易得到的任何未脱离本发明精神和范围的有益修改将包括作为本发明的其它实施例。所以,本发明的范围是根据所附加的权利要求中阐明的内容来限定的。
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1.一种用于手持物品的夹持器,包括,
一外壳件,用于配合所述物品的手持部分,所述外壳件包含有可控流体;和
一激励元件,可选择性地施加一个场到所述可控流体以改变其流变行为。
2.如权利要求1所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述可控流体是磁致流变流体。
3.如权利要求1所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述可控流体是电致流变流体。
4.如权利要求1所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述激励元件是围绕所述物品所述的手持部分的管状元件。
5.如权利要求1所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述激励元件包括包围所述可控流体的包封元件。
6.如权利要求5所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述包封元件限定了多个容纳所述可控流体的空腔。
7.如权利要求6所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述包封元件由尿烷制成。
8.如权利要求1所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述外壳件构成了所述物品所述的手持部分中的至少一部分。
9.如权利要求4所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述激励元件包括可相对所述管状外壳件移动的永磁体。
10.如权利要求4所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述激励元件包括位于贴近所述管状外壳件的电-磁元件和向所述电-磁元件提供能量的选择性激励电源。
11.如权利要求10所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述电-磁元件是线圈,所述电源包括至少一个电池。
12.如权利要求3所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述激励元件包括一对将所述外壳件夹在中间的电极和向所述电极提供能量的选择性激励电源。
13.如权利要求4所述的夹持器,其特征在于,所述激励元件包括一对将所述外壳件夹在中间的碟形电极和向所述电极提供能量的选择性激励电源。
14.如权利要求1所述的夹持器,其特征在于还包括可与之组合的手持元件。
15.一种其上安装有夹持器的手动用具,包括:
一有手持部分的主体部分;
一外壳件,位于所述手持部分并包含有可控流体;和
一激励元件,可选择地施加一个场到所述可控流体以改变其流变行为。
16.如权利要求15所述的手动用具,其特征在于,所述主体部分包括至少部分延长到所述手持部分的空腔。
17.如权利要求16所述的手动用具,其特征在于,所述激励元件包括可滑动进入所述手持部分内所述空腔的永久磁铁。
18.如权利要求16所述的手动用具,其特征在于,所述激励元件包括固定在所述空腔内并被外壳件包围的电-磁元件和向所述电-磁元件提供能量的电源和开关。
19.如权利要求18所述的手动用具,其特征在于,所述开关是一个可滑动地固定在所述空腔内部的屏蔽元件,其可在关的位置和开的位置之间滑动,其中所述关的位置位于所述外壳件和所述电-磁元件之间。
20.一种使用具有夹持器的手动用具的方法,所述夹持器包含有可在流动和大致坚硬状态之间变化的可控流体,其包括以下步骤:
(a)握住所述手动用具在所述夹持器上压印出个人夹持印记,其中所述可控流体处于流动状态;
(b)施加一个场到所述可控流体将其状态改变到大致坚硬的状态并将所述个人夹持印记固定住;和
(c)保持所述可控流体处于大致坚硬的状态和个人夹持印记。
21.如权利要求20所述的方法,其特征在于还包括步骤:
(d)撤消激励所述场以恢复所述可控流体所述的流动状态。
22.如权利要求21所述的方法,其特征在于还包括,重复所述步骤(a)到(d)所述的步骤。
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