CN210868764U

CN210868764U - Control box and garden tool with same

Info

Publication number: CN210868764U
Application number: CN201921591491.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖愚
Original assignee: Changzhou Globe Co Ltd
Current assignee: Globe Jiangsu Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-20
Filing date: 2019-09-24
Publication date: 2020-06-30
Anticipated expiration: 2029-09-24
Also published as: CN110495302B; CN110495302A

Abstract

The utility model provides a control box and have garden instrument of this control box. The control box comprises an activation unit, the activation unit comprises a main motor control switch and an activation button used for triggering the main motor control switch, and in the pressing direction of the activation button, an included angle is formed between the axis of the activation button and the axis of the main body of the control box, so that the activation button is obliquely arranged. Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses not only conveniently control garden instrument, control box is reasonable in distribution moreover, easy and simple to handle, can effectively promote user's use and experience.

Description

Control box and garden tool with same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a garden instrument especially relates to a control box and have garden instrument of this control box.

Background

Mowers, also known as lawn mowers, lawnmowers, lawn trimmers, are mechanical tools used for trimming lawns, vegetation, and the like, and are widely used in life. The application of the mower not only saves the operation time of weeder, but also can make the lawn pruned more beautiful and pleasant.

Lawn mowers typically include a cutter head, blades, a travel mechanism, a motor, a handrail, and a control mechanism, the handrail having a switch box for facilitating operator control. The mower walks on the ground and performs the cutting operation by means of the thrust exerted on the handrail by the operator. The lawn mower with the self-driving function is provided with a driving motor for driving a front wheel or a rear wheel of the lawn mower, and an operator can control the advancing speed or the retreating speed of the lawn mower only by operating a control mechanism during operation.

However, the handle structure and function of the mower with the self-driving function are simple, a plurality of mechanical switches are usually adopted to control various functions of the mower, the mechanical switches are not reasonably distributed, the operation process is too complex and inconvenient, and disorder and misoperation of a user are easily caused.

In view of the above problems, it is necessary to provide a new control box to solve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a control box and have garden instrument of this control box, garden instrument controls the convenience, the control box distributes rationally, easy and simple to handle, can promote user's use and experience.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a control box, including an activation unit, the activation unit includes main motor control switch and is used for triggering main motor control switch's activation button in the direction of pressing of activation button, activation button's axis with form an contained angle between the main part axis of control box, so that activation button slope sets up.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the axis of the main body of the control box is parallel to the horizontal plane, and an acute angle is formed between the axis of the activation button and the horizontal plane, so that the activation button is inclined relative to the horizontal plane.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the activation unit further includes a slider connected to the activation button, the slider slides under the action of the activation button to support and trigger the main motor control switch, the sliding direction of the slider is parallel to the main body axis of the control box, the activation button and an obtuse angle is formed between the sliders.

As a further improvement of the utility model, the activation button include press the splenium and with press the push rod that the splenium is connected, the push rod with the slider links to each other, in order to press when pressing the splenium, the push rod promotes the slider slides, and on the sliding direction of slider, the push rod with form an obtuse angle between the slider.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the slider includes a base, a fitting piece, an inclined wall, and a positioning block, the inclined wall is used for abutting against the main motor control switch when the slider slides, so that the main motor control switch is in a gradually pressing state or a gradually releasing state.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the activation unit further includes an elastic element for resetting the slider, and the positioning block is used for cooperating with the elastic element to fix the elastic element.

As a further improvement, the control box is further provided with a speed regulation unit therein, the speed regulation unit include the speed regulation knob and with speed regulation knob matched with variable electronic component, the speed regulation knob is located one side of the control box that is close to the operator, and is promoting can drive during the speed regulation knob variable electronic component rotates in step.

As a further improvement, the variable electronic component is provided with a driven gear, the speed-adjusting knob is provided with a driving gear matched with the driven gear, so as to rotate the speed-adjusting knob drives the variable electronic component to rotate synchronously.

As a further improvement, the speed regulation knob includes the rotating part and is located the portion of stirring of rotating part lateral margin, the driving gear sets up on the rotating part, be provided with anti-skidding line on the portion of stirring.

The utility model also provides a garden instrument, including aforementioned control box.

The utility model has the advantages that: the control box of the utility model is provided with the activation unit, and the activation button is arranged obliquely, so that the control box is convenient for an operator to control when the garden tool is started; furthermore, the utility model discloses a control box distributes rationally, easy and simple to handle, can effectively promote user's use and experience.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the control box of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a main receiving cavity of the control box shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the primary receiving cavity shown in fig. 2 after the activation unit is removed.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the main receiving cavity shown in fig. 3 after the operation triggering unit is removed.

Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the slider in fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of an internal structure of a sub-receiving chamber of the control box shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the self-propelled triggering unit in fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is an exploded view of the two control handles of fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the lever of fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view of the bottom cover of fig. 6.

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the bottom cover shown in fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the control box of fig. 1 from another perspective.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of fig. 12 with the bottom cover removed.

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of the governor unit of fig. 6.

Fig. 15 is a partial sectional view of the control box of fig. 1 in a top view.

Fig. 16 is a partial sectional view of the control box shown in fig. 1 in a front view direction.

Fig. 17 is a schematic structural view of the garden tool of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. The specific embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings and described in accordance with the drawings are merely exemplary, and the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

It should be noted that, in order to avoid obscuring the present invention with unnecessary details, only the structures and/or processing steps closely related to the aspects of the present invention are shown in the drawings, and other details not relevant to the present invention are omitted.

In addition, it should be further noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Referring to fig. 1, the control box 100 of the present invention is used for a gardening tool, and includes a box body 10, an activation unit 20, a work trigger unit 30, a self-walking trigger unit 40, a speed regulation unit 50, and an indication unit 60 for displaying electric quantity.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 6, the box 10 includes a base 11, a top cover 12 located above the base 11, and a bottom cover 13 located below the base 11. The base body 11 and the top cover 12 together form a main receiving cavity 14, and the base body 11 and the bottom cover 13 together form an auxiliary receiving cavity 15. In this embodiment, the base 11 and the top cover 12 are fixed to each other by screws, but the invention should not be limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 2, the activating unit 20 includes a main motor control switch B21, an activating button 22 for triggering the main motor control switch B21, a sliding block 23 connected to the activating button 22, and a first elastic element 24 for resetting the sliding block 23, and the main motor control switch B21, the sliding block 23, and the first elastic element 24 are all accommodated in the main accommodating cavity 14. The activation button 22 is partially received in the main receiving cavity 14, partially protrudes from the main receiving cavity 14, and an angle (preferably an acute angle) is formed between an axis of the activation button 22 (parallel to the pressing direction) and an axis of the main body of the control box 100 (parallel to the horizontal plane) in the pressing direction of the activation button 22, so that the activation button 22 is disposed obliquely (with respect to the horizontal plane) toward the operator side, thereby facilitating the pressing by the operator.

The slider 23 slides under the action of the activation button 22 for holding and activating the main motor control switch B21. The sliding direction of the sliding block 23 is parallel to the axis of the main body of the control box 100, and an obtuse angle is formed between the activation button 22 and the sliding block 23.

Specifically, the activation button 22 includes a pressing portion 221 and a push rod 222 connected to the pressing portion 221, the push rod 222 is connected to the slider 23 so that the slider 23 can be pushed to slide by the push rod 222 when the pressing portion 221 is pressed, and an obtuse angle is formed between the push rod 222 and the slider 23 in the sliding direction of the slider 23 so that the activation button 22 is tilted toward the operator side (i.e., tilted toward the operator).

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the slider 23 includes a base 231, a fitting 232 disposed on the base 231, an inclined wall 233, and a positioning block 234. The seat body 11 is provided with a guide 111 engaged with the engaging member 232, so that on one hand, the sliding block 23 can be fixed by itself under the engagement of the guide 111 and the engaging member 232, and on the other hand, the sliding block 23 can slide along the guide 111. In this embodiment, the guide member 111 is a guide groove, and the engaging member 232 is a protrusion engaged with the guide groove. Of course, there are various specific structures of the guiding element 111 and the engaging element 232 that can achieve the guiding function, and the description thereof is omitted here for brevity. Besides the seat 11 can be provided with the guide 111, the top cover 12 can also be provided with the guide 111.

The inclined wall 233 is used for abutting against the main motor control switch B21, and when the slider 23 slides, the main motor control switch B21 is in a gradually pressed state or a gradually released state under the abutting of the inclined wall 223. The positioning block 234 is used to cooperate with the first elastic element 24 to fix the first elastic element 24. Preferably, the first elastic element 24 is a spring.

When the pressing part 221 is pressed, the push rod 222 pushes the slider 23 to slide along the guide 111, at this time, the trigger button of the main motor control switch B21 slides along the inclined wall 233, and when the trigger button of the main motor control switch B21 slides to the side wall of the slider 23, the main motor control switch B21 is triggered while the first elastic element 24 is in a compressed state; when the pressing portion 221 is released, the activation button 22 and the slider 23 are restored to the initial state by the restoring force of the first elastic member 24.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the operation triggering unit 30 includes a main motor control switch a31, an operation handle 32 pivotally installed, and a second elastic element 33 for restoring the operation handle 32. The operating handle 32 includes a first handle 321 and a second handle 322 engaged with the first handle 321, and the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 are respectively located at two sides of the seat body 11 and are both in a long rod shape.

The main motor control switch a31 and the second elastic element 33 are both accommodated in the main accommodating cavity 14, and the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 are partly accommodated in the main accommodating cavity 14 and partly protrude out of the main accommodating cavity 14, so as to be operated and controlled. Specifically, the joint between the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 is housed in the main housing chamber 14, and the other end thereof, which is away from the joint, protrudes out of the main housing chamber 14.

The first handle 321 is provided with a positioning column (not shown) and a positioning block 3211, and the positioning block 3211 is matched with the second elastic element 33 to fix the two together. The second handle 322 is provided with a displacement slot 3221 matching with the positioning column and a supporting portion 3222 supporting against the main motor control switch a 31. The first handle 321 and the second handle 322 are linked under the action of the positioning column and the displacement groove 3221.

Specifically, when the first handle 321 is pulled, the first handle 321 rotates and drives the second handle 322 to rotate, and at this time, the abutting portion 3222 abuts against the main motor control switch a31, so that the main motor control switch a31 is triggered, and meanwhile, the second elastic element 33 is in a compressed state. When the first handle 321 is released, the first handle 321 is reset under the restoring force of the second elastic element 33, and simultaneously drives the second handle 322 to reset. Of course, the second handle 322 can be pulled alone to trigger the main motor control switch a31, or the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 can be pulled simultaneously to trigger the main motor control switch a31 together, which is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 6 to 13, the self-propelled trigger unit 40 includes a self-propelled control switch S41, a lever 42 pivotally mounted and engaged with the self-propelled control switch S41, a control handle 43 pivotally mounted, and a third elastic element 44 for restoring the control handle 43. The self-propelled control switch S41 and the lever 42 are accommodated in the auxiliary accommodating cavity 15, the bottom cover 13 is further provided with an accommodating groove 16, the accommodating groove 16 is communicated with the auxiliary accommodating cavity 15, the third elastic element 44 is accommodated in the accommodating groove 16, and the control handle 43 is partly accommodated in the auxiliary accommodating cavity 15 and the accommodating groove 16 and partly protrudes out of the auxiliary accommodating cavity 15 for operation and control.

The lever 42 includes a first end 421 coupled to the control handle 43 and a second end 422 coupled to the self-propelled control switch S41. The third elastic element 44 is a torsion spring, and is used for driving the control handle 43 and the lever 42 to reset when the control handle 43 is released.

In this embodiment, two control handles 43 are provided and are respectively provided on both sides of the self-propelled control switch S41, and each control handle 43 is in a zigzag shape with a long bar and is fixed to the bottom cover 13 by a cylindrical pin (not shown). The third elastic elements 44 and the accommodating grooves 16 are also provided in two numbers and are correspondingly disposed on two sides of the bottom cover 13, so that the two third elastic elements 44 are correspondingly connected with the two control handles 43 respectively to drive the corresponding control handles 43 to reset.

When any one of the control handles 43 is pulled, one end 432 of the control handle 43 downwardly abuts against the first end 421 of the lever 42 to rotate the lever 42, and at this time, the second end 422 of the lever 42 upwardly abuts against the self-propelled control switch S41 to trigger the self-propelled control switch S41, and the third elastic element 44 is in a compressed state. When the control handle 43 is released, the control handle 43 and the lever 42 are restored by the restoring force of the third elastic member 44.

Referring to fig. 6 and 14, the speed adjusting unit 50 includes a speed adjusting knob 51, a variable electronic component 52 engaged with the speed adjusting knob 51, and a fourth elastic component 53. The speed-regulating knob 51 is arranged on one side of the control box 100 close to the operator, and the variable electronic element 52 can be driven to synchronously rotate when the speed-regulating knob 51 is pushed. The variable electronic component 52 is preferably a variable resistor, which in the embodiment of the present application is a potentiometer. The potentiometer 52 and the fourth elastic element 53 are both accommodated in the auxiliary accommodating cavity 15, and the speed regulating knob 51 is partly accommodated in the auxiliary accommodating cavity 15 and partly protrudes out of the auxiliary accommodating cavity 15, so as to be operated and controlled.

The speed control knob 51 includes a rotation portion 511 pivotally mounted and a toggle portion 512 located at a side edge of the rotation portion 511. The rotating part 511 is provided with a driving gear 5111, and the shifting part 512 is provided with anti-skid lines. The potentiometer 52 is provided with a driven gear 521 engaged with the driving gear 5111, so that the potentiometer 52 can be driven to rotate synchronously when the rotating portion 511 is pushed.

The fourth elastic element 53 is located between the seat body 11 and the speed knob 51 to increase damping. In the present embodiment, the fourth elastic element 53 is a compression spring. When the toggle part 512 is pushed, the speed regulation knob 51 rotates, so that the driving gear 5111 drives the driven gear 521 to rotate, and then drives the potentiometer 52 to rotate, thereby achieving the purpose of regulating the automatic walking speed.

Referring to fig. 1, the indication unit 60 is located on the sidewall of the box 10 close to the operator, and includes two sets of LED lights corresponding to the two sets of battery packs, respectively. Each group of LED lamps comprises 4 LED lamps corresponding to a battery pack. According to the difference of the electric quantity of the battery pack, the display quantity of each group of LED lamps is different. When the electric quantity of the battery pack is larger than or equal to the maximum preset value, all the 4 LED lamps are lightened; when the electric quantity of the battery pack is smaller than or equal to the minimum preset value, the 4 LED lamps are all turned off to remind an operator to charge. Of course, there are many corresponding relationships between the battery pack and the LED lamp set, which belong to the prior art and are not described herein.

Referring to fig. 15 and 16, a plane of the top cover 12 is defined as a first plane, and a plane of the sidewall of the box 10 is defined as a second plane, and in this embodiment, the second plane is substantially perpendicular to the first plane. When the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 are pulled, the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 swing back and forth in the first plane (i.e. in a top view), and the rotating shaft 34 around which the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 rotate is approximately perpendicular to the first plane; when the control handle 43 is pulled, the control handle 43 swings up and down in the second plane (i.e., the front view direction), and the rotation axis 431 around which the control handle 43 rotates is parallel to the first plane. In this embodiment, the rotation axis 34 around which the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 rotate is substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis 431 around which the control handle 43 rotates, but in other embodiments, the angles may be other angles, and the angle range is 90 ° ± 30 °. The purpose of this design is: in the grasping process, an operator generally grasps the control handle 43 with the thumb and grasps the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 with the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger and the small finger, so that the control handle 43 is arranged to swing up and down in the second plane, and the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 are arranged to swing back and forth in the first plane, which not only accords with the ergonomics, but also facilitates the control and use of the control box 100.

Referring to fig. 17, the present invention further discloses a gardening tool 200, which includes a body 210, an armrest frame 220 extending from the body 210 to the rear and upper side, and a control box 100 mounted on the armrest frame 220, wherein the control box 100 is disposed in a manner of being inclined to an operator (i.e., inclined toward one side of the operator), and is fixed on the armrest frame 220 by screws. In the present invention, the garden tool 200 may be a lawn mower, a snow sweeper or other step-by-step garden tool, and is not limited herein.

Fuselage 210 includes preceding running wheel, rear walking wheel, is used for driving the self-propelled first driving motor of preceding running wheel, is used for driving the self-propelled second driving motor of rear walking wheel and the control panel of being connected with first driving motor and second driving motor, the control panel with control box 100 links to each other, in order through to control panel output control signal controls first driving motor and second driving motor walk or stop.

The armrest frame 220 is arranged in a U shape, and the control box 100 is approximately arranged in the middle of the armrest frame 220, so that an operator can conveniently operate the control box 100.

When using the garden tool 200 for work, first pressing the activation button 22 causes the main motor control switch B21 to be triggered, thereby activating the garden tool 200; then, pulling the first handle 321 or the second handle 322 (or pulling both the first handle 321 and the second handle 322) causes the main motor control switch a31 to be triggered, at which time the garden tool 200 is started and starts working, and the activation button 22 can be released. When the first handle 321 or the second handle 322 is released (or the first handle 321 and the second handle 322 are released simultaneously), the garden tool 200 is stopped and the work is stopped.

It should be noted that: when the garden tool 200 is started, the control board needs to detect that the main motor control switch A31 and the main motor control switch B21 send out control signals at the same time; after the garden tool 200 is started, only one of the main motor control switch A31 and the main motor control switch B21 needs to have a signal to be sent to the control panel, and the garden tool 200 can work normally; when neither the main motor control switch a31 nor the main motor control switch B21 has a signal sent to the control board, the garden tool 200 stops working.

When the garden tool 200 needs to start the self-walking function, any one of the control handles 43 is pulled, so that the self-walking control switch S41 is triggered, and the garden tool 200 starts to self-walk; when the control handle 43 is released, the garden tool 200 stops walking; when the self-walking speed of the garden tool 200 needs to be controlled, the speed-adjusting knob 51 is toggled, so that the speed-adjusting knob 51 drives the potentiometer 52 to rotate, the advancing speeds of the first driving motor and the second driving motor can be adjusted, and the self-walking speed of the garden tool 200 can be adjusted.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses control box 100's switch distributes rationally, easy and simple to handle, can effectively promote user's use and experience.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention and not for limiting, and although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solutions of the present invention can be modified or replaced equivalently without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

Claims

1. A control box comprising an activation unit, characterized in that: the activation unit comprises a main motor control switch and an activation button for triggering the main motor control switch, and an included angle is formed between the axis of the activation button and the axis of the main body of the control box in the pressing direction of the activation button, so that the activation button is obliquely arranged.

2. The control box of claim 1, wherein: the axis of the main body of the control box is parallel to a horizontal plane, and the axis of the activation button forms an acute angle with the horizontal plane, so that the activation button is obliquely arranged relative to the horizontal plane.

3. The control box of claim 1, wherein: the activation unit further comprises a sliding block connected with the activation button, the sliding block slides under the action of the activation button to abut against and trigger the main motor control switch, the sliding direction of the sliding block is parallel to the axis of the main body of the control box, and an obtuse angle is formed between the activation button and the sliding block.

4. The control box of claim 3, wherein: the activation button comprises a pressing part and a push rod connected with the pressing part, the push rod is connected with the sliding block, when the pressing part is pressed, the push rod pushes the sliding block to slide, and an obtuse angle is formed between the push rod and the sliding block in the sliding direction of the sliding block.

5. The control box of claim 3, wherein: the sliding block comprises a base, a fitting piece arranged on the base, an inclined wall and a positioning block, wherein the inclined wall is used for abutting against the main motor control switch when the sliding block slides, so that the main motor control switch is in a gradually pressing state or a gradually releasing state.

6. The control box of claim 5, wherein: the activating unit further comprises an elastic element for resetting the sliding block, and the positioning block is used for being matched with the elastic element to fix the elastic element.

7. The control box of claim 1, wherein: the speed regulation unit is arranged in the control box and comprises a speed regulation knob and a variable electronic element matched with the speed regulation knob, wherein the speed regulation knob is positioned on one side of the control box, which is close to an operator, and can drive the variable electronic element to synchronously rotate when being pushed.

8. The control box of claim 7, wherein: the variable electronic element is provided with a driven gear, and the speed regulation knob is provided with a driving gear matched with the driven gear so as to drive the variable electronic element to synchronously rotate when the speed regulation knob is rotated.

9. The control box of claim 8, wherein: the speed regulation knob includes the rotating part and is located the portion of stirring of rotating part lateral margin, the driving gear sets up on the rotating part, be provided with anti-skidding line on the portion of stirring.

10. A garden tool, its characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps: the control box according to any one of claims 1 to 9.