EP0294351B1 - Vibration dampened machine handle - Google Patents

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EP0294351B1
EP0294351B1 EP19880850192 EP88850192A EP0294351B1 EP 0294351 B1 EP0294351 B1 EP 0294351B1 EP 19880850192 EP19880850192 EP 19880850192 EP 88850192 A EP88850192 A EP 88850192A EP 0294351 B1 EP0294351 B1 EP 0294351B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25D—PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
    • B25D17/00—Details of, or accessories for, portable power-driven percussive tools
    • B25D17/04—Handles; Handle mountings
    • B25D17/043—Handles resiliently mounted relative to the hammer housing

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  • the invention relates to a handsupported vibratory tool or machine such as a hydraulic hammer arranged to be pressed in a certain direction e. g. towards a work place and comprising a vibration dampened handle with a grip connected to an intermediate member which is connected to a part of the tool or machine via axially symmetrical bodies made of rubber or similar material and used to provide resiliency, and where the grip comprises a substantially axially symmetrical hand part extending in parallel to an axis of symmetry of the rubber bodies, the intermediate member and the tool or machine being connected to the first rubber body in such a manner that the intermediate member and the tool or machine will be turned relatively to each other about the axis of symmetry of the first rubber body under torsional stress thereof when pressing the grip towards the tool or the machine.
  • Machines such as hydraulically or pneumatically operated drilling hammers, pneumatic drills, screw tools and angle sander-grinders transmit strong vibrations to the handle by which the operator presses them against the work place.
  • the action of these vibrations on the operator's hands may in the course of time result in permanent occupational injuries, a phenomemon known under the name "white fingers”. Efforts are therefore made to develop machine handle devices with improved vibrational dampening.
  • the grips are connected to the machine tool via an elastic, shock absorbing rubber body.
  • the grips extend transversely to the longitudinal axis of the machine and are connected to these rubber bodies at one end and are furthermore covered by foam rubber or another shock absorbing material.
  • the amplitude of the machine vibrations is largest in the direction of its longitudinal axis and due to the elastic intermediate member and the reduction by lever action these vibrations are only transmitted to the grips with attenuated intensity.
  • the effectiveness of the vibrational dampening depends substantially on the elasticity properties of the rubber bodies.
  • the vibrational dampening will be the better the softer the rubber bodies.
  • the rubber bodies may not be made too soft since the grips are to be used for pressing the machine against the work place and therefore may not be too yielding.
  • the described design moreover has the drawback that the grips make a swinging movement about the ends where they are connected to the machine, in such a manner that their mutual angular position is changed when the operator presses against the machine or lifts it by grasping the grips. Particularly the latter has proved to be of comparatively great inconvenience to the use of hydraulic hammers since the operator gets the impression that the tool will not properly follow the movements when lifted from or pressed against the work place.
  • US patent no. 2,630,784 discloses a vibration dampened machine handle by which a handsupported vibratory tool or machine such as a hydraulic hammer may be pressed in a direction towards a work place.
  • the handle comprises a grip connected to an intermediate menber that is in turn connected to the machine via axially symmetrical bodies made of rubber and used to provide resiliency.
  • the grip comprises a substantially axially symmetrical hand part extending in parallel to an axis of symmetry of the rubber bodies, the intermediate member and machine being connected to a first rubber body in such a manner that the intermediate member and machine will be turned relatively to each other about the axis of symmetry of the first rubber body under torsional stress thereof when the tool or machine is pressed towards the work place.
  • the disclosed handle has the grip at one end of the intermediate member which in turn is connected to the machine by two rubber bodies with a common axis of symmetry, thereby providing a sort of cantilevered grip that is resiliently and pivotably fastened to the machine.
  • a handsupported vibratory tool or machine comprising a vibration dampened handle with a grip wherein the vibration dampening units cooperate in such a manner that it is possible to use a grip with a free end, without otherwise changing the angle between the longitudinal axis of said grip and the other parts of the machine when the machine is pressed against the work place or is lifted by lifting it at the grip.
  • a handsupported vibratory machine of the kind indicated in the introduction which machine according to the invention is characterized in that the rubber bodies are mounted in such a manner that their axes of symmetry extend parallelly to each other in a plane which is transverse to the said direction, that the grip and the intermediate member are connected to a second rubber body in such a manner that the grip and the intermediate member will be turned relatively to each other about the axis of the second rubber body under torsional stress thereof when pressing the grip towards the tool or machine, said grip being connected to the second rubber body via at least one transverse part, and that the grip is arranged in such a manner relative to the rubber bodies that a line extending from the axis of symmetry of the grip in the said direction intersects the plane containing the axes of symmetry of the rubber bodies between said axes of symmetry of the rubber bodies.
  • the hand part of the grip will generally extend transversely to the direction towards the work place, and it will not swing relative to the machine but be displaced parallelly thereto by its swinging about the axes of the two rubber bodies due to the machine vibrations or due to a pressing or pulling action on the hand part, which displacement is moreover combined with a quite negligible rotation of the hand part about its own longitudinal axis.
  • This rotation is far less inconvenient than the pivoting movement made by the hitherto known grips with a free end about the rubber body by which they are connected to the machine.
  • the design of the machine disclosed in the claim furthermore implies that there is a comparatively long lever arm between the vibration source and the grip part of the handle, as said path is folded twice about the pivotal joints formed by the rubber bodies.
  • the improvements in the purely kinematic characteristic of motion of the grip is thus accompanied by improvements in the dampening properties.
  • Practical experience moreover shows that in torsion rubber shows dampening and resiliency properties which are highly adapted to the present purpose.
  • the embodiment of the invention disclosed in claim 5 discloses a simple design of a grip which may be gripped with both hands.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 show a vibration dampened machine handle in an end view and a top view, respectively. In the drawing screws and other components for assembling individual units have been left out to facilitate the survey.
  • the main units of the machine handle are two axially symmetrical rubber springs 1 and 2 the axes of which extend parallelly to each other and with a grip 3 extending between the rubber springs.
  • the device comprised by the rubber springs and the grip is secured to two retaining plates 4 which are connected to a machine tool which is not shown in detail.
  • Both rubber springs 1 and 2 consist of a cylinder shaped rubber body 5 which surrounds an axle 6 and which is surrounded by a cover 7.
  • the rubber body 5 is fixedly connected to the axle 6 and the cover 7 so that it is torsion loaded when the axle 6 and the cover 7 are turned relative to each other about the axis of the rubber body.
  • the parts forming the second rubber spring 2 are shown by references designators provided with an apostrophe.
  • the two rubber springs 1 and 2 are connected via an intermediate member which in the shown embodiment of the invention consists of two connecting plates 8 and 9 that are welded to the opposite sides of the covers 7, 7'.
  • the axle 6 of the first rubber spring 1 is secured to the retaining plates 4 of the machine which is provided with two inwardly bent supporting webs 10.
  • the second rubber spring 2 is connected to the grip 3 via two transverse mounting fittings 11 which extend transversely to the grip 3.
  • the axles 6, 6' in the rubber springs 1 and 2 are formed with rectangular ends.
  • the machine handle shown in the drawings is used for pressing the machine (not shown) in a direction towards the work place. This is effected by pressing the grip 3 in the direction shown by an arrow indicated by the reference numeral 12 in Fig. 1.
  • the force action on the grip 3 causes the axle 6' in the rubber spring 2 to turn a little in the direction indicated by the arrow 13, and the cover 7 of the rubber spring 1 turns a little in the direction indicated by the arrow 14.
  • the turning of the cover 7 in the direction of the arrow 14 causes the centre in the rubber spring 2 to travel a distance on a circular path about the centre in the rubber spring 1.
  • the rubber spring 2 therefore approaches the machine somewhat against the opposite torsion moment built up thereby in the rubber body.
  • the grip 3 describes a circular path about the centre in the rubber spring 2 against the torsional moment thereby built up in the rubber body 5', said moment operating opposite the turning as shown by reference numeral 13.
  • the movement made by the grip 3 is composed by two oppositely directed circular arc shaped movements in such a manner that the grip will approximately move on a straight line. It is therefore a parallel displacement of the grip 3 in the direction 12. i.e. in the direction towards the work place.
  • the design of the machine handle shown in Figs. 1 and 2 therefore means that the angle between the longitudinal axis of the grip 3 and the machine is not changed when pressing the machine in a direction towards the work place. This implies a very pleasant handling of the machine since the operator may apply his full weight in the pressure without thereby having to change the angular position of his wrists relative to the machine.
  • the torsional rigidity in the springs 1 and 2 is substantially determined by the properties of the rubber body and may be freely fixed by the production thereof.
  • the dimensioning should be such that the grip 3 lies approximately halfway between the two connecting plates 8 and 9 when the machine is used. This produces a wide clearance of movement for the grip 3 in both directions.
  • Fig. 3 the machine handle is shown in a view in the direction indicated by III in Fig. 2. Some units have been left out in Fig. 3 to facilitate the survey and moreover various control means for starting and stopping the machine tool have been included.
  • the grip 3 is provided with a release pawl 16 which is pivotable about an axle 17.
  • the pawl 16 engages a release pawl 18 which is pivotably suspended in a bearing 19 on the retaining plates 4 which are in connection with the machine.
  • the release pawl 18 exerts a pressure on a starting button 20 starting the machine.
  • the design of the machine handle thus makes it possible to provide a very simple solution to the problem of designing the actuator mechanism on a vibration dampened machine handle.
  • Figs. 4A and 4B show two alternative embodiments of vibration dampened machine handles according to the invention.
  • it is the axles of the rubber springs which are interconnected instead of the covers in that the covers then serve as connecting units to the machine and the grip, respectively.
  • the embodiment shown in Fig. 4B will particularly be advantageous in cases where the grip is designed to be gripped by one hand only.
  • the rubber springs 1 and 2 may either be designed with through-going axles or with an axle journal vulcanised into both ends.
  • the specific design shown in the drawings of the individual structural components of the machine handle is moreover merely to be understood as examples in that the individual parts will always have to be adapted to the structural limits set by the machine in question.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Vibration Prevention Devices (AREA)
  • Percussive Tools And Related Accessories (AREA)
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DK279087A DK168471B1 (da) 1987-06-01 1987-06-01 Tohåndsbetjent, vibrationsdæmpet maskinhåndtag.
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GB9126139D0 (en) * 1991-12-07 1992-02-12 Thor Tools Limited Handle assembly
DE4327067A1 (de) * 1993-08-12 1995-02-16 Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag Montagevorrichtung für ein auf einen Flansch aufzusteckendes Dichtungsprofil
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