EP1238757B1 - Pneumatic screwdriver with screwing depth limitation - Google Patents
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- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25C—HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
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- B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
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- B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
- B25B21/00—Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose
- B25B21/02—Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket
- B25B21/023—Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket for imparting an axial impact, e.g. for self-tapping screws
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- the invention relates to a screw string machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
- a screw striking machine is known from EP-A-0 967 052 .
- the screw striking machine employs the following mechanism.
- a main body of the screw striking machine is pressed against a member to be screwed, and the screw is struck into a member to be screwed by a driver bit integrally coupled to a piston operated upon operation of a trigger lever in a state that the screw is floated up from the surface of the member to be screwed.
- a stopper holding the screw striking machine is released, the screw striking machine is further pressed against the member to be screwed, whereby the driver bit is moved, by means of an air motor, a distance corresponding to the floating of the screw to be stuck.
- a stop valve cuts off the supply of compressed air to the air motor when the screw striking machine is driven to the stroke end, and an exhaust valve operates when the piston reaches to the lower dead point.
- the stop valve and the exhaust valve cooperate to automatically stop the rotation of the air motor, whereby the stable screwing depth of the screw is controlled.
- Such an automatic stopping device as disclosed in JP-A-2000-326248 is known.
- a contact arm 18 finishes screwing.
- an auxiliary open/closing valve (exhausting valve) 35 operates to exhaust the compressed air from a pilot air chamber 23a of a opening/closing valve (stop valve) 22 and to cause the opening/closing valve 22 to close. As a result, the rotation of the air motor is stopped.
- a pressure within the auxiliary open/closing valve 35 has increased.
- the air exhaust hole 46 is closed by the contact arm 18, the compressed air is discharged from the pilot air chamber 23a. Accordingly, the opening/closing valve 22 operates, and the supply of compressed air to the air motor is stopped, and the air motor stops. That is , the rotation of the air motor is stopped in a state that the piston 10 is floated up from the bottom dead end.
- the screw 32 also floats up from the surface of the screwed object 51, viz., a screw floating state is set up.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a screw striking machine in which the air motor is effectively prevented from stopping its rotation, and the air motor does not stop until a predetermined screwing operation finishes even if before the screwing operation ends, the screw striking machine is strongly pressed against the screwed object and the piston is pushed into the main body of the screw striking machine.
- the present invention provides a screw striking machine as defined in independent claim 1.
- FIG. 1 shows a screw striking machine 1.
- a pneumatic cylinder 3 and an air motor 4 are accommodated in a housing 2.
- a trigger valve 7 located within a grip portion 5 is opened and closed by a trigger lever 6, which is disposed in the front position of a grip portion 5 of the housing 2.
- the interior portion of the grip portion 5 is formed as an air chamber 8.
- An air hose is connected to an air hose connector 9 mounted on the bottom portion of the grip portion 5, whereby compressed air can be supplied from an air compressor to the air chamber 8 through the air hose.
- a spline groove is formed in the outer peripheral surface of a driver bit 11, which is coupled to a piston 10.
- the driver bit 11 is inserted into a spline-grooved hole located in the center of a gear 12 mounted within the front part of the housing 2.
- the piston 10 and driver bit 11 is slidable relative to the gear 12.
- a power of the air motor 4 for rotationally driving the driver bit 11 is transmitted to the final gear 12 through a plurality of reduction gears 13 arranged in the front of the housing 2.
- a swingable free arm 17 is mounted on the trigger lever 6.
- a contact arm 18, facing the front surface of the free arm 17, extends to the front through the rear surface (in Fig. 1 ) of the pneumatic cylinder 3, and projects from the nose portion 14 in a screw ejecting direction.
- a chuck 20, operable for opening and closing, is pivotally mounted on a screw guide 19, which is provided at the front end of the contact arm 18, slidable back and forth, and is normally closed by a spring (not shown).
- the screw guide 19 is pressed against a member to be screwed, such as a building material, and the contact arm 18 is pushed into the member to be screwed, so that the contact arm 18 comes on contact with the leading end of the free arm 17.
- the trigger lever 6 is rotationally operated, then the stem of the trigger valve 7 is pushed through the free arm 17 to thereby switch the state of the trigger valve 7, so that the pneumatic cylinder 3 and the air motor 4 cannot be operated only by the operation of the trigger lever 6.
- This structure is known as a wrong screw ejection preventive mechanism.
- An automatic stop device 21 is provided on the side surface (in Fig. 1 , the back surface of the pneumatic cylinder 3) of the housing 2 shown in Fig. 2 .
- the automatic stop device includes two stop valves for opening and closing the air supply passage to the air motor 4.
- FIG. 3 shows a state in which the automatic stop device 21 is put in a waiting state.
- a stop valve 22 of the automatic stopping device 21 includes a cylindrical main stem 24 as inserted into a valve sleeve portion 23, and a pilot stem 25 having a small diameter as inserted into the lower part of the main stem 24.
- O rings 26 are disposed around the main stem 24.
- the main stem 24 is put at a raised position under the urging by a compression spring 27.
- a compression spring 27 As shown in the figure, an entrance port 28 and an exit port 29, which are located in an upper part of the valve sleeve portion 23, are located at such positions allowing those ports to always communicate with each other.
- the pilot stem 25 is energized downward by a compression spring 30, which is inserted into the main stem 24, to thereby close a vent port 31 formed in the lower part of the valve sleeve portion 23.
- a valve member 33 having a shutter 45 is mounted on the lower end of the pilot spool 25, and faces the upper end of the contact arm 18.
- the compressed air of the air chamber 8 is supplied to a pilot air chamber 23a formed on the lower surface of the main stem 24 through the interior part of the main stem 24.
- the entrance port 28 formed in the upper part of the stop valve 22 is connected to the air chamber 8.
- the exit port 29 thereof is connected to the air motor 4.
- An air exhaust valve 35 is disposed parallel to the stop valve 22.
- the air exhaust valve 35 includes a valve stem 37, which slidably moves within a valve sleeve part 36.
- the valve stem 37 is energized downward by a compression spring 38 to thereby normally shut off the communication between vent ports 31 and 40 of the stop valve 22.
- An air passage 41 is formed in the pneumatic cylinder 3.
- the air passage 41 discharges compressed air acting on the back surface of the piston 10 when the piston 10 reaches a position near the lower dead point.
- One end of the air passage 41 faces an opening port 3b.
- the other end of the air passage contains a valve chamber 47 for operating an air exhaust valve 35, which opens to communicate the pilot air chamber 23a with the open air and closes to shut off its communication with the open air.
- An air exhaust hole 46 is formed in the valve chamber 47.
- the air exhaust hole 46 is formed so as to be opened and closed in synchronism with a vertical movement of the contact arm 18. That is, the L-shaped shutter 45 is constructed so as to open and close the air exhaust hole 46 in synchronism with the vertical movement of the contact arm 18.
- the vent port 31 of the stop valve 22 is connected to the air exhaust valve 35.
- the pilot air chamber 23a on the lower surface of the main stem 24 of the stop valve 22 communicates with the open air through the vent port 31 and the vent port 40.
- a timer chamber 50 is formed upstream of the valve chamber 47 in the air passage 41.
- the timer chamber 50 produces a time delay until the compressed air flows into the valve chamber 47 and a pressure within the chamber increases.
- the timer chamber 50 stores for a short time the compressed air flowed from the opening port 3b to the air passage 41 when the piston 10 reaches a position near the lower dead point. This compressed air is stored in the timer chamber 50. Accordingly, the air exhaust valve 35 also delays in its operation.
- the piston 10 passes through the opening port 3b of the pneumatic cylinder 3, the high compressed air within the pneumatic cylinder 3 flows into the air passage 41 and is supplied to the valve chamber 47 through the timer chamber 50. However, this compressed air is discharged into the open air from the air exhaust hole 46 as shown in Fig. 7 . Accordingly, it is put in a state of free discharge.
- the contact arm 18 pushes up the valve member 33 to thereby slide the pilot stem 25 of the stop valve 22 upward. If the pilot stem 25 is slid upward, communication is set up between the pilot air chamber 23a of the lower surface of the main stem 24 and the vent port 31.
- the contact arm 18 pushes upward the pilot stem 25 of the stop valve 22, while at the same time, the L-shaped valve member 45 closes the air exhaust hole 46 of the air exhaust valve 35.
- the compressed air which has been put in a state of free discharge into the open air, fills the valve chamber 47, so that a pressure within the chamber increases and pushes up the valve stem 37 of the air exhaust valve 35 as shown in Fig. 8 .
- the compressed air within the pilot air chamber 23a of the stop valve 22 flows from the vent port 31 into the open air through the vent port 40.
- the pilot pressure acting on the lower surface of the main stem 24 is discharged from the vent port 40 to the open air via the vent port 31 and the air exhaust valve 35.
- This causes a difference between the pressures respectively acting on the upper and lower surfaces of the main stem 24, and the main stem 24 descended.
- the O ring 26 disposed on the most upper portion cuts off the communication between the entrance port 28 and the exit port 29. Accordingly, the air supply to the air motor 4 is cut off, and the air motor 4 is stopped.
- the contact arm 18 is lowered down and is thereby separated from the pilot stem 25.
- the L-shaped valve member 45 opens the air exhaust hole 46 to thereby resume the discharge of the compressed air within the valve chamber 47, so that the stem 37 of the air exhaust valve 35 is moved down to return back to its initial position. Accordingly, the compressed air is discharged to the open air without any control, that is, in a state of free discharge, and the communication between the vent ports 31 and 40 is cut off.
- pilot stem 25 If the pilot stem 25 is moved down, the communication between the pilot air chamber 23a and the vent port 31 is cut off and, at the same time, the air chamber 8 and the pilot air chamber 23a are allowed to communicate with each other and thus the compressed air is supplied from the entrance port 28 to the pilot air chamber 23a, thereby causing the main stem 24 to float up and return back to its initial position.
- the trigger valve 7 is closed and the head valve 42 is thus lowered down to return back to its initial position shown in Fig. 3 .
- the piston 10 and the driver bit 11 are respectively moved upward and return back to their respective initial positions due to the pressure of a blow-back chamber 44 which is formed in the outer periphery of the lower part of the pneumatic cylinder 3.
- the pressure supply from the inside of the pneumatic cylinder 3 to the air passage 41 of the air exhaust valve 35 is cut off.
- the compressed air fed from the timer chamber 50 increases the pressure within the valve chamber 47, as shown Fig. 8 , and the air exhaust valve 35 operates.
- An O ring 48 causes the air exhaust hole 46 to close, and causes the pilot air chamber 23a of the valve sleeve to discharge the compressed air therefrom, thereby driving the valve sleeve 23 to close.
- the pilot air chamber 23a is exhausted, and the main stem 24 of the stop valve 22 descends and the stop valve 22 also operates, and the air motor 4 stops its operation.
- the stopping operation of the air motor 4 is delayed by the timer chamber. Accordingly, the air motor is not stopped until a predetermined fastening operation of the screw is completed during this time.
- a passage 52 is formed in the timer chamber 50 in addition to the air passage 41.
- the passage 52 is communicated with a piston return chamber via a check valve 53, and a compressed air stored in the timer chamber 50 is utilized for the return of the piston.
- the machine size is reduced when comparing with the case where the return chamber and the timer chamber are separately formed. That is, a part of the piston return chamber is used also as the timer chamber, so that there is no need of additionally forming a timer chamber.
- the check valve 53 blocks the entering of the compressed air from the return chamber.
Description
- The invention relates to a screw string machine according to the preamble of claim 1. Such a screw striking machine is known from
EP-A-0 967 052 . - Generally, the screw striking machine employs the following mechanism. In the mechanism, a main body of the screw striking machine is pressed against a member to be screwed, and the screw is struck into a member to be screwed by a driver bit integrally coupled to a piston operated upon operation of a trigger lever in a state that the screw is floated up from the surface of the member to be screwed. Thereafter, when a stopper holding the screw striking machine is released, the screw striking machine is further pressed against the member to be screwed, whereby the driver bit is moved, by means of an air motor, a distance corresponding to the floating of the screw to be stuck. A stop valve cuts off the supply of compressed air to the air motor when the screw striking machine is driven to the stroke end, and an exhaust valve operates when the piston reaches to the lower dead point. The stop valve and the exhaust valve cooperate to automatically stop the rotation of the air motor, whereby the stable screwing depth of the screw is controlled.
- Such an automatic stopping device as disclosed in
JP-A-2000-326248 Figs. 3 to 8 of this publication, when the piston reaches its stroke end, acontact arm 18 finishes screwing. Further, when a exhaust opening 46 for exhausting compressed air acting on the back surface of apiston 10 is closed, an auxiliary open/closing valve (exhausting valve) 35 operates to exhaust the compressed air from apilot air chamber 23a of a opening/closing valve (stop valve) 22 and to cause the opening/closing valve 22 to close. As a result, the rotation of the air motor is stopped. - In practical use, sometimes the nose portion of the screw striking machine is strongly pressed down and against a
screwed member 51 before the screwing operation ends (in a condition that the screw is floated up), as shown inFig. 10 (a model of the screw striking machine). In this case, reversely, thepiston 10 is pushed into thecylinder 8, with the movement of thedriver bit 11. Accordingly, thepiston 10 reaches the lower dead point and then ascends again. The lower end of thecontact arm 18 comes in contact with thescrewed member 51, so that the upper end thereof ascends relative to the body of the screw striking machine to close theair exhaust hole 46. Even if thepiston 10 ascends again, compressed air has flowed into thevalve chamber 47 from the air passage. Hence a pressure within the auxiliary open/closing valve 35 has increased. In this state, if theair exhaust hole 46 is closed by thecontact arm 18, the compressed air is discharged from thepilot air chamber 23a. Accordingly, the opening/closing valve 22 operates, and the supply of compressed air to the air motor is stopped, and the air motor stops. That is , the rotation of the air motor is stopped in a state that thepiston 10 is floated up from the bottom dead end. Thescrew 32 also floats up from the surface of thescrewed object 51, viz., a screw floating state is set up. - Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a screw striking machine in which the air motor is effectively prevented from stopping its rotation, and the air motor does not stop until a predetermined screwing operation finishes even if before the screwing operation ends, the screw striking machine is strongly pressed against the screwed object and the piston is pushed into the main body of the screw striking machine.
- In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provides a screw striking machine as defined in independent claim 1.
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Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view of a screw striking machine. -
Fig. 2 is a side view of a screw striking machine. -
Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view showing an automatic stopping device, with simplified illustration of the screw striking machine. -
Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the screw striking machine when an air exhaust valve shown inFig. 3 is opened. -
Fig. 5 is a fragmental sectional view showing the screw striking machine when a screw is struck into an object. -
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view showing a part ofFig. 5 . -
Fig. 7 is a fragmental sectional view showing the screw striking machine when the stop valve and the air exhaust valve shown inFig. 3 are opened. -
Fig. 8 is a fragmental sectional view showing the screw striking machine when the air motor stops after completion of the screw fastening. -
Fig. 9 is a fragmental sectional view showing the screw striking machine when the air motor stops just before completion of the screw fastening. -
Fig. 10 is a fragmental sectional view showing a state that the screw striking machine is forcibly pressed against the screwed object by a great force. - An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to
Fig. 1. Fig. 1 shows a screw striking machine 1. In the screw striking machine, apneumatic cylinder 3 and anair motor 4 are accommodated in ahousing 2. Atrigger valve 7 located within agrip portion 5 is opened and closed by atrigger lever 6, which is disposed in the front position of agrip portion 5 of thehousing 2. The interior portion of thegrip portion 5 is formed as anair chamber 8. An air hose is connected to anair hose connector 9 mounted on the bottom portion of thegrip portion 5, whereby compressed air can be supplied from an air compressor to theair chamber 8 through the air hose. - A spline groove is formed in the outer peripheral surface of a
driver bit 11, which is coupled to apiston 10. Thedriver bit 11 is inserted into a spline-grooved hole located in the center of agear 12 mounted within the front part of thehousing 2. Thepiston 10 anddriver bit 11 is slidable relative to thegear 12. A power of theair motor 4 for rotationally driving thedriver bit 11 is transmitted to thefinal gear 12 through a plurality ofreduction gears 13 arranged in the front of thehousing 2. - A
screw feed device 15 provided on the side surface of anose portion 14, as in a general pneumatic nailing machine, is constructed with apneumatic cylinder 3 and a ratchet-type feeding pawl, neither of which are not shown. Connected-type screws stored in ascrew magazine 16 are successively fed into thenose portion 14. - A swingable
free arm 17 is mounted on thetrigger lever 6. Acontact arm 18, facing the front surface of thefree arm 17, extends to the front through the rear surface (inFig. 1 ) of thepneumatic cylinder 3, and projects from thenose portion 14 in a screw ejecting direction. Achuck 20, operable for opening and closing, is pivotally mounted on ascrew guide 19, which is provided at the front end of thecontact arm 18, slidable back and forth, and is normally closed by a spring (not shown). - In this structure, the
screw guide 19 is pressed against a member to be screwed, such as a building material, and thecontact arm 18 is pushed into the member to be screwed, so that thecontact arm 18 comes on contact with the leading end of thefree arm 17. In this state, if thetrigger lever 6 is rotationally operated, then the stem of thetrigger valve 7 is pushed through thefree arm 17 to thereby switch the state of thetrigger valve 7, so that thepneumatic cylinder 3 and theair motor 4 cannot be operated only by the operation of thetrigger lever 6. This structure is known as a wrong screw ejection preventive mechanism. - An
automatic stop device 21 is provided on the side surface (inFig. 1 , the back surface of the pneumatic cylinder 3) of thehousing 2 shown inFig. 2 . The automatic stop device includes two stop valves for opening and closing the air supply passage to theair motor 4. - Next, description will be given below of the
automatic stop device 21 with reference toFigs. 3 through 9 . -
Fig. 3 shows a state in which theautomatic stop device 21 is put in a waiting state. Astop valve 22 of theautomatic stopping device 21 includes a cylindricalmain stem 24 as inserted into avalve sleeve portion 23, and apilot stem 25 having a small diameter as inserted into the lower part of themain stem 24.O rings 26 are disposed around themain stem 24. - The
main stem 24 is put at a raised position under the urging by acompression spring 27. As shown in the figure, anentrance port 28 and anexit port 29, which are located in an upper part of thevalve sleeve portion 23, are located at such positions allowing those ports to always communicate with each other. Thepilot stem 25 is energized downward by acompression spring 30, which is inserted into themain stem 24, to thereby close avent port 31 formed in the lower part of thevalve sleeve portion 23. Avalve member 33 having ashutter 45 is mounted on the lower end of thepilot spool 25, and faces the upper end of thecontact arm 18. The compressed air of theair chamber 8 is supplied to apilot air chamber 23a formed on the lower surface of themain stem 24 through the interior part of themain stem 24. - The
entrance port 28 formed in the upper part of thestop valve 22 is connected to theair chamber 8. Theexit port 29 thereof is connected to theair motor 4. - An
air exhaust valve 35 is disposed parallel to thestop valve 22. Theair exhaust valve 35 includes avalve stem 37, which slidably moves within avalve sleeve part 36. The valve stem 37 is energized downward by acompression spring 38 to thereby normally shut off the communication betweenvent ports stop valve 22. - An
air passage 41 is formed in thepneumatic cylinder 3. Theair passage 41 discharges compressed air acting on the back surface of thepiston 10 when thepiston 10 reaches a position near the lower dead point. One end of theair passage 41 faces anopening port 3b. The other end of the air passage contains avalve chamber 47 for operating anair exhaust valve 35, which opens to communicate thepilot air chamber 23a with the open air and closes to shut off its communication with the open air. Anair exhaust hole 46 is formed in thevalve chamber 47. - The
air exhaust hole 46 is formed so as to be opened and closed in synchronism with a vertical movement of thecontact arm 18. That is, the L-shapedshutter 45 is constructed so as to open and close theair exhaust hole 46 in synchronism with the vertical movement of thecontact arm 18. - The
vent port 31 of thestop valve 22 is connected to theair exhaust valve 35. When theair exhaust valve 35 is actuated and opened, thepilot air chamber 23a on the lower surface of themain stem 24 of thestop valve 22 communicates with the open air through thevent port 31 and thevent port 40. - A
timer chamber 50 is formed upstream of thevalve chamber 47 in theair passage 41. Thetimer chamber 50 produces a time delay until the compressed air flows into thevalve chamber 47 and a pressure within the chamber increases. To this end, thetimer chamber 50 stores for a short time the compressed air flowed from theopening port 3b to theair passage 41 when thepiston 10 reaches a position near the lower dead point. This compressed air is stored in thetimer chamber 50. Accordingly, theair exhaust valve 35 also delays in its operation. - Next, an operation of the above screw striking machine will be described hereunder. The leading end of the
screw guide 19 shown inFig. 1 is pressed against the surface of amember 51 to be screwed, and pushes thecontact arm 18 until thecontact arm 18 is butted against a contact arm stopper (not shown), and thetrigger lever 6 is actuated. Then, thetrigger valve 7 is opened, and ahead valve 42 of thepneumatic cylinder 3 shown inFig. 3 operates. Accordingly, the compressed air flows into thepneumatic cylinder 3 from theair chamber 8 located around thepneumatic cylinder 3. As shown inFig. 4 , when thepiston 10 and thedriver bit 11 descend, they strike ascrew 32 within thenose portion 14. At the same time, theair motor 4 drives and rotates thedriver bit 11, and thepiston 10 moves to a position near the lower dead point. - When the
screw 32 to be struck is struck into themember 51 to be screwed, the locking of thecontact arm 18 by thecontact arm stopper 43 is removed. Then, thescrew 32 is further screwed into the member to be screwed by theair motor 4. As thescrew 32 is screwed, thepiston 10 is moved toward its lower dead point and also the screw striking machine approaches themember 51 to be screwed, so that thecontact arm 18 is further pushed into the main body of the screw striking machine. - If the
piston 10 passes through theopening port 3b of thepneumatic cylinder 3, the high compressed air within thepneumatic cylinder 3 flows into theair passage 41 and is supplied to thevalve chamber 47 through thetimer chamber 50. However, this compressed air is discharged into the open air from theair exhaust hole 46 as shown inFig. 7 . Accordingly, it is put in a state of free discharge. - Upon completion of the screwing operation, as shown in
Fig. 6 , thecontact arm 18 pushes up thevalve member 33 to thereby slide thepilot stem 25 of thestop valve 22 upward. If thepilot stem 25 is slid upward, communication is set up between thepilot air chamber 23a of the lower surface of themain stem 24 and thevent port 31. When the screw striking machine is driven to the stroke end, thecontact arm 18 pushes upward thepilot stem 25 of thestop valve 22, while at the same time, the L-shapedvalve member 45 closes theair exhaust hole 46 of theair exhaust valve 35. As a result, the compressed air, which has been put in a state of free discharge into the open air, fills thevalve chamber 47, so that a pressure within the chamber increases and pushes up thevalve stem 37 of theair exhaust valve 35 as shown inFig. 8 . Accordingly, the compressed air within thepilot air chamber 23a of thestop valve 22 flows from thevent port 31 into the open air through thevent port 40. As a result of this, the pilot pressure acting on the lower surface of themain stem 24 is discharged from thevent port 40 to the open air via thevent port 31 and theair exhaust valve 35. This causes a difference between the pressures respectively acting on the upper and lower surfaces of themain stem 24, and themain stem 24 descended. Then, theO ring 26 disposed on the most upper portion cuts off the communication between theentrance port 28 and theexit port 29. Accordingly, the air supply to theair motor 4 is cut off, and theair motor 4 is stopped. - If the screw striking machine 1 is floated up from the
member 51 to be screwed after theair motor 4 stops, thecontact arm 18 is lowered down and is thereby separated from thepilot stem 25. In response to this, as shown inFig. 4 , the L-shapedvalve member 45 opens theair exhaust hole 46 to thereby resume the discharge of the compressed air within thevalve chamber 47, so that thestem 37 of theair exhaust valve 35 is moved down to return back to its initial position. Accordingly, the compressed air is discharged to the open air without any control, that is, in a state of free discharge, and the communication between thevent ports pilot stem 25 is moved down, the communication between thepilot air chamber 23a and thevent port 31 is cut off and, at the same time, theair chamber 8 and thepilot air chamber 23a are allowed to communicate with each other and thus the compressed air is supplied from theentrance port 28 to thepilot air chamber 23a, thereby causing themain stem 24 to float up and return back to its initial position. - If the operation of the
trigger lever 6 is released, thetrigger valve 7 is closed and thehead valve 42 is thus lowered down to return back to its initial position shown inFig. 3 . Further, thepiston 10 and thedriver bit 11 are respectively moved upward and return back to their respective initial positions due to the pressure of a blow-back chamber 44 which is formed in the outer periphery of the lower part of thepneumatic cylinder 3. At the time when thepiston 10 rises up from the lower dead point and then passes through theopening port 3b formed within thepneumatic cylinder 3, the pressure supply from the inside of thepneumatic cylinder 3 to theair passage 41 of theair exhaust valve 35 is cut off. - In a state that the head of the
screw 32 to be struck is slightly floated up from theobject 51 immediately after thepiston 10 reaches the lower dead point, if the screw driving machine 1 is rapidly pressed against theobject 51 by a great force, thedriver bit 11, as shown inFig. 9 , is pushed into thenose portion 14 of the main body of the screw driving machine, and thepiston 10 ascends again. The upper end of thecontact arm 18 also ascends relative to the machine main body, and thevalve body 45 closes theair exhaust hole 46. - Even when the
piston 10 ascends again, the compressed air has flowed into theair passage 41. It is noted that a pressure within thevalve chamber 47 does not increase quickly after the compressed air flows into theair passage 41. The compressed air is temporarily stored in thetimer chamber 50, and then supplied to thevalve chamber 47. Thus, the increasing of the pressure within thevalve chamber 47 delays. Therefore, even if theair exhaust hole 46 is closed, theair exhaust valve 35 does not operate, and thestop valve 22 also does not operate. During this time, theair motor 4 continues its rotation ceaselessly. Accordingly, thescrew 32 to be struck, which is in a floating state, is also screwed satisfactorily into the screwedobject 51. When the struckscrew 32 is sufficiently tightened, the compressed air fed from thetimer chamber 50 increases the pressure within thevalve chamber 47, as shownFig. 8 , and theair exhaust valve 35 operates. AnO ring 48 causes theair exhaust hole 46 to close, and causes thepilot air chamber 23a of the valve sleeve to discharge the compressed air therefrom, thereby driving thevalve sleeve 23 to close. As a result, thepilot air chamber 23a is exhausted, and themain stem 24 of thestop valve 22 descends and thestop valve 22 also operates, and theair motor 4 stops its operation. - As described above, even if at the time of screwing, the screw striking machine is strongly pressed against the screwed
object 51 and thepiston 10 is pushed into the main body of the screw striking machine, the stopping operation of theair motor 4 is delayed by the timer chamber. Accordingly, the air motor is not stopped until a predetermined fastening operation of the screw is completed during this time. - As shown in
Fig. 3 , apassage 52 is formed in thetimer chamber 50 in addition to theair passage 41. Thepassage 52 is communicated with a piston return chamber via acheck valve 53, and a compressed air stored in thetimer chamber 50 is utilized for the return of the piston. As a result, the machine size is reduced when comparing with the case where the return chamber and the timer chamber are separately formed. That is, a part of the piston return chamber is used also as the timer chamber, so that there is no need of additionally forming a timer chamber. When thetimer chamber 50 is used as a timer, thecheck valve 53 blocks the entering of the compressed air from the return chamber.
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- A screw striking machine (1) with an automatic stopping device (21), wherein the screw striking machine (1) comprises:an air motor (4);a pneumatic cylinder (3) including a piston (10);a blow-back chamber (44) formed in an outer periphery of the pneumatic cylinder (3);a driver bit (11) including a bit to be engaged with a head of a screw (32) to be struck and rotatably coupled with the piston (10) of the pneumatic cylinder (3);wherein the driver bit (11) is operatively coupled to the air motor (4), and the piston (10) of the pneumatic cylinder (3) is driven to cause the driver bit (11) to strike the screw (32), and the driver bit (11) is rotationally driven by the air motor (4) to screw the screw (32),said automatic stopping device (21) comprising:characterized in that the compressed air flows from the air passage (41) to the valve chamber (47) via a timer chamber (50) formed in an upstream of the valve chamber (47) in the air passage (41) whereby the timer chamber (50) produces a time delay until the compressed air flows into the valve chamber (47) and a pressure within the valve chamber (47) increases,a compressed air supply passage to the air motor (4);a stop valve (22) of pilot operation type, provided in said compressed air supply passage;a contact arm (18) freely slidable along a nose portion (14) of the screw striking machine (1) and projecting from a leading end of the nose portion (14);a pilot air chamber (23a) provided in said stop valve (22) for closing said stop valve (22) by a pushing operation caused by an ascending motion of said contact arm (18) and communication to an open air;an air passage (41) provided in the pneumatic cylinder (3) for discharging compressed air acting on a back surface of the piston (10) when the piston (10) reaches a position near a lower dead point thereof;a valve chamber (47) formed in said air passage (41);an air exhaust valve (35) for opening to communicate said pilot air chamber (23a) with the open air and closing to shut off the communication, wherein said air exhaust valve (35) is operated by said valve chamber (47);an air exhaust hole (46) formed in said valve chamber (47) for exhausting compressed air from said air passage (41), wherein said air exhaust hole (46) is opened and closed in synchronism with a vertical movement of said contact arm (18); andwherein the air motor (4) is stopped by closing said stop valve (22) through the ascending motion of said contact arm (18) to be pushed into a main body of the screw striking machine (1) as the screw (32) is screwed, andwherein said air exhaust valve (35) operates upon the pressure increase inside said valve chamber (47) and said stop valve (22) is actuated to close by discharging the compressed air from said pilot air chamber (23a) of said stop valve (22),when the piston (10) reaches the position near the lower dead point and the compressed air flows from said air passage (41) to said valve chamber (47) and said air exhaust hole (46) is closed in synchronism with the operation of said contact arm (18),
wherein the screw striking machine (1) further comprises:a passage (52) formed in the timer chamber (50) in addition to the air passage (41); anda check valve (53), wherein the passage (52) is communicated with the blow-back chamber (44) via the check valve (53) and a compressed air stored in the timer chamber (50) is utilized for the return of the piston (10).
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