EP1481770B1 - Hammer mit elastischem schwenkbarem Verbindungsstück - Google Patents

Hammer mit elastischem schwenkbarem Verbindungsstück Download PDF

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EP1481770B1
EP1481770B1 EP03253392A EP03253392A EP1481770B1 EP 1481770 B1 EP1481770 B1 EP 1481770B1 EP 03253392 A EP03253392 A EP 03253392A EP 03253392 A EP03253392 A EP 03253392A EP 1481770 B1 EP1481770 B1 EP 1481770B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25G—HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS
    • B25G1/00—Handle constructions
    • B25G1/01—Shock-absorbing means

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  • the present invention relates to a hammer having a resilient swivel pivoted joint, and in particular to a hammer having a resilient swivel pivoted joint that swings, at a pivot of the resilient swivel pivoted joint, to release a counter force instantancously created as the hammer strikes an object, so as to avoid possible injury to a user of the hammer.
  • a conventional hammer usually has a handle and a head rigidly connected to each other, or has a flexible member inserted in a structure where the head and the handle arc connected to each other. In either case, the instantaneous counter force created when the hammer strikes an object will be transmitted back to the handle. As a result, particularly in intensive and heavy strikes, one could easily get his fingers and arm hurt.
  • An aim of the present invention is to provide a hammer having at least a resilient swivel pivoted joint, so that the hammer head swings at the swivel point in the same direction as that of the striking to release the counter force instantaneously generated as the hammer strikes a work piece, so to avoid hurting the user's fingers and limbs.
  • the present invention provides a hammer comprising:
  • a hammer according to the present invention includes one or more than one swivel pivoted joint, that allows a hammer head to swing in a direction in which the hammer strikes so to release a counter force instantaneously at the time of the striking.
  • the counter force is released in the swinging direction, having the swivel pivot as a centre of rotation, thus to avoid possible injury to one's fingers and limbs.
  • the hammer of the first preferred embodiment includes a swivel hammerhead structure 100 having two striking ends 102, a pivot 103 and a pivot shaft 105.
  • the pivot shaft 105 may be inserted into a resilient or flexible member (sleeve) 204.
  • the pivot 103 is adapted so as to allow the hammer head 100 to execute an angular displacement by swinging in a striking direction when either of the striking ends strikes a work piecc.
  • a handle structure 200 includes a swivel pivot.
  • One end of the handle structure 200 is adapted for a user to hold onto it, while the other end is an output end, and includes a pivot 104 that can be coupled to the pivot 103 using the pivot shaft 105.
  • the pivot shaft 105 is attached either by locking, riveting or caulking, and further is inserted into the resilient or flexible sleeve member 204.
  • the pivot shaft 105 allows angular displacement between the swivel hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200 subject to the striking force.
  • a flexible limiting member for the pivoted joint angular displacement is provided between the swivel hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200, which maintains both in a stabilised state when they are not subject to a striking force, and to cause both to execute a flexibly angular displacement when subject to a striking force.
  • the flexible limiting member includes a curved plate spring or an equivalent coil spring, or a laminated spring 201.
  • the flexible limiting member is disposed between the swivel hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200.
  • a second preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown. Either or both of the swivel hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200 with swivel pivot extends towards a striking direction.
  • a laminated spring 203 may be added between the resilient structure 202 and the swivel hammerhead structure 100.
  • a selected resilient or flexible member 201 such as one made of PU or other plastics material or rubber is disposed between the swivel hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200 to function as the flexible limiting member for the pivoted joint displacement.
  • Fig. 13 shows a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • a space is defined for executing an angular displacement in the striking direction by a pivoted structure formed by both pivots and between both of the swivel hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200.
  • the resilient structure as disclosed in the preceding paragraphs or the resilient or flexible member 201 as previously disclosed is further disposed in the space for executing an angular displacement. Consequently, the handle structure 200 is capable of maintaining a stable force application state on the flexibility of the swivel hammerhead structure 100 before the striking.
  • a spacing or the selected resilient or flexible sleeve member 204 such as that made of PU, other plastics or rubber material or structure is disposed between the handle structure 200 and the hammerhead structure 100 to function as the flexible limiting member for the pivoted joint displacement.
  • the handle structure 200 is adapted with a multi-sectional structure as illustrated in Fig. 17 for a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • a lateral opening 501 (or a tapered opening) having larger external gradation and smaller internal gradation is provided in the middle section of the hammerhead structure 100, into which opening a relay rod 300 is inserted, the relay rod having one end capped and the other end formed as a pivot structure.
  • the sectional form of the middle section of the relay rod 300 and the form of the opening 501 of the hammerhead structure 100 are square or approximately square, or any other geometric sectional form that prevents relative rotation of the relay rod 300 and the swivel hammerhead structure 100.
  • the outer diameter of the capped end of the relay rod 300 is greater than the smaller diameter of the lateral opening 501 of the swivel hammerhead structure 100 to prevent the relay rod falling off, while the other end of the relay rod provided with the pivot is coupled to the pivot 103 of the handle structure 200 by means of the pivot shaft 105.
  • the pivot shaft 105 may be inserted into the resilient or flexible sleeve member 204 to enable the hammerhead structure 100 to execute an angular displacement swinging in the striking direction between the hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200.
  • a flexible limiting mechanism for the pivoted joint displacement provided between the hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200, while the flexible limiting member is placed between the relay rod 300 and the hammerhead including the selected resilient or flexible sleeve member 201 made of PU, other plastics material or rubber to function as the flexible limiting member for the pivoted joint displacement.
  • One or more than one of those flexible limiting members for the pivoted joint displacement as previously disclosed is provided between the hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200.
  • Fig. 19 shows a sixth preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the multi-sectional structure of the handle structure 200 further comprises an additional relay joint 400 disposed between the hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200, and a pivot joint is provided respectively at both ends of the relay joint 400 to be coupled to the pivot joint 103 of the hammerhead structure 100 and to the pivot joint 109 of the handle structure 200 by means of two pivot shafts 105.
  • Each pivot shaft 105 may be inserted into a resilient or flexible sleeve member 204.
  • the middle section of the relay joint 400 extends externally to be coupled to both the hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200, so to provide a flexible limiting member for the pivoted joint displacement comprised of one or more of the configurations previously disclosed.
  • the handle structure of multi-sectional structure may further comprise an additional relay joint 600 between the hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200. Both ends of the relay joint 600 are provided with a pivot structure for insertion to corresponding pivot joints 601 and 602 the handle structure 200 and the hammerhead structure 100 by means of two pivot shafts 105. Each pivot shaft 105 may be inserted into a resilient or flexible sleeve member 204, and is comprised of one or more of the configurations previously disclosed.
  • Fig. 23 shows a seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the handle structure in multi-sectional structure is that of the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 , and further comprise, between the hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200, one or more than one section of a laminated or relay block 800 which is provided at its front and rear ends with a respective pivot coupled to corresponding pivots of the swivel hammerhead structure 100 and the handle structure 200, by means of two pivot shafts 105.
  • Each resilient or flexible sleeve member 204 is respectively placed between the coupled pivots so that their swivel angles can be limited.
  • the pivot shafts 105 may be inserted into the resilient or flexible sleeve members 204.
  • the present invention may be adapted with a handle made of different materials, as shown in a preferred embodiment illustrated in Fig. 25 .
  • One end 200' of a grip of the handle structure 200 is made of different material, while the other end is constituted by an output section 701 comprised of a pivot structure, then further coupled to the hammerhead structure 100.
  • a co-axial opening 700 provided in the handle is disposed in the output section 701, and the pivot joint 103 is provided at the output section 701 for coupling to the hammerhead structure 100.
  • the coupling between the output section 701 and the hammerhead structure 100 is made by means of the pivot shaft 105, which may be inserted into the resilient or flexible sleeve member 204.
  • the handle made of different materials may be achieved by a packing means, or by insertion of a fixed packing, or by taking advantage of adhesion or thermal contraction or other fixing means generally known.
  • a conventional claw may be provided to one end of the hammerhead structure of the present invention; or, as illustrated in Fig. 27 , the claw is provided on the handle structure 200 that further includes the output section of the pivot structure.

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Claims (14)

  1. Ein Hammer bestehend aus:
    einem Griffstück (200), versehen mit einem schwenkbaren Verbindungsstück (103) an seinem Ende;
    einem Hammerkopf (100), versehen mit einem schwenkbaren Verbindungsstück (104) an seiner Basis; und
    einem schwenkbaren Schaft (105), der sich durch das schwenkbare Verbindungsstück des Griffstückes und durch das schwenkbare Verbindungsstück des Hammerkopfes erstreckt und hierdurch das Griffstück mit dem Hammerkopf schwenkbar verbindet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    ein flexibles Bauteil (201, 202, 203) zwischen dem Griffstück und dem Hammerkopf vorgesehen ist, um eine Gegenkraft zu erzeugen, sobald der Hammer verwendet wird, um auf einem Körper einen Kraftstoß auszuüben und ein flexibles Buchsenbauteil (204), das um den schwenkbaren Schaft herum angeordnet ist und sich von dem schwenkbare Verbindungsstück des Griffstückes hin zu dem schwenkbare Verbindungsstück des Hammerkopfes erstreckt.
  2. Ein Hammer wie in dem Anspruch 1 beansprucht, wobei der Hammerkopf (100) zwei Aufprallenden (102) aufweist.
  3. Ein Hammer wie in den Ansprüchen 1 oder 2 beansprucht, wobei das flexible Bauteil (201, 202, 203) dafür geeignet ist, sowohl das Griffstück (200) als auch den Hammerkopf (100) in einem stabilisierten Zustand zu halten, wenn diese dazu verwendet werden sollen, einen Kraftstoß nicht auszuführen und es beiden, sowohl dem Griffstück als auch dem Hammerkopf es somit ermöglichst wird relativ zueinander abgewinkelt versetzt angeordnet zu sein und in die Kraftstoßrichtung bringbar sind, sobald der Kraftstoß ausgeführt wird.
  4. Ein Hammer wie in einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3 beansprucht, wobei das flexible Bauteil eine Feder (201) umfasst.
  5. Ein Hammer wie in Anspruch 4 beansprucht, wobei die Feder (201) sich longitudinal in Schlagrichtung erstreckt und zwischen dem verschwenkbaren Schaft (105) und dem Hammerkopf (100) angeordnet ist.
  6. Ein Hammer wie im Anspruch 4 beansprucht, wobei die Feder (201) sich longitudinal in Schlagrichtung erstreckt und zwischen dem schwenkbaren Schaft (105) und dem Griffstück (200) angeordnet ist. -
  7. Ein Hammer wie in einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3 beansprucht, wobei das flexible Bauteil durch eine flexible Struktur (202) gebildet wird, die ein Teil des Griffstückes (200) ausbildet.
  8. Ein Hammer wie in einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3 beansprucht, wobei das flexible Bauteil eine flexible Struktur (202) umfasst, die einen Teil des Griffstückes (200) und der Feder (203) ausbildet.
  9. Ein Hammer wie in einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8 beansprucht, wobei das flexible Bauteil (201, 202, 203) so ausgebildet ist, dass es den Winkelwert zwischen dem Griffstück (200) und dem Hammerkopf (100) in Schlagrichtung beschränkt, sobald dieser einen Kraftstoß ausführen soll.
  10. Ein Hammer wie in einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9 beansprucht, wobei das flexible Bauteil (201, 202, 203) aus wenigstens einem Plastik- und Gummimaterial hergestellt ist.
  11. Ein Hammer wie in einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10 beansprucht, wobei der Hammerkopf (100) eine laterale Öffnung (501) umfasst, durch die ein Flachkopfbolzen (300) einführbar ist und ein Ende des Flachkopfbolzens schwenkbar mit dem Griffstück (200) verbunden ist, unter Einbeziehung des verschwenkbaren Schafts (105)und das flexible Bauteil (201)in der lateralen Öffnung angeordnet ist und den Flachkopfbolzen umgibt.
  12. Ein Hammer wie im Anspruch 11 beansprucht, wobei der Flachkopfbolzen (300) einen vergrößerten Kopf aufweist, der im Durchmesser größer ausgebildet ist als der Durchmesser der lateralen Öffnung (501).
  13. Ein Hammer wie in einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12 beansprucht, wobei das Griffstück (200) eine mehrteilige Struktur aufweist, die ein weiter leitendes Verbindungsstück (400) umfasst, welches schwenkbar mit dem Hammerkopf (100) verbunden ist, und das den schwenkbaren Schaft (105) mit verwendet und das Griffstück des Weiteren einen unteren Teilabschnitt umfasst, der schwenkbar mit dem weiter leitenden Verbindungsstück verbunden ist.
  14. Ein Hammer wie in einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 13 beansprucht, wobei ein Ende des Hammerkopfes (100) eine Kralle ist.
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