EP3287239B1 - Gerät zum schlagen, das mit einem führungsstutzen ausgestattet ist - Google Patents

Gerät zum schlagen, das mit einem führungsstutzen ausgestattet ist Download PDF

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EP3287239B1
EP3287239B1 EP17182407.1A EP17182407A EP3287239B1 EP 3287239 B1 EP3287239 B1 EP 3287239B1 EP 17182407 A EP17182407 A EP 17182407A EP 3287239 B1 EP3287239 B1 EP 3287239B1
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Gilles ECHASSERIEAU
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25D—PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
    • B25D5/00—Centre punches
    • B25D5/02—Automatic centre punches
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21J—FORGING; HAMMERING; PRESSING METAL; RIVETING; FORGE FURNACES
    • B21J15/00—Riveting
    • B21J15/38—Accessories for use in connection with riveting, e.g. pliers for upsetting; Hand tools for riveting
    • B21J15/50—Removing or cutting devices for rivets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B27/00—Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for
    • B25B27/02—Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for for connecting objects by press fit or detaching same
    • B25B27/04—Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for for connecting objects by press fit or detaching same inserting or withdrawing keys
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25D—PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
    • B25D5/00—Centre punches
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25D—PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
    • B25D2250/00—General details of portable percussive tools; Components used in portable percussive tools
    • B25D2250/231—Sleeve details
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25D—PERCUSSIVE TOOLS
    • B25D2250/00—General details of portable percussive tools; Components used in portable percussive tools
    • B25D2250/371—Use of springs

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  • the present invention relates to an impact tool according to the preamble of claim 1 equipped with a guide tip.
  • a striking tool is known from US 2002/148120 A1 .
  • a striking tool is understood to mean a tool such as a pin punch or a punch, for example, used to extract a fastener such as a rivet or a screw for example, introduced into a hole of one piece with a tight fit.
  • a fastener such as a rivet or a screw for example, introduced into a hole of one piece with a tight fit.
  • the subject of the present invention is a striking tool according to claim 1.
  • the preferred embodiments are defined by the dependent claims.
  • a striking tool comprises a body 10 extended by a straight rod 12.
  • the body 10 comprises, opposite the rod 12, a striking face 14 and the rod 12 comprises a free end 16 configured to bear against a binding to be extracted.
  • the body 10 of the impact tool can be inserted at a first end of a jet 18, as shown in figure figure 1 .
  • a large free space is necessary around the binding in order to strike the hammer directly on the striking face 14 or on the second end 20 of the jet 18.
  • the percussion system comprises a striker, a weight, a first compression spring which pushes the striker towards the rod and a second compression spring which pushes the weight towards the striker.
  • the striker comprises a rear end oriented towards the weight.
  • the weight includes a housing configured to house the rear end of the striker.
  • the present invention aims to remedy the drawbacks of the prior art.
  • the invention relates to a striking tool for extracting an element to be struck from a hole in a part, said striking tool comprising a body and a rod oriented in a first direction and which comprises a free end configured to cooperate with the element to be struck.
  • the striking tool comprises a guide tip which comprises a guide with a duct which extends from a first end face to a second end face configured to bear against the workpiece, said conduit comprising a first portion which opens out at the level of the first end face and which is configured to house the body of the tool to be struck and allow a translational movement of said body of the tool to be struck relative to the guide according to the first direction between a rest position in which the shank of the striking tool is positioned inside the conduit of the guide tip and an active position in which the shank of the striking tool protrudes from to the second end face of the guide tip.
  • This configuration makes it possible to limit the risks of damage to the part because the second end face of the guide tip is in contact with the part.
  • the guide tip comprises two stops for limiting the translational movement of the body of the tool to be struck, a first stop configured to immobilize the body of the tool to be struck in the position of. rest and a second stop configured to immobilize the body of the tool to be struck in the active position.
  • the guide further comprises at least one oblong lumen which has a determined length such that the first end of the oblong lumen forms the first stop which corresponds to the rest position and the second end of the oblong lumen forms the second stop which corresponds to the active position.
  • the striking tool comprises a compression spring configured to push the body of the striking tool into the rest position.
  • the second end face is planar and disposed in a plane perpendicular to the first direction.
  • the second end face of the guide end piece comprises shapes which cooperate with the element to be struck in order to immobilize the guide end piece.
  • the duct comprises a second portion which opens out at the level of the second end face and which is configured to house part of the element to be to hit. According to a preferred embodiment, this second portion has a section substantially equal to a section of the element to be struck.
  • the second end face of the guide comprises a coating which reinforces the adhesion between the guide and the part.
  • the guide comprises a protection made of a material limiting the risk of damage to the part.
  • the protection is a coating which covers at least the second end face.
  • a striking tool 22 comprises an elongated body 24 as well as a rectilinear rod 26, integral with the body 24 and positioned at a first end of the body 24.
  • the rod 26 and the body 24 are aligned and oriented in a first direction.
  • the body 24 comprises at a second end opposite the rod 26 a striking face 28 disposed in a plane perpendicular to the first direction.
  • the rod 26 includes a free end 30 configured to cooperate with a knocker 32 to be extracted from a hole 34 of a piece 36 with an interference fit.
  • the striking element 32 may be a screw or a rivet.
  • the free end 30 comprises a flat face perpendicular to the first direction.
  • the impact tool is called a pin punch.
  • the free end 30 is pointed.
  • the striking tool is called a punch.
  • the striking tool 26 comprises a jet 38 which comprises at a first end a housing 40 configured to at least partially receive the body 24 and at a second end a striking face 42 arranged in a substantially plane. perpendicular to the first direction.
  • the impact tool 22 may not include a jet 38.
  • the impact tool 22 includes a body 24 and a straight shank 26 which includes a free end 30 configured to cooperate with a striker 32.
  • the shank 26 and the body 24 are aligned and oriented. in a first direction.
  • the striking tool 22 comprises a guide tip 72 which comprises a guide 74.
  • This guide 74 extends from a first end face 76 to a second end face 78 and comprises a duct 80 which extends from the first end face 76 to the second end face 78.
  • This duct 80 comprises an axis A80 oriented in a second direction.
  • the guide 74 comprises an approximately cylindrical lateral surface 82, coaxial with the axis A80 and which connects the first and second end faces 76 and 78.
  • the second end face 78 is configured to bear against the part 36.
  • the second end face 78 is planar and disposed in a plane perpendicular to the second direction.
  • the conduit 80 comprises a first portion 84 which opens out at the level of the first end face 76 and which is configured to house the body 24 of the impacting tool 22 or the jet 38 of the striking tool 22 and allow a translational movement of said body 24 of the striking tool 22 in the second direction.
  • the duct 80 has a diameter greater than that of the shank 26 of the striking tool 22.
  • the body 24 or the jet 38 have a cylindrical outer wall
  • the first portion 84 of the duct 80 has a diameter equal to a sliding clearance ready to that of said cylindrical outer wall.
  • the striking tool 22 is configured to translate relative to the tip guide 72 between a rest position, visible on the figures 2A and 5A , wherein the shank 26 of the striking tool 22 is positioned inside the duct 80 of the guide tip 72 and does not protrude from the second end face 78 and an active position, visible on figures 2B and 5B , in which the shank 26 of the striking tool 22, and more particularly its free end 30, project from the second end face 78 of the guide tip 72.
  • the stroke of the body 24 of the striking tool 22 relative to the guide tip 72 is determined so that the free end 30 of the rod 26 is positioned in the plane of the second end face 78 or slightly offset towards the inside of the duct 80 in the rest position and that the distance between said free end 30 of the rod 26 and the second end face 78 is sufficient to extract an element to be struck 32 in the active position.
  • the guide tip 72 comprises at least one stop for limiting the translational movement of the body 24 of the striking tool 22 in the second direction.
  • the guide tip 72 comprises two stops 86.1, 86.2, a first stop 86.1 configured to immobilize the body 24 of the striking tool 22 in the rest position and a second stop 86.2 configured to immobilize the body 24 of the impact tool 22 in the active position.
  • the guide 74 comprises at least one aperture 88 which opens out on the one hand at the level of the lateral surface 82 and on the other hand in the first portion 84 of the conduit 80.
  • This aperture 88 is an oblong slot with a major axis oriented in the second direction, the length of the oblong slot being determined so that the first end of the oblong slot forms the first stop 86.1 which corresponds to the rest position and that the second end of the oblong slot forms the second stop 86.2 which corresponds to the active position.
  • the guide 74 comprises two diametrically opposed openings 88, 88 '.
  • the guide tip 72 For each lumen 88, 88 ', the guide tip 72 includes a screw 90, 90' configured to screw into a thread provided in the body 24 of the impact tool 22, each screw 90, 90 'being positioned to abutting against the first end of the oblong slot 88, 88 'in the rest position and to abut against the second end of the oblong slot 88, 88' in the active position.
  • the guide tip 78 comprises a return means, such as for example a compression spring 92, configured to maintain the body 24 of the striking tool 22 in the rest position.
  • the conduit 80 comprises a central portion 94 with a reduced diameter smaller than that of the first portion 84 to ensure guidance of the rod 26 of the striking tool, the central portion 94 and the first portion 84 being connected by a bottom 96 conical or plane and arranged in a transverse plane (perpendicular to the second direction).
  • the compression spring 92 is positioned around the rod 26 of the striking tool 22 and interposed between the bottom 96 and the body 24 of the striking tool 22.
  • the second end face 78 of the guide end piece 72 comprises shapes which cooperate with the striking element 32 to immobilize the guide end piece 72 relative to the part 36.
  • the duct 80 comprises a second portion 98 which opens out at the level of the second end face 78 and which is configured to house a part of the element to be struck 52.
  • This second portion 98 has a section greater than that of the rod 26 of the striking tool 22.
  • the rod 26 has a diameter substantially equal to that of the element to be struck 32.
  • the second portion 98 has a diameter greater than that of the striking element 32, substantially equal to that of the crimping ring.
  • the second portion 98 of the duct 80 has a cylindrical shape with a diameter identical to that of the projecting cylindrical part of the striking element 32.
  • this second portion 98 makes it possible to correctly position the guide tip 72 with respect to the element to be struck 32.
  • the rod 26 of the tool to be struck 22 being centered relative to the second portion 98 of the conduit 80 of the As a guide tip 72, said shank 26 of the striking tool 22 is correctly positioned relative to the striking element 32.
  • the second end face 78 of the guide 74 comprises a coating which reinforces the adhesion between the guide 74 and the part 36.
  • the guide 74 comprises a protection 100 made of a material limiting the risk of damage to the part 36.
  • this protection 100 also limits the risks of the guide tip 72 slipping on the part 36.
  • the material is rubber, plastic or the like.
  • the guide 74 is made of a material limiting the risk of damage to the part 56.
  • the protection 100 is a coating which covers at least the second end face 78.
  • the coating is an adhesive thermoplastic sheath configured to cover the second end face 78 and at least one end face. part of the side surface 82 of the guide 74 adjoining the second end face 78.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Perforating, Stamping-Out Or Severing By Means Other Than Cutting (AREA)
  • Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)

Claims (6)

  1. Schlagwerkzeug (22) zum Entfernen eines zu schlagenden Elements (32) aus einem Loch (34) eines Teils (36), wobei das Schlagwerkzeug (22) einen Körper (24) sowie eine Stange (26), die in einer ersten Richtung ausgerichtet ist und die ein freies Ende (30) aufweist, umfasst, wobei das Schlagwerkzeug (22) einen Führungsansatz (72) umfasst, welcher eine Führung (74) mit einem Kanal (80) aufweist, welcher sich von einer ersten Endfläche (76) zu einer zweiten Endfläche (78) erstreckt, wobei der Kanal (80) einen ersten Abschnitt (84) umfasst, welcher an der ersten Endfläche (76) mündet und welcher dafür ausgelegt ist, den Körper (24) des Schlagwerkzeugs (22) aufzunehmen und eine Translationsbewegung des Körpers (24) des Schlagwerkzeugs (22) in Bezug auf die Führung (74) in der ersten Richtung zwischen einer Ruheposition, in welcher die Stange (26) des Schlagwerkzeugs (22) im Inneren des Kanals (80) des Führungsansatzes (72) positioniert ist, und einer aktiven Position, in welcher die Stange (26) des Schlagwerkzeugs (22) in Bezug auf die zweite Endfläche (78) des Führungsansatzes (72) vorsteht, zu ermöglichen, wobei das Schlagwerkzeug eine Druckfeder (92) umfasst, die dafür ausgelegt ist, den Körper (24) des Schlagwerkzeugs (22) in die Ruheposition zu schieben, wobei der Führungsansatz (72) zwei Anschläge (86.1, 86.2) umfasst, um die Translationsbewegung des Körpers (24) des Schlagwerkzeugs (22) zu begrenzen, einen ersten Anschlag (86.1), der dafür ausgelegt ist, den Körper (24) des Schlagwerkzeugs (22) in der Ruheposition zu fixieren, und einen zweiten Anschlag (86.2), der dafür ausgelegt ist, den Körper (24) des Schlagwerkzeugs (22) in der aktiven Position zu fixieren, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führung (74) eine längliche Öffnung (88, 88') umfasst, welche eine Länge aufweist, die so bestimmt ist, dass das erste Ende der länglichen Öffnung den ersten Anschlag (86.1) bildet, welcher der Ruheposition entspricht, und dass das zweite Ende der länglichen Öffnung den zweiten Anschlag (86.2) bildet, welcher der aktiven Position entspricht, und dadurch, dass die zweite Endfläche (78) der Führung (74) eine Beschichtung umfasst, welche die Haftung zwischen der Führung (74) und dem Teil (36) verstärkt.
  2. Schlagwerkzeug nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zweite Endfläche (78) eben ist und in einer Ebene angeordnet ist, die zur ersten Richtung senkrecht ist.
  3. Schlagwerkzeug nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kanal (80) einen zweiten Abschnitt (98) umfasst, welcher an der zweiten Endfläche (78) mündet, wobei der zweite Abschnitt (98) einen Querschnitt aufweist, der größer als derjenige der Stange (26) ist, wobei der zweite Abschnitt (98) dafür ausgelegt ist, einen Teil des zu schlagenden Elements (32) aufzunehmen.
  4. Schlagwerkzeug nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führung (74) einen Schutz (100) aus einem Material umfasst, das die Gefahr einer Beschädigung des Teils (36) begrenzt.
  5. Schlagwerkzeug nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schutz (100) eine Beschichtung ist, welche wenigstens die zweite Endfläche (78) bedeckt.
  6. Schlagwerkzeug nach einem der Ansprüche 3 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zweite Abschnitt (98) eine zylindrische Form aufweist.
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