GB2109489A - A power drive - Google Patents
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- GB2109489A GB2109489A GB08230039A GB8230039A GB2109489A GB 2109489 A GB2109489 A GB 2109489A GB 08230039 A GB08230039 A GB 08230039A GB 8230039 A GB8230039 A GB 8230039A GB 2109489 A GB2109489 A GB 2109489A
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H3/00—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion
- F16H3/02—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion
- F16H3/08—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion exclusively or essentially with continuously meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts
- F16H3/10—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion exclusively or essentially with continuously meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts with one or more one-way clutches as an essential feature
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H3/00—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion
- F16H3/003—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion the gear-ratio being changed by inversion of torque direction
- F16H3/005—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion the gear-ratio being changed by inversion of torque direction for gearings using gears having orbital motion
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Abstract
The power drive which is particularly for a power tool, comprises a reversible motor (10), an epicyclic gear box (13) and a drive member (19) rotatable by the motor through the gear box. The gear box comprises a sun gear (12), one or more planet gears (17) engaging with the sun gear and mounted on a planet carrier (15) which is fixed against rotation, and a ring gear (18) engaging with the planet gears. The sun gear is connected to the output shaft of the motor via a reduction gear box (14) and is connected to the drive member via a one-way clutch (22) so as to rotate the drive member in one direction at a first speed when the motor rotates in one direction. The ring gear is connected to the drive member via a one-way clutch (24) so as to rotate the drive member in said one direction at a lower speed when the motor rotates in an opposite direction. Hence, the speed of the drive member can be changed simply by reversing the direction of the motor. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
A power drive
This invention relates to a power drive and
particularly but not exclusively to a power tool
having such a power drive.
The invention, in one aspect, provides a power
drive comprising a reversible motor, an epicyclic
gear box and a drive member rotatable by the
motor through the gear box, the gear box
comprising a sun gear, one or more planet gears
engaging with the sun gear and mounted on a
planet carrier which is fixed against rotation, and a
ring gear engaging with the planet gears, one of
the sun gear and ring gear being connected to an
output shaft of the motor and being connected to
the drive member via a first one-way clutch so as
to rotate the drive member in one direction at a
first speed when the motor rotates in one
direction, and the other of the sun gear and ring
gear being connected to the drive member via a
second one-way clutch so as to rotate the drive
member in said one direction at a second speed when the motor rotates in an opposite direction.
Hence, the speed of the drive member can be changed simply by reversing the direction of the
motor.
Advantageously, the sun gear is connected to the output shaft of the motor.
The motor may be a pneumatic hydraulic or electric motor.
A torque sensitive clutch may be provided to automatically reverse the direction of the motor.
The invention provides in another aspect, a power tool provided with a power drive according to the first aspect of the invention, the drive member being connected to or forming part of a tool holder of the power tool.
The invention will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawing, which is a sectional view of one embodiment of a power drive according to the invention.
Referring to the drawing, there is shown therein a power drive of a power tool, comprising a reversible electric, hydraulic or pneumatic motor
10 having an output shaft 1 The output shaft 11 is connected to a sun gear 12 of an epicyclic gear box 13 via a reduction gear box 1 4. A planet carrier 1 5 is fixed against rotation in housing 1 6 and carries three planet wheels 1 7 (only one shown) which are spaced angularly about the axis of the sun gear. The epicyclic gear box 14 also comprises a rotatable ring gear 1 8. An output drive member in the form of a work spindle 1 9 of the power tool is supported for rotation by bearings 20 and 21.One end of the work spindle 1 9 is provided with a screw-thread for receiving a tool holder (not shown) and the other end of the work spindle 1 9 has a blind bore which receives a ground parallel shaft portion at the end of the sun gear 12 remote from the motor 10. The ground parallel shaft portion of the sun gear engages with a first sprag clutch 22 which transmits rotation to the work spindle 19 directly from the sun gear 12 when the motor 10 rotates in one direction, the
ratio of the gear box being 1:1 in this case.
The ring gear 1 8 is coupled to a sprag clutch carrier 23 which carries a second sprag clutch 24.
The clutch 24 transmits rotation of the ring gear 1 8 to the work spindle 1 9 when the motor rotates in an opposite direction. The gear ratio will be determined in this case by the number of teeth on the sun gear and the number of teeth on the ring gear and as the latter is greatsr than the former, the work spindle will rotate at a slower speed, but in the same direction as it does when the motor is rotating in said one direction due to the fact that the ring gear rotates in a direction opposite to that of the sun gear. Of course, when the motor rotates in said one direction the sprag clutch 24 releases its drive from the ring gear to the work spindle and when the motor rotates in said opposite direction the sprag clutch 22 releases its drive from the sun gear to the work spindle.
Hence, in order to change the speed of the work spindle, it is necessary only to reverse the direction of the motor 10.
Although, as described, the power drive is applied to a power tool, it can find other applications.
Moreover, the output shaft 11 of the motor 1 could be connected to the ring gear rather than the sun gear.
A torque sensitive clutch may be provided at the drive input to the sun gear in order to sense the torque and automatically reverse the direction of the motor at a predetermined level of torque.
This can be particularly useful for nut running power tools or the like. A torque sensitive clutch suitable for this purpose is described in our British
Patent No. 1289056.
1. A power drive comprising a reversible motor, an epicyclic gear box and a drive member rotatable by the motor through the gear box, the gear box comprising a sun gear, one or more planet gears engaging with the sun gear and mounted on a planet carrier which is fixed against rotation, and a ring gear engaging with the planet gears, one of the sun gear and ring gear being connected to an output shaft of the motor and being connected to the drive member via a first one-way clutch so as to rotate the drive member in one direction at a first speed when the motor rotates in one direction, and the other of the sun gear and ring gear being connected to the drive member via a second one-way clutch so as to rotate the drive member in said one direction at a second speed when the motor rotates in an opposite direction.
2. A power drive as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sun gear is connected to the output shaft of the motor.
3. A power drive as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the motor is a pneumatic motor.
4. A power drive as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the motor is a hydraulic motor.
5. A power drive as claimed in claim 1 or 2,
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Claims (8)
1. A power drive comprising a reversible motor, an epicyclic gear box and a drive member rotatable by the motor through the gear box, the gear box comprising a sun gear, one or more planet gears engaging with the sun gear and mounted on a planet carrier which is fixed against rotation, and a ring gear engaging with the planet gears, one of the sun gear and ring gear being connected to an output shaft of the motor and being connected to the drive member via a first one-way clutch so as to rotate the drive member in one direction at a first speed when the motor rotates in one direction, and the other of the sun gear and ring gear being connected to the drive member via a second one-way clutch so as to rotate the drive member in said one direction at a second speed when the motor rotates in an opposite direction.
2. A power drive as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sun gear is connected to the output shaft of the motor.
3. A power drive as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the motor is a pneumatic motor.
4. A power drive as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the motor is a hydraulic motor.
5. A power drive as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the motor is an electric motor.
6. A power drive as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein a torque sensitive clutch is provided to automatically reverse the direction of the motor.
7. A power drive, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawing.
8. A power tool provided with a power drive according to any one of the preceding claims, the drive member being connected to or forming part of the tool holder of the tool.
Priority Applications (1)
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GB08230039A GB2109489B (en) | 1981-10-22 | 1982-10-21 | A power drive |
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GB08230039A GB2109489B (en) | 1981-10-22 | 1982-10-21 | A power drive |
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GB2109489B GB2109489B (en) | 1985-02-06 |
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US5531651A (en) * | 1993-04-27 | 1996-07-02 | Yang; Tai-Her | Differential gear system using the change in input direction to control the output speed ratio |
US5927691A (en) * | 1994-06-07 | 1999-07-27 | Harken, Inc. | Four speed sailboat winch having separate second gear |
CN1066251C (en) * | 1998-10-19 | 2001-05-23 | 杨泰和 | Differential gear system using input direction to control its gear ratio |
DE102007033418A1 (en) * | 2007-07-18 | 2009-01-22 | Schaeffler Kg | Planetary gear transmission, has drive unit, drive output units and free running units arranged such that drive torque is selectively transferred over one drive output unit depending upon drive rotation direction |
US20100016121A1 (en) * | 2007-01-16 | 2010-01-21 | Tae-Jin Jung | Transmission for motor and controlling device thereof |
EP2685130A1 (en) * | 2012-07-10 | 2014-01-15 | Metabowerke GmbH | Gearbox assembly |
DE102014200720B3 (en) * | 2014-01-16 | 2015-02-26 | Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. Kg | Planetary gear assembly |
US20150276020A1 (en) * | 2014-03-26 | 2015-10-01 | Spg Co., Ltd. | Two speed transmission |
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US5531651A (en) * | 1993-04-27 | 1996-07-02 | Yang; Tai-Her | Differential gear system using the change in input direction to control the output speed ratio |
US5607369A (en) * | 1993-04-27 | 1997-03-04 | Yang; Tai-Her | Differential motion gear system to control the speed ratio by means of the change of input direction |
US5927691A (en) * | 1994-06-07 | 1999-07-27 | Harken, Inc. | Four speed sailboat winch having separate second gear |
CN1066251C (en) * | 1998-10-19 | 2001-05-23 | 杨泰和 | Differential gear system using input direction to control its gear ratio |
US8449421B2 (en) * | 2007-01-16 | 2013-05-28 | Mbi Co. Ltd. | Transmission for motor and controlling device thereof |
US20100016121A1 (en) * | 2007-01-16 | 2010-01-21 | Tae-Jin Jung | Transmission for motor and controlling device thereof |
DE102007033418A1 (en) * | 2007-07-18 | 2009-01-22 | Schaeffler Kg | Planetary gear transmission, has drive unit, drive output units and free running units arranged such that drive torque is selectively transferred over one drive output unit depending upon drive rotation direction |
EP2685130A1 (en) * | 2012-07-10 | 2014-01-15 | Metabowerke GmbH | Gearbox assembly |
DE102014200720B3 (en) * | 2014-01-16 | 2015-02-26 | Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. Kg | Planetary gear assembly |
US20150276020A1 (en) * | 2014-03-26 | 2015-10-01 | Spg Co., Ltd. | Two speed transmission |
WO2020099178A1 (en) * | 2018-11-12 | 2020-05-22 | Atlas Copco Industrial Technique Ab | Power tool and gear unit for such a power tool |
CN113646560A (en) * | 2018-11-12 | 2021-11-12 | 阿特拉斯·科普柯工业技术公司 | Power tool and gear unit for the same |
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PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |
Effective date: 19961021 |