TWI669194B - Socket - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a sleeve comprising: a body, a sliding sleeve and a stopping unit. The body includes a set of ends, a set of terminals, a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion, and a first driving portion is disposed at the socket end, the connecting end is connected by a driving tool, the first The positioning portion and the second positioning portion are disposed between the socket end and the group of the connection ends, and the first positioning portion is adjacent to the group of the second positioning portion; the sliding sleeve is slidably disposed on the body. The sliding sleeve includes a second driving portion, and the second driving portion is different in size from the first driving portion; the stopping unit is disposed on the body, and the stopping unit is in an interference relationship with the sliding sleeve.

Description

Sleeve

The invention relates to hand tools, and in particular to a sleeve.

In mechanical processing plants, repair shops, testing plants, etc., the sleeve is one of the most commonly used tools. The sleeve is used to drive the fasteners (such as screws, bolts, nuts) to rotate, to assemble the components together or to disassemble and disassemble. Typically, the sleeve can be used in conjunction with a drive tool, such as a wrench to increase the force arm to facilitate greater torque to drive the lock to rotate, or to incorporate a pneumatic/power tool to reduce operator effort.

In this type of conventional assembly technique, the sleeves are only designed to drive a single-size lock design. Although the commonly used locks have a uniform standard, there are still a variety of sizes and aspects for different sizes of components. Therefore, in order to correspond to different sizes of fasteners, the factory is bound to need to prepare a variety of sleeves, and requires more storage space, and the operator needs to always replace the sleeves to cause assembly/disassembly, which is inconvenient, and there is a drawback that needs to be improved.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a novel and progressive sleeve to solve the above problems.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a sleeve which can be provided with different sizes of driving portions for combining with different locking members, and a perfect safety mechanism can effectively prevent the sliding sleeve from slipping back and accidentally injuring the user.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a sleeve comprising: a body, a sliding sleeve and a stopping unit. The body includes a set of ends, a set of terminals, a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion, and a first driving portion is disposed at the socket end, the connecting end is connected by a driving tool, the first The positioning portion and the second positioning portion are disposed between the socket end and the group of the connection ends, and the first positioning portion is adjacent to the group of the second positioning portion; the sliding sleeve is slidably disposed on the body. The sliding sleeve is selectively positioned on one of the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion, the sliding sleeve includes a second driving portion, and the second driving portion is different in size from the first driving portion. The blocking unit is disposed on the body, and the stopping unit is disposed between the first positioning portion and the set of connecting ends, and the blocking unit is in the direction of the socket end toward the group of connecting ends The sliding sleeve is in an interference relationship; the body further includes a first blocking portion disposed between the second positioning portion and the socket end, the sliding sleeve further comprising a card portion and a second portion The first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are respectively recessed in the body, and the card portion is selectively embedded with the card One of the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion, the second blocking portion is disposed between the card portion and the second driving portion; wherein the blocking unit includes a stopping member, the blocking member is convex Provided in the body, the blocking member is disposed between the first positioning portion and the set of connecting ends; wherein, when the sliding sleeve slides toward the set of connecting ends, the card portion is embedded with the card to the first At the same time, the blocking member abuts against one end surface of the sliding sleeve to prevent the sliding sleeve from continuing to move, and when the sliding sleeve slides toward the sleeve end, the card portion is embedded with the card. In the second positioning portion, the first blocking portion simultaneously abuts the second blocking portion to stop the sliding sleeve from continuing to move.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a sleeve comprising: a body, a sliding sleeve, a stopping unit and a control sleeve. The body includes a set of ends, a set of ends, and a first positioning And a second positioning portion, the first positioning portion is connected to a driving tool, and the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are spaced apart from the socket end and The first positioning portion is adjacent to the second positioning portion of the group of the connecting ends; the sliding sleeve is slidably disposed on the body, and the sliding sleeve is selectively positioned at the first positioning portion and the first portion In one of the two positioning portions, the sliding sleeve includes a second driving portion, the second driving portion is different in size from the first driving portion; the stopping unit is disposed on the body, and is disposed between the first driving portion Between the positioning portion and the set of the connecting end, the blocking unit is in an interference relationship with the sliding sleeve in the direction of the connecting end, and the control sleeve is provided with two holes, the control sleeve is The body can be moved along the axial direction of the body, and the body can be rotatably sleeved on the body; wherein the plurality of through holes are disposed in the plurality of through holes, and at least one positioning bead is received in each of the through holes. The at least one positioning bead can be selectively protruded from one side of the through hole, and when the control sleeve is controlled, the two holes are respectively opposite When the two through holes are formed, a portion of the at least one positioning bead located in the two through holes may protrude into the corresponding two holes without protruding into the inside of the body, and when the control sleeve is controlled, the two are When the hole and the two holes are misaligned with each other, an inner wall of the control sleeve abuts against a portion of the at least one positioning bead located in the two holes to protrude into the body.

1‧‧‧ Ontology

11‧‧‧ socket

111‧‧‧First Drive Department

12‧‧‧ group end

121‧‧‧through holes

122‧‧‧ positioning beads

123‧‧‧Second Order

13‧‧‧First Positioning Department

131‧‧‧First inclined surface

14‧‧‧Second Positioning Department

141‧‧‧Second inclined surface

15‧‧‧ first stop

2‧‧‧Sleeve

21‧‧‧ end face

22‧‧‧Card Department

23‧‧‧Second drive department

24‧‧‧second stop

3‧‧‧stop unit

31‧‧‧ trench

32‧‧‧stops

4‧‧‧ control sleeve

41‧‧‧First Order

42‧‧‧ inner wall

43‧‧‧ Holes

5‧‧‧Flexible parts

6‧‧‧ indicator department

7‧‧‧Driver

71‧‧‧Interface

72‧‧‧Snap hole

1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded view of Figure 1.

3 is a schematic view of a sleeve to be assembled to a driving tool according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5 are schematic views showing the steps of assembling a sleeve to a driving tool according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a schematic view of a sleeve sliding sleeve positioned at a second positioning portion according to an embodiment of the invention.

The following is a description of the possible embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention as claimed.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 , which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The sleeve of the present invention comprises: a body 1 , a sliding sleeve 2 and a stopping unit 3 .

The body 1 includes a plurality of terminals 11 , a set of terminals 12 , a first positioning portion 13 , and a second positioning portion 14 . The socket end 11 is provided with a first driving portion 111 . A first positioning portion 13 and the second positioning portion 14 are spaced apart from each other between the socket end 11 and the set of terminals 12 . The first positioning portion 13 is closer to the second positioning portion 14 than the second positioning portion 14 . Adjacent to the set of terminals 12. The sliding sleeve 2 is slidably disposed on the body 1 , and the sliding sleeve 2 is selectively disposed on the first positioning portion 13 and the second positioning portion 14 . The sliding sleeve 2 includes a second driving portion 23 . The size of the second driving portion 23 is different from the size of the first driving portion 111. The blocking unit 3 is disposed between the first positioning portion 13 and the set of connecting ends 12, and the blocking end 3 faces the pair of connecting ends 12, The stop unit 3 has an interference relationship with the sliding sleeve 2.

The user can switch the first driving unit 111 or the second driving unit 23 by sliding the sliding sleeve 2 according to the contour of the rotating fastener to be rotated. In this embodiment, the first A driving portion 111 has a polygonal contour, and the second driving portion 23 has a polygonal contour, and the number of corners of the second driving portion 23 is greater than the number of corners of the first driving portion 111.

In more detail, the sliding sleeve 2 further includes a card portion 22, and the first positioning portion 13 and the second positioning portion 14 are respectively recessed in the body 1. The card portion 22 can be selectively embedded with the card. One of the first positioning portion 13 and the second positioning portion 14 thereby ensuring that the sliding sleeve 2 can remain in a fixed position under the action of a predetermined external force (the first positioning portion 13 or the second portion) Positioning unit 14). In this embodiment, the The first positioning portion 13 and the second positioning portion 14 are respectively concave grooves, and the card portion 22 is a C buckle, which has the advantages of simple structure and convenient assembly.

In more detail, the first positioning portion 13 is provided with a first inclined surface 131 on a side closer to the second positioning portion 14 , and the second positioning portion 14 is disposed on a side closer to the first positioning portion 13 . There is a second inclined surface 141, and the first inclined surface 131 and the second inclined surface 141 are inclined to each other. In this way, the card portion 22 can slide along the first inclined surface 131 to smoothly detach from the first positioning portion 13 , and the card portion 22 can smoothly enter the second portion along the second inclined surface 141 . The positioning portion 14; conversely, the card portion 22 also has the same effect when the second positioning portion 14 is to be moved to the first positioning portion 13.

It can be understood that the first positioning portion 13 and the second positioning portion 14 have the function of blocking the positioning of the sliding sleeve 2, however, the design of the first inclined surface 131 and the second inclined surface 141 and the specific direction The upper portion must weaken the function of stopping the positioning of the sliding sleeve 2, and when there is a force beyond the predetermined force acting on the sliding sleeve 2 in a specific direction, the sliding sleeve 2 will be separated from the first positioning portion 13 or the second positioning portion. 14 and slide.

In this case, if the force is too large, and the sliding speed of the sliding sleeve 2 is too fast, an unintended danger may occur, for example, but not limited to, when the sliding sleeve 2 is positioned at the second positioning portion 14, When the squeezing force is applied to the sliding sleeve 2, the sliding sleeve 2 is forced to slide along the second inclined surface 141 and the outer wall of the body 1 to the connecting end 12, At this time, since the sliding speed of the sliding sleeve 2 is too fast, the card portion 22 is easily caught by the restoring force to be fitted into the first positioning portion 13 and slipped past the first positioning portion 13. Therefore, the sliding sleeve 2 is surely stopped by the blocking unit 3 in an interference relationship with the sliding sleeve 2, so that the sliding sleeve 2 can be prevented from slipping off the set of connecting ends 12 and the user is injured. The position of the stopping unit 3 can determine the extreme position of the sliding sleeve 2 sliding toward the set of connecting ends 12, thereby effectively avoiding The sliding sleeve 2 is detached from the set of terminals 12, that is to say, the blocking unit 3 is exclusively used as a safety reinforcing mechanism for protecting the user.

More specifically, the stop unit 3 includes a groove 31 and a stopper 32. The stopper 32 is disposed in the groove 31 and partially protrudes from the groove 31. The stopper 32 is Part of the normal state remains radially projecting from the body 1 and thus the sliding sleeve 2 can be reliably stopped. More specifically, the blocking member 32 is protruded from the body 1 , and the blocking member 32 is disposed between the first positioning portion 13 and the set of connecting ends 12 when the sliding sleeve 2 is positioned at the first portion When the positioning portion 13 is positioned, the stopper member 32 laterally abuts against one end surface 21 of the sliding sleeve 2, and the position is arranged such that the sliding sleeve 2 is quickly slid and blocked by the stopping unit 3, the card portion 22 is blocked. The first positioning portion 13 and the blocking member 32 can be simultaneously laterally abutted against the sliding sleeve 2 for the purpose of stopping the positioning. In the embodiment, the stopper 32 is C buckle and has the advantage of convenient assembly, and the depth of the groove 31 is equal to the depth of the first positioning portion 13 in order to have a uniform processing depth to simplify the processing.

Preferably, the body 1 further includes a first blocking portion 15 disposed between the second positioning portion 14 and the socket end 11. The sliding sleeve 2 further includes a second blocking portion. The second blocking portion 24 is disposed between the card portion 22 and the second driving portion 23 . In this way, when the sliding sleeve 2 is slid toward the set of connecting ends 12 and the engaging portion 22 is engaged with the first positioning portion 13 , the blocking member 32 is laterally abutted against the sliding sleeve. The end surface 21 of the second end 21 prevents the sliding sleeve 2 from continuing to move. When the sliding sleeve 2 slides toward the socket end 11 and the card portion 22 is engaged with the second positioning portion 14 , the first The blocking portion 15 abuts against the second blocking portion 24 to stop the sliding sleeve 2 from continuing to move.

The structure of the driving tool 7 is further described. The connecting end 12 is inserted into the plugging portion 71 of the driving tool 7 and is recessed on the plugging portion 71. There are two engaging holes 72. The sleeve further includes a control sleeve 4 through which the set of terminals 12 can be controlled to be positioned The plug portion 71 is detached from the plug portion 71. Further, the control sleeve 4 is provided with two holes 43 which are movable along the axial direction of the body 1 and can be axially sleeved on the body 1 for the control body The plurality of through holes 121 are disposed in the plurality of through holes 121. The at least one positioning bead 122 can selectively protrude from one side of the through hole 121.

When the control sleeve 4 is controlled such that the two holes 43 respectively correspond to the two through holes 121, a portion of the at least one positioning bead 122 located in the two through holes 121 may protrude into the corresponding two holes. 43 and not protruding inside the body 1, the set of terminals 12 can be pulled away or sleeved on the plug portion 71. When the control sleeve 4 is controlled to dislocate the two holes 43 and the two holes 121, the inner wall 42 of the control sleeve 4 is pressed against the at least one positioning bead 122 located in the two through holes 121. A portion protrudes into the interior of the body 1, and a portion of the at least one positioning bead 122 can be embedded in the two engaging holes 72 for the purpose of locking engagement. In this embodiment, the number of the at least one positioning bead 122 located in each of the through holes 121 is two, and the sum of the diameters of the two positioning beads 122 is greater than the depth of each of the through holes 121, that is, the two positioning beads A portion of 122 is bound to protrude from one side of the through hole 121.

A first step portion 41 is disposed on the inner wall 42 of the control sleeve 4, and a second step portion 123 is disposed on the set end 12, and an elastic member 5 is sleeved on the set end 12 and the elastic member 5 is The two ends of the first hole portion 43 and the second step portion 123 are respectively disengaged, so that the two holes 43 and the two holes 121 are mutually dislocated to ensure that the set of terminals 12 are kept in position and when used. At the plug portion 71, the work safety is improved.

Preferably, the sleeve further includes an indicator portion 6 corresponding to the through hole 121 in the axial direction of the body 1 , so that the user only needs to control one of the control sleeves 4 . The hole 43 is in line with the indicator portion 6, so that the position of the through hole 121 can be quickly found. Among them, the indicator unit 6 has a ">>>" font.

In summary, the sleeve of the present invention is slidably sleeved on the body through the sliding sleeve, and the first driving portion and the second driving portion are respectively disposed on the body and the sliding sleeve, and the user only needs to use the sliding operation. It is very convenient to drive the locks in different sizes/states of the drive. Moreover, the positioning portion is provided with an inclined surface to guide the card portion to smoothly detach, so as to improve the smoothness of the sliding of the sliding sleeve. In addition, the design of the stop unit can effectively ensure that the sliding sleeve does not slip off the assembly end to improve the safety of the user.

Claims (10)

A sleeve includes: a body comprising a set of ends, a set of ends, a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion, wherein the socket end is provided with a first driving portion, the group of terminals is provided for The first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are disposed between the socket end and the group of the connection ends, and the first positioning portion is adjacent to the group of the second positioning portion; The sleeve is slidably disposed on the body, and is selectively positionable on one of the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion, and includes a second driving portion, the second driving portion being different in size from the first driving portion The size of the portion; a stop unit disposed between the first positioning portion and the set of the connecting end, the blocking unit and the sliding portion in the direction of the connecting end toward the set of connecting ends The sleeve is in an interference relationship; the body further includes a first blocking portion disposed between the second positioning portion and the socket end, the sliding sleeve further comprising a card portion and a second blocking portion The first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are respectively recessed in the body, and the card portion can be selectively embedded with the card One of the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion, the second blocking portion is disposed between the card portion and the second driving portion; wherein the blocking unit includes a stopping member, the blocking member is convex Provided in the body, the blocking member is disposed between the first positioning portion and the set of connecting ends; wherein, when the sliding sleeve slides toward the set of connecting ends, the card portion is embedded with the card to the first At the same time, the blocking member abuts against one end surface of the sliding sleeve to prevent the sliding sleeve from continuing to move, and when the sliding sleeve slides toward the sleeve end, the card portion is embedded with the card. In the second positioning portion, the first blocking portion simultaneously abuts the second blocking portion to stop the sliding sleeve from continuing to move. The sleeve of claim 1, wherein the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are respectively grooved. The sleeve according to claim 2, wherein the first positioning portion is provided with a first inclined surface on a side closer to the second positioning portion, and the second positioning portion is closer to one side of the first positioning portion. A second inclined surface is provided, and the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are inclined to each other. The sleeve of claim 1, further comprising a control sleeve, wherein the control sleeve is provided with two holes, the control sleeve is movable along an axial direction of the body, and the body is rotatably sleeved on the body a plurality of through holes are disposed in the plurality of through holes, and at least one positioning bead is selectively protruded from one side of the through hole; wherein, when When the control sleeve is controlled such that the two apertures respectively correspond to the two through holes, the portion of the at least one positioning bead located in the two through holes may protrude into the corresponding two apertures without protruding from the body Internally; when the control sleeve is controlled such that the two apertures are offset from the two apertures, an inner wall of the control sleeve projects into the portion of the at least one positioning bead located in the two through holes The inside of the body. The sleeve of claim 4, wherein the number of the at least one positioning bead located in each of the through holes is two, and the sum of the diameters of the two positioning beads is greater than the depth of each of the through holes. The sleeve of claim 4, wherein a first step is disposed on an inner wall of the control sleeve, and a second step is disposed on the set of ends, and an elastic member is sleeved on the set of ends and the elastic The two ends of the member are respectively biased to the first step portion and the second step portion, so that the two holes and the two holes are in a mutually dislocated relationship. The sleeve according to claim 4, further comprising an indicator portion corresponding to the through hole in the axial direction of the body. The sleeve of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the stop unit further comprises a groove, the stop member being embedded in the groove and partially protruding from the groove. A sleeve includes: a body comprising a set of ends, a set of ends, a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion, wherein the socket end is provided with a first driving portion, the group of terminals is provided for The first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are disposed between the socket end and the group of the connection ends, and the first positioning portion is adjacent to the group of the second positioning portion; The sleeve is slidably disposed on the body, and is selectively positionable on one of the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion, and includes a second driving portion, the second driving portion being different in size from the first driving portion The size of the portion; a stop unit disposed between the first positioning portion and the set of the connecting end, the blocking unit and the sliding portion in the direction of the connecting end toward the set of connecting ends The sleeve is in an interference relationship; a control sleeve is disposed on the control sleeve, and the control sleeve is movable along an axial direction of the body, and the body is rotatably sleeved on the body; wherein The connecting end is provided with two through holes, and each of the through holes is provided with at least one positioning bead, and the at least one positioning bead can be Selectively protruding from one side of the through hole, when the control sleeve is controlled such that the two holes respectively correspond to the two through holes, the portion of the at least one positioning bead located in the two through holes may protrude into Corresponding the two holes are not protruded inside the body, and when the control sleeve is controlled to make the two holes and the two holes are misaligned with each other, one of the inner walls of the control sleeve is pressed against the two A portion of the at least one positioning bead in the hole projects into the interior of the body. The sleeve according to claim 5, wherein the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are respectively grooved; the first positioning portion is provided with a first inclined surface on a side closer to the second positioning portion. a second inclined surface is disposed on a side of the first positioning portion, and the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are inclined to each other; the inner wall of the control sleeve is provided with a first a first step portion is provided with a second step portion at the end of the set, an elastic member is sleeved on the set end and the two ends of the elastic member are respectively respectively The first step portion and the second step portion further maintain the two-holes and the two-holes in a mutually dislocated relationship; the sleeve further includes an index portion, the index portion corresponding to the axial direction of the body a stop hole; the stop unit further includes a groove, the stop member is embedded in the groove and partially protrudes from the groove; the card portion is a C buckle; the stop member is a C buckle; The depth of the groove is equal to the depth of the first positioning portion; the first driving portion has a polygonal contour, the second driving portion has a polygonal contour, and the number of corners of the second driving portion is greater than the side of the first driving portion The number of corners; the indicator section is ">>>".