WO2012019342A1 - Meuleuse d'angle portative comprenant un capot de protection amélioré - Google Patents

Meuleuse d'angle portative comprenant un capot de protection amélioré Download PDF

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WO2012019342A1
WO2012019342A1 PCT/CN2010/075887 CN2010075887W WO2012019342A1 WO 2012019342 A1 WO2012019342 A1 WO 2012019342A1 CN 2010075887 W CN2010075887 W CN 2010075887W WO 2012019342 A1 WO2012019342 A1 WO 2012019342A1
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screw
clamping
clamping screw
angle grinder
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PCT/CN2010/075887
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Xianghu Shen
Min Hu
Hongbiao Li
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Bosch Power Tools (China) Co., Ltd.
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Priority to PCT/CN2010/075887 priority Critical patent/WO2012019342A1/fr
Priority to CN201080068543.7A priority patent/CN103068522B/zh
Priority to EP10855763.8A priority patent/EP2603354A1/fr
Publication of WO2012019342A1 publication Critical patent/WO2012019342A1/fr

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B23/00—Portable grinding machines, e.g. hand-guided; Accessories therefor
    • B24B23/02—Portable grinding machines, e.g. hand-guided; Accessories therefor with rotating grinding tools; Accessories therefor
    • B24B23/028—Angle tools
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B55/00—Safety devices for grinding or polishing machines; Accessories fitted to grinding or polishing machines for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition
    • B24B55/06—Dust extraction equipment on grinding or polishing machines
    • B24B55/10—Dust extraction equipment on grinding or polishing machines specially designed for portable grinding machines, e.g. hand-guided
    • B24B55/102—Dust extraction equipment on grinding or polishing machines specially designed for portable grinding machines, e.g. hand-guided with rotating tools

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  • the invention relates to a portable angle grinder having an improved protective guard.
  • a portable angle grinder with a protective guard or cover is generally known.
  • the protective guard protects the operator who is operating the grinder from being injured by work piece fragments.
  • the protective guard is adjustably attached to a housing of the portable angle grinder by a clamping collar which is clamped to a bearing flange member formed on or mounted to the housing.
  • the clamping collar has two fastening tabs which are fastened together by a clamping screw. After loosening the clamping screw, the angular position of the protective guard with respect to the housing can be adjusted.
  • the clamping screw is easy to be unscrewed from the protective guard when the grinder is operated or adjusted.
  • the unscrewed screw may be lost, and the grinder operating with a loose protective guard may create high risk to the operator.
  • WO 2009121432 Al discloses a hand machine tool having means for preventing the clamping screw from moving out of the clamping collar.
  • the structures disclosed in WO 2009121432 Al can effectively retaining the clamping screw to the clamping collar, they are complicated. For example, most of them relate to modification of the clamping collar itself.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a portable angle grinder having a simple but effective protective guard.
  • the present invention provides a portable angle grinder comprising:
  • the protective guard comprises a guard body, an open-type clamping collar fixed to the guard body and having two fastening tabs opposed to each other, a set of clamping screw and nut for fastening the two fastening tabs near each other while leaving a gap between them, and screw retaining means for preventing the clamping screw from moving out of the clamping collar, and
  • the protective guard comes into a tightened state for the operating the portable angle grinder and an adjusting state for adjusting the angular position of the protective guard with respect to the housing.
  • the nut is permanently fixed to one of the two fastening tabs of the clamping collar.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by at least one slot formed in the outer surface of the screw rod of the clamping screw, and a retaining washer which, in an assembled state of the clamping screw and nut, is engaged in the slot within the gap between the two fastening tabs of the clamping collar.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by a hole formed diametrically through the screw rod of the clamping screw, and a split pin which, in an assembled state of the clamping screw and nut, is inserted through the hole within the gap between the two fastening tabs of the clamping collar.
  • a split pin which, in an assembled state of the clamping screw and nut, is inserted through the hole within the gap between the two fastening tabs of the clamping collar.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by a washer which is fixed to the screw rod of the clamping screw at a position within the gap between the two fastening tabs of the clamping collar.
  • the washer may be permanently fixed to the screw rod by point welding.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by a threaded hole formed through one of the two fastening tabs which is near the screw head of the clamping screw.
  • the screw rod of the clamping screw has a non-threaded segment near the screw head of the clamping screw and a threaded segment near the tip end of the clamping screw, the non-threaded segment being slidable in the threaded hole, and the threaded segment being threadingly engageable with the threaded hole.
  • the lengthwise dimensions of the non-threaded segment and threaded segment of the screw rod of the clamping screw may be determined so that the threaded hole and the nut do not threadingly engage with the threaded segment simultaneously.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by an enlarged tip end of the screw rod of the clamping screw formed after the clamping screw has been screwed through the nut and the tip end has been exposed from the nut.
  • the screw rod of the clamping screw may be long enough so that there is a gap between the enlarged tip end and the nut in the tightened state of the protective guard.
  • the enlarged tip end may be formed by crimping or point welding.
  • the present invention provides a portable angle grinder comprising: a housing,
  • the protective guard comprises a guard body, an open-type clamping collar fixed to the guard body and having two fastening tabs opposed to each other, a set of clamping screw and nut for fastening the two fastening tabs near each other while leaving a gap between them, and screw retaining means for preventing the clamping screw from moving out of the clamping collar, and
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by a bent plate which is weld onto the clamping collar behind the screw head of the clamping screw after the clamping screw has been engaged with the nut.
  • the bent plate has a portion which protrudes radially from the clamping collar to a position facing a part of the screw head of the clamping screw but not obstructing the manipulation to the screw head.
  • the protective guard of the portable angle grinder has screw retaining means which is attached to or formed by the clamping screw or formed on the clamping collar near the clamping screw.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic plane view showing a part of a portable angle grinder according to a preferred embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic plane view showing a protective guard of the portable angle grinder of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a bearing flange member of the portable angle grinder of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing screw retaining means according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing the screw retaining means of Fig. 4 in use
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing screw retaining means according to another preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic view showing screw retaining means of Fig. 6 in use
  • Fig. 8 is a schematic view showing screw retaining means according to yet another preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGs. 9 and 10 are schematic views showing screw retaining means according to yet another preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 11 is a schematic view showing screw retaining means according to yet another preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 12 is a schematic view showing the screw retaining means of Fig. 11 in use.
  • Fig. 13 is a schematic view showing screw retaining means according to yet another preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • a portable angle grinder comprises a housing 100, a rotary shaft 200 mounted to the housing, a grinding wheel (not shown) to be mounted to the rotary shaft, a bearing flange member 300 fixedly mounted to or formed integrally with the housing, and a protective guard 400 adjustably mounted to the bearing flange member.
  • the protective guard 400 comprises a guard body or cover 7, an open-type clamping collar 2 fixed to the guard body 7 and having two fastening tabs 4 and 5 opposed to each other, and a clamping screw 3 and a clamping nut 6 for fastening the two fastening tabs 4 and 5 near each other while leaving a gap between them.
  • the two fastening tabs 4 and 5 are protruded radially from the main body of the clamping collar 2 and are each formed with a through hole to be inserted through by the clamping screw 3.
  • the clamping nut 6 is preferably permanently fixed to one of the two fastening tabs 4 and 5 of the clamping collar 2 (in the illustrated embodiments, permanently fixed to the right-hand fastening tab 5).
  • the guard body 7 has a half-disc shape with a central hole defining an inner circumference. Protrusions 71 are formed in the inner circumference of the guard body 7.
  • the clamping collar 2 is fixed to, for example, welded to, the back side of the guard body 7 along the inner circumference of the guard body 7.
  • the clamping collar 2 has at least one inner tooth 8 (three shown in Fig. 2).
  • the bearing flange member 300 has a portion 310 protruded in the direction of the rotary shaft 200.
  • the protruded portion 310 is formed in two layers, an upper layer and a lower layer, having the same outer diameter or different outer diameters.
  • the protruded portion 310 is formed with recesses in its outer circumferential surface in a direction parallel with the central axis of the rotary shaft 200.
  • the recesses in the outer periphery of the upper layer comprise wide recesses 9a and narrow recesses 9b, while the recesses is the outer periphery of the lower layer comprise only narrow recesses.
  • a circular recess 9c is formed between the upper and lower layers.
  • the structure of the protruded portion 310 is not limited to this, only one layer or more than two layers are also applicable.
  • the inner circumference of the guard body 7 is arranged around the two layers of the protruded portion 310.
  • the clamping screw 3 is inserted through the through holes of the two fastening tabs 4 and 5 and is screwed into the clamping nut 6.
  • the inner tooth 8 of the clamping collar 2 engages into the recess 9c formed between the upper and lower layers of the protruded portion 310 of the bearing flange member 300, and the protrusions 71 formed in the inner circumference of the guard body 7 are engaged into recesses formed in the outer peripheries of both layers of the protruded portion 310.
  • the angular position of the protective guard 400 with respect to the housing 100 is set.
  • the angular position of the protective guard 400 is adjusted.
  • the clamping screw 3 is a standard screw with fully threaded rod.
  • the clamping screw is easy to screw out of the protective guard when operating the grinder or adjusting the angular position of the protective guard.
  • screw retaining means is provided for preventing the clamping screw 3 from moving out of the clamping collar 2.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by slots 12 formed in the outer surface of the screw rod of the clamping screw 3 and a screw retaining washer 10 to be engaged into the slots 12.
  • the clamping screw 3 may be either fully threaded or partly threaded.
  • the retaining washer 10 may be a standard (for example, DIN 6799) open-type elastically deformable retaining washer.
  • the clamping screw 3 is fastened to the clamping nut 6, and the screw retaining washer 10 is engaged with the slots 12 of the clamping screw 3 by elastic deformation.
  • the retaining washer 10 can always keep the clamping screw attached to the clamping collar 2.
  • the position where the retaining washer 10 touches the left-hand fastening tab 4 of the clamping collar 2 defines a delivery state for the transferring the grinder which is also an adjusting state for putting the protective guard around the bearing flange member and rotating it for positional adjustment.
  • a delivery state for the transferring the grinder which is also an adjusting state for putting the protective guard around the bearing flange member and rotating it for positional adjustment.
  • This embodiment has another advantage, that is, the clamping screw 3 is easy to be exchanged.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by a hole 21 formed diametrically through the screw rod of the clamping screw 3 and a split pin 22.
  • the split pin 22 is inserted through the hole 21 which is located between the two fastening tabs 4 and 5 of the clamping collar 2. Then, the exposed ends of the two legs of the split pin 22 are bent back, as shown in Fig. 7, so as to lock the split pin 22 to the clamping screw 3.
  • the split pin 22 can always keep the clamping screw attached to the clamping collar 2.
  • clamping screw 3 may be either fully threaded or partly threaded.
  • the split pin 22 may be a standard (for example, ISO 1234/DIN 94) split pin. This embodiment also has advantage of easy exchanging of the clamping screw.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by a washer 31 which is fixed to the screw rod of the clamping screw 3 at a position between the two fastening tabs 4 and 5 of the clamping collar 2.
  • the washer 31 can be fixed to the screw rod of the clamping screw 3 in any manner known in the art, for example, by point welding, as indicated by reference numeral 32 in Fig. 8. Preferably, 3 or 4 point- welding is adopted here.
  • the welded washer 31 can prevent the clamping screw from moving out of the clamping collar 2.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by a bent plate 41 which is fixed to, for example, weld to, the clamping collar 2 behind the screw head of the clamping screw 3 after the clamping screw 3 has been fastened to the nut 6.
  • the bent plate 41 has a portion 42 which protrudes radially from the clamping collar 2 to a position facing a part of the screw head of the clamping screw 3 but not obstructing the manipulation to the screw head.
  • the portion 42 can prevent the clamping screw from moving backwardly out of the clamping collar 2.
  • This embodiment has a disadvantage, that is, it is difficult to exchange the clamping screw.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by forming the through hole in one of the two fastening tabs 4 and 5 which is near the screw head of the clamping screw 3 (in the embodiment shown in Figs. 11 and 12, the left-hand fastening tab 4) as a threaded hole 53.
  • the threaded hole 53 has an inner diameter equal to that of the clamping nut 6.
  • the clamping screw 3 is partly threaded. That is to say, the screw rod of the clamping screw 3 has a non-threaded segment 52 near the screw head of the clamping screw and a threaded segment 51 near the tip end of the clamping screw.
  • the non-threaded segment 52 has an outer diameter which is smaller than the minor diameter of thread on the threaded segment 51 (the minor diameter being measured at the bottom of the thread).
  • the threaded segment 51 is completely screwed through the threaded hole 53.
  • the non-threaded segment 52 is slidable in the threaded hole 53 but the whole clamping screw 3 cannot move out of the clamping collar 2 by itself. This state can be referred to as delivery/adjusting state of the protective guard.
  • the threaded segment 51 is fastened into the nut 6 so that the protective guard comes into its tightened state.
  • the lengthwise dimensions of the segments of the screw rod of the clamping screw are determined so that the threaded hole 53 and the nut 6 do not threadingly engage with the threaded segment 51 simultaneously. Otherwise, the protective guard cannot be tightened.
  • the clamping screw 3 can be exchanged easily.
  • the screw retaining means is constituted by enlarging the tip end 61 of the screw rod of the clamping screw 3 after the clamping screw 3 has been screwed through the nut 6 and the tip end 61 has been exposed from the nut 6.
  • the enlarging of the tip end 61 may be performed in any manner known in the art, for example by crimping the tip end or by point welding on the tip end.
  • the enlarged tip end 61 will prevent the whole clamping screw from moving out of the nut 6.
  • the length of the screw rod of the clamping screw should be long enough so that there is a gap between the enlarged tip end 61 and the nut 6 in the tightened state of the protective guard. This gap is essential for adjusting the angular position of the protective guard.

Abstract

L'invention concerne une meuleuse d'angle portative comprenant un logement, un élément de bride de support fixé sur le logement, et un capot de protection monté sur l'élément de bride de support. Le capot de protection comprend un corps de capot, un collier de serrage de type ouvert fixé sur le corps de capot et comprenant deux pattes de fixation opposées l'une à l'autre, un ensemble de vis et écrou de serrage pour la fixation des deux pattes de fixation l'une près de l'autre tout en laissant un espace entre elles, et un moyen de retenue de vis destiné à empêcher la vis de serrage de sortir du collier de serrage. Le moyen de retenue de vis est fixé sur la vis de serrage ou formé par celle-ci.
PCT/CN2010/075887 2010-08-11 2010-08-11 Meuleuse d'angle portative comprenant un capot de protection amélioré WO2012019342A1 (fr)

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CN201080068543.7A CN103068522B (zh) 2010-08-11 具有改进的护罩的便携式角磨机
EP10855763.8A EP2603354A1 (fr) 2010-08-11 2010-08-11 Meuleuse d'angle portative comprenant un capot de protection amélioré

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