Manual tool capable of unfolding only one work accessory
10843323 ยท 2020-11-24
Assignee
- Hangzhou Great Star Industrieal Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou, CN)
- Hangzhou Great Star Tools Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou, CN)
Inventors
Cpc classification
B25F1/04
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B26B1/044
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B25F1/04
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B26B11/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
Disclosed is a manual tool capable of unfolding only one work accessory. The conventional manual tools may bring hidden risk to safety with more than two work accessories that may be unfolded simultaneously. According to the present invention, an associated accessory is arranged for a working state of a first work accessory and a second work accessory to transform from a folding state to an unfolding state; in the folding state where the first work accessory and the second work accessory are both folded, the associated accessory does not prevent any work accessory from unfolding; while in the unfolding state where one of the two work accessories is unfolded and the other one is folded, the associated accessory prevents the other one from unfolding, so as to ensure that only one work accessory can be unfolded during use, and if the unfolded work accessory is left unfolded, the other work accessory cannot be unfolded, thereby eliminating the safety risk caused by unfolding multiple work accessories at the same time.
Claims
1. A manual tool capable of unfolding only one work accessory, comprising a handle, a first work accessory and a second work accessory; the first work accessory and the second work accessory connected to the handle through at least one pivot and are capable of folding and unfolding; wherein an associated accessory is arranged for a working state of the first work accessory and the second work accessory to transform from a folding state to an unfolding state, the folding state being that both the first and second work accessory are folded, the unfolding state being that one of the first work accessory and the second work accessory is unfolded while the other one is folded; in the folding state, the associated accessory being not capable of preventing any work accessory from unfolding; while in the unfolding state, the associated accessory prevents the other one from unfolding; wherein the at least one pivot comprises two pivots, and the first work accessory and the second work accessory are connected to two sides of the handle through the pivots respectively; wherein the associated accessory is a pull rod, a first member fixed on the first work accessory and moves with the folding and unfolding of the first work accessory, a second member fixed on the second work accessory and moves with the folding and unfolding of the second work accessory, the first member and the second member coupled to two ends of the pull rod respectively, the first work accessory driving the first member to move after its unfolding, thus to drive the pull rod to move correspondingly to prevent the second member from moving, and thus the second work accessory cannot be unfolded; wherein the first member projects from a side of the first work accessory and is arc-shaped, and the second member projects from a side of the second work accessory and is arc-shaped; the pull rod provided with a first through hole and a second through hole on corresponding positions of the two ends of the pull rod, the first member laterally extending into the first through hole and the second member laterally extending into the second through hole so that the first member and the second member can drive the pull rod to move correspondingly; wherein the first member is provided with a first end, a second end and a first arc surface arranged between the first end and the second end, and the second member is provided with a third end, a fourth end and a second arc surface arranged between the third end and the fourth end, and the first through hole is provided with a first locking wall, and the second through hole is provided with a second locking wall; and wherein the manual tool further has a constraining state, and in the constraining state, the first work accessory and the second work accessory both being opened partially, the first end of the first member contacting with the first locking wall of the first through hole and the third end of the second member contacting with the second locking wall of the second through hole so that the pull rod cannot move.
2. The manual tool capable of unfolding only one work accessory according to claim 1, wherein in the folding state, both the first work accessory and the second work accessory are folded, the first member is not in contact with the first locking wall, and the second member is not in contact with the second locking wall, so that the pull rod can move along its length without preventing any work accessory from unfolding; in the unfolding state, one of the first work accessory and the second work accessory is fully unfolded while the other one is in a folding position; when rotating to unfold from the folding position, the first work accessory drives the first member to rotate towards the first locking wall, the first end of the first member comes into contact with the first locking wall, the first member continues rotating, the first arc surface pushes the first locking wall to drive the pull rod to move towards one end of the first work accessory, the first member continues rotating, the second end of the first member comes into contact with the first locking wall to fully unfold the first work accessory; when rotating to unfold from the folding position, the second work accessory drives the second member to rotate towards the second locking wall, the third end of the second member comes into contact with the second locking wall, the second member continues rotating, the second arc surface pushes the second locking wall to drive the pull rod to move towards one end of the second work accessory, and the second member continues rotating, the fourth end of the second member comes into contact with the second locking wall to fully unfold the second work accessory.
3. The manual tool capable of unfolding only one work accessory according to claim 2, wherein a distance between the first locking wall and the second locking wall is larger than or equal to an utmost outer distance between the first member and the second member when the second end of the first member is in contact with the first locking wall and the third end of the second member is in contact with the second locking wall; the distance is also larger than or equal to an utmost outer distance between the first member and the second member when the fourth end of the second member is in contact with the second locking wall and the first end of the first member is in contact with the first locking wall; and the distance is smaller than an utmost outer distance between the first member and the second member when the second end of the first member is in contact with the first locking wall and the fourth end of the second member is in contact with the second locking wall.
4. The manual tool capable of unfolding only one work accessory according to claim 2, wherein the unfolding state comprises full unfolding and partial unfolding; during full unfolding, the first work accessory or the second work accessory rotates 180 degrees relative to the folding position; during partial unfolding, the first work accessory or the second work accessory rotates an angle smaller than 180 degrees relative to the folding position.
5. The manual tool capable of unfolding only one work accessory according to claim 2, wherein the constraining state is between the unfolding state and the folding state; and in the constraining state, when one of the first work accessory and the second work accessory continues opening to the unfolding state, the other one first returns to the folding state.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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(29) The reference numbers in the Figures are: 11handle, 12first work accessory, 13second work accessory, 14associated accessory, 15first axle sleeve, 16small diameter part of the first axle sleeve, 17large diameter part of the first axle sleeve, 18first pivot, 19second axle sleeve, 110small diameter part of the second axle sleeve, 111large diameter part of the second axle sleeve, 112second pivot, 113first through hole, 114second through hole, 115first locking wall, 116second locking wall 21handle, 22first work accessory, 23second work accessory, 24associated accessory, 25pivot, 26stroke slot, 27first unfolding blocking part, 28first folding blocking part, 29second folding blocking part, 210second folding blocking part, 211plate 31handle, 32first work accessory, 33second work accessory, 321through hole, 331through hole, 34associated accessory, 341first through hole, 342second through hole, 343first locking wall, 344second locking wall, 35first pivot, 36second pivot, 37first member, 371first end, 372second end, 373first arc surface, 38second member, 381third end, 382fourth end, 383second arc surface.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
(30) Hereinafter, the invention would be further explained with reference to the drawings and embodiments.
(31) The manual tool capable of unfolding only one work accessory of the invention includes a handle 11/21/31, a first work accessory 12/22/32 and a second work accessory 13/23/33 connected through pivot(s) to the handle, both of which can be unfolded and folded. The concept of the invention is to arrange a associated accessory 14/24/34, which can switch between a folding state and an unfolding state, to the first work accessory 12/22/32 and the second work accessory 13/23/33. The folding state is that the first work accessory and the second work accessory are both folded, and the unfolding state is that one of the first work accessory and the second work accessory is unfolded while the other is folded. The associated accessory would not prevent any work accessory from unfolding in the folding state while the associated accessory would prevent the other work accessory from unfolding in the unfolding state.
Embodiment 1 (Referring to FIGS. 11-19)
(32) The first work accessory 12 is rotationally surrounding the first pivot 18 that is arranged on one end of the handle 11 by the first axle sleeve 15 set on the end of the first work accessory 12. The outer diameter of the first axle sleeve 15 has a small diameter part 16 and a large diameter part 17. The second work accessory 13 is rotationally surrounding the second pivot 112 arranged on the other end of the handle 11 by the second axle sleeve 19 arranged on the end of the second work accessory 13. The outer diameter of the second axle sleeve 19 has a small diameter part 110 and a large diameter part 111.
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(35) In the unfolding state, the second work accessory 13 unfolds to drive the first axle sleeve 15 to rotate. The small diameter part 16 of the first axle sleeve 15 faces to the first locking wall 115 and the large diameter part 111 of the second axle sleeve 19 turns to face to the second locking wall 116 (as shown in
(36) To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, in the invention, the space between the first locking wall 115 and the second locking wall 116 is bigger than or equal to the utmost outer length between the first axle sleeve 15 and the second axle sleeve 19 when the large diameter part 17 of the first axle sleeve 15 faces to the first locking wall 115 and the small diameter part 110 of the second axle sleeve 19 faces to the second locking wall 116. The space should also be bigger than or equal to the utmost outer length between the first axle sleeve 15 and the second axle sleeve 19 when the large diameter part 111 of the first axle sleeve 15 faces to the first locking wall 116 and the small diameter part 16 of the second axle sleeve 15 faces to the second locking wall 115. Also, the space should be smaller than the utmost outer length between the first axle sleeve 15 and the second axle sleeve 19 when the large diameter part 17 of the first axle sleeve 15 faces to the first locking wall 115 and the large diameter part 111 of the second axle sleeve 19 faces to the second locking wall 116.
(37) Specifically, in order to obtain a better blocking effect, the large diameter part 16 of the first axel sleeve and the large diameter part 111 of the second axel sleeve are cylindrical, while the small diameter part 16 of the first axel sleeve and the small diameter part 110 of the second axel sleeve are longitudinal planes cut out of a cylinder. The first locking wall 115 and the second locking wall 116 are planar.
(38) In order to obtain a compact structure, the pull rod is plate-like, the first work accessory 12 and the second work accessory 13 are located on the two sides of the pull rod respectively. Each of the first work accessory 12 and the second work accessory 13 has a hole corresponding to and surrounding the first axle sleeve 15 and the second axel sleeve 19 respectively, enabling the first work accessory 12 and the second work accessory 13 to drive the first axel sleeve 15 and the second axel sleeve 19 to rotate when being unfolded or folded.
(39) Referring to the Figures, the first work accessory or the second work accessory is a blade mounting frame with a replaceable blade while the other one is a general knife.
(40) The embodiment is not limited to the cases that only one accessory is set on one end, but can be extend to the cases that a plurality of accessories are set on one end and the accessories on one end can not be unfolded if one of the accessories on the other end is unfolded. For instance, one end of the handle is equipped with a first accessory and a third accessory while the other end with a second accessory and a fourth accessory. The second accessory and the fourth accessory cannot be unfolded if the first or the third accessory is unfolded. The instance herein and other similar embodiment are all in the protection range of the Claims.
Embodiment 2 (Referring to FIGS. 1-10)
(41) A first work accessory 22 and a second work accessory 23 are reversely arranged on the same pivot 25 of the handle 21 (being reversely set means that the unfold direction of the first work accessory and the second work accessory are opposite, as shown in
(42) A stroke slot 26 is set on one work accessory (a stroke slot 26 is set on the second work accessory 23 is shown in the Figure) and a pin is set on the other work accessory (a pin set on the first work accessory 22 is shown in the Figure) as the associated accessory 24, and the pin extends into the stroke slot 26 (the position of the stroke slot 26 and the pin can be exchanged in a specific embodiment).
(43) In the folding state (as shown in
(44) In the unfolding state, the pin is located on the other end of the stroke slot 26 to prevent the other work accessory from unfolding (as shown in
(45) The pin 24 is set aside the pivot 25. The stroke slot 26 is set on a corresponding position of the second work accessory and it is arc-shaped. The stroke slot 26 is the travel path of the pin 24 during the first work accessory 22 or the second work accessory 23 rotating around the pivot 25 from folding to unfolding.
(46) In order to secure the unfolded work accessory and prevent it from unexpected rotating, the first unfolding blocking part 27 as well as the second folding blocking part 28 inside the handle 21 are equipped to the first work accessory 22. When the first work accessory 22 is unfolded, the first unfolding blocking part 27 would prevent the first work accessory 22 from rotating toward the unfolding direction and the first folding blocking part 28 would prevent the first work accessory 22 from rotating toward the folding direction. The second unfolding blocking part 29 as well as the second folding blocking part 210 inside the handle 21 are equipped to the second work accessory 23. When the second work accessory 23 is unfolded, the second unfolding blocking part 29 would prevent the second work accessory 23 from rotating toward the unfolding direction and the second folding blocking part 210 would prevent the second work accessory 23 from rotating towards the folding direction.
(47) Specifically, the first folding blocking part 27 is a block set along the unfolding direction of the first work accessory 22. The first folding blocking part is a rigid chip on the side of the first work accessory 22. When the first work accessory 22 is unfolded, the end of the rigid chip would bend to the first work accessory elastically and hold against the first work accessory to prevent it from folding (as shown in
(48) Referring to the Figures, the first work accessory or the second work accessory is a blade mounting frame with a replaceable blade while the other one is a general knife.
Embodiment 3 (Referring to FIGS. 20-28)
(49) In the embodiment, the manual tool capable of unfolding only one work accessory has a constraining state in addition to the unfolding state and the folding state. In this case, the unfolding state may comprise full unfolding and unfolding at an angle (for example, unfolding at 90 degrees, 120 degrees, 160 degrees, etc.). In the unfolding state, the first work accessory 32 or the second work accessory 33 may be used. The constraining state refers to a state between the folding state and the unfolding state, and in this state, both the first work accessory 32 and the second work accessory 33 are unfolded at an angle, but neither of the two work accessories can be used; when one of the first work accessory 32 and the second work accessory 33 continues opening to the unfolding state, the other should first return to the folding state.
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(51) The first member 37 is fixed on the first work accessory 32 and moves with the folding and unfolding of the first work accessory 32; the second member 38 is fixed on the second work accessory 33 and moves with the folding and unfolding of the second work accessory 33; the first member 37 and the second member 38 are set on the two ends of the pull rod 34 respectively; the first work accessory 32 drives the first member 37 to move after its unfolding, this drives the pull rod 34 to move correspondingly, to limit the motion of the second member 38, thereby preventing the second work accessory 33 from unfolding.
(52) In this case, the first member 37 projects from the side of the first work accessory 32 while the second member 38 projects from the side of the second work accessory 33. The pull rod 34 has stroke slots respectively on the corresponding positions at the two ends. The first member 37 and the second member 38 extend into the corresponding stroke slots respectively. The first work accessory or the second work accessory would drive the first member or the second member to move when unfolds, thus drive the pull rod 34 to move correspondingly. The pull rod changes the position after moving, thereby preventing another work accessory from unfolding.
(53) In the embodiment, as shown in
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(55) The unfolding state is divided into full unfolding position and partial unfolding position. As shown in
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(57) A distance between the first locking wall 343 and the second locking wall 344 is larger than or equal to an utmost outer distance between the first member 37 and the second member 38 when the second end 372 of the first member 37 is in contact with the first locking wall 343 and the third end 381 of the second member 38 is in contact with the second locking wall 344; the distance is also larger than or equal to an utmost outer distance between the first member 37 and the second member 38 when the fourth end 382 of the second member 38 is in contact with the second locking wall 344 and the first end 371 of the first member 37 is in contact with the first locking wall 343; and the distance is smaller than an utmost outer distance between the first member 37 and the second member 38 when the second end 372 of the first member 37 is in contact with the first locking wall 343 and the fourth end 382 of the second member 38 is in contact with the second locking wall 344.
(58) The first locking wall has a first protrusion, and the second locking wall has a second protrusion. A notch capable of matching the first protrusion is arranged on the first arc surface of the first member, and a notch capable of matching the second protrusion is arranged on the second arc surface of the second member. When the first work accessory rotates to drive the first member to rotate, the notch located on the first arc surface engages with the first protrusion on the first locking wall, so that the first work accessory stays in the working position. The first arc surface may be provided with a plurality of notches to allow the first work accessory to stay in the partial unfolding state, for example, to allow the first work accessory to stay in the working position at 90 degrees, 120 degrees and 160 degrees relative to the folding position. When the second work accessory rotates to drive the second member to rotate, the notch located on the second arc surface engages with the second protrusion on the second locking wall, so that the second work accessory stays in the working position. The second arc surface may be provided with a plurality of notches to allow the second work accessory to stay in the partial unfolding state, for example, to allow the second work accessory to stay in the working position at 90 degrees, 120 degrees and 160 degrees relative to the folding position.