Abstract
This electric tool provides superior workability even at outdoor locations, high places, etc., and has a compact and easy-to-use structure. The electric tool includes: a chuck which grips a bolt hole positioning pin; a cylinder part which has provided thereto a piston that draws the chuck and pulls in the bolt hole positioning pin; a body which has provided thereto a hydraulic pump that delivers hydraulic oil to the cylinder part and a motor that drives the hydraulic pump; a connection part which connects the cylinder part and the body and through which the hydraulic oil is passed; and a secondary battery which supplies electricity to the motor.
Claims
1.-7. (canceled)
8. An electric tool comprising: a cylinder part in which a chuck for gripping a bolt hole alignment pin and a piston for drawing the bolt hole alignment pin by pulling the chuck are disposed; a main body in which a hydraulic pump for feeding hydraulic oil for operating the piston to the cylinder part and an electric motor for driving the hydraulic pump are disposed; a connecting part for connecting the cylinder part and the main body to cause the hydraulic oil to pass; and a secondary battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor.
9. The electric tool according to claim 8, wherein a first hydraulic line and a second hydraulic line through which the hydraulic oil passes are formed in the connecting part, the first hydraulic line is joined to the main body at a first joint, the second hydraulic line is joined to the cylinder part at a second joint, and the first hydraulic line and the second hydraulic line are joined to each other at a hydraulic line joint.
10. The electric tool according to claim 9, wherein the connecting part and the main body are connected to each other to be pivotable around a first axis passing through the first joint.
11. The electric tool according to claim 9, wherein the connecting part and the cylinder part are connected to each other to be pivotable around a second axis passing through the second joint, and the electric tool further comprises a clamp part that aligns the cylinder part and the connecting part by restricting pivoting of the cylinder part and the connecting part.
12. The electric tool according to claim 10, wherein the connecting part and the cylinder part are connected to each other to be pivotable around a second axis passing through the second joint, and the electric tool further comprises a clamp part that aligns the cylinder part and the connecting part by restricting pivoting of the cylinder part and the connecting part.
13. The electric tool according to claim 8, wherein the cylinder part is provided with a first handle disposed in a direction away from the main body.
14. The electric tool according to claim 9, wherein the cylinder part is provided with a first handle disposed in a direction away from the main body.
15. The electric tool according to claim 11, wherein the cylinder part is provided with a first handle disposed in a direction away from the main body.
16. The electric tool according to claim 8, wherein the cylinder part is provided with a hanging metal fitting disposed at a predetermined position in a direction opposite to the connecting part.
17. The electric tool according to claim 9, wherein the cylinder part is provided with a hanging metal fitting disposed at a predetermined position in a direction opposite to the connecting part.
18. The electric tool according to claim 11, wherein the cylinder part is provided with a hanging metal fitting disposed at a predetermined position in a direction opposite to the connecting part.
19. The electric tool according to claim 8, wherein the main body includes an adapter, and the secondary battery is joined to the adapter in a form of a battery pack.
20. The electric tool according to claim 9, wherein the main body includes an adapter, and the secondary battery is joined to the adapter in a form of a battery pack.
21. The electric tool according to claim 10, wherein the main body includes an adapter, and the secondary battery is joined to the adapter in a form of a battery pack.
22. The electric tool according to claim 13, wherein the main body includes an adapter, and the secondary battery is joined to the adapter in a form of a battery pack.
23. The electric tool according to claim 14, wherein the main body includes an adapter, and the secondary battery is joined to the adapter in a form of a battery pack.
24. The electric tool according to claim 15, wherein the main body includes an adapter, and the secondary battery is joined to the adapter in a form of a battery pack.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0016] FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an example of an electric tool according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0017] FIG. 2 is a schematic partial sectional view illustrating a state immediately before an alignment pin is gripped in a usage mode of the electric tool of the present embodiment.
[0018] FIG. 3 is a schematic partial sectional view illustrating a state where the alignment pin is gripped and pulled in a usage mode of the electric tool of the present embodiment.
[0019] FIG. 4A is a schematic left side view of the electric tool illustrated in FIG. 1, FIG. 4B is a schematic front view of the electric tool illustrated in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4C is a schematic right side view of the electric tool illustrated in FIG. 1.
[0020] FIG. 5A is a partial sectional view illustrating an example of a clamp part according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 5B is a partial sectional view illustrating another example of the clamp part according to the present embodiment.
[0021] FIG. 6A is a schematic partially enlarged view illustrating an unlocked state in an example of the clamp part according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 6B is a schematic partially enlarged view illustrating a locked state in an example of the clamp part according to the present embodiment.
[0022] FIG. 7A is a partial sectional view illustrating an example of a connecting part according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view of a hydraulic line joint in FIG. 7A.
[0023] FIG. 8 is a partial sectional view illustrating another example of the connecting part according to the present embodiment.
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0024] Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present embodiment provides an electric tool that pulls a bolt hole alignment pin by using a hydraulic pressure when metal members such as bridges, scaffoldings, building structures, and other known structural steel frames are combined by using a bolt and a nut. In all drawings for describing the embodiment, the same reference numerals will be assigned to members having the same function, and repeated description thereof may be omitted in some cases.
[0025] FIGS. 1 to 3 are schematic views illustrating an example of an electric tool 1 according to the present embodiment. The electric tool 1 adopts a configuration in which a cylinder part 4 provided with a first handle 21 and a main body 2 provided with a second handle 22 are connected by a connecting part 3, and is a cordless-type tool held and used by a hand of an operator at a jobsite. Here, in order to facilitate description of a positional relationship of each part of the electric tool 1, directions are indicated by arrows X, Y, and Z in the drawing. A piston 9 reciprocates along a third axis P3. That is, the piston 9 moves forward to a side of an arrow in a Y-direction in the drawing, and moves rearward to a side opposite to the arrow in the Y-direction in the drawing.
[0026] As illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, a bolt hole alignment pin 55 is a metal rod-shaped member whose center has a tapered shape and in which an outer diameter in a tip portion is set to be smaller than an outer diameter in a rear end portion, and a male screw is formed on a tip side. A metal member 51 such as a structural steel frame has bolt holes 51a at a plurality of locations, and a metal member 52 such as a structural steel frame has bolt holes 52a at a plurality of locations. Both the metal member 51 and the metal member 52 are large in size. Therefore, due to a thermal expansion degree difference caused by a temperature difference or influence of machining accuracy, the bolt hole 51a and the bolt hole 52a are misaligned as illustrated in FIG. 2. Therefore, the bolt hole alignment pins 55 are inserted into several locations (two to four locations) of the bolt hole 51a and the bolt hole 52a at a predetermined interval.
[0027] Next, as illustrated in FIG. 3, positions of the bolt hole 51a and the bolt hole 52a are corrected by causing the electric tool 1 to pull the tip side of the bolt hole alignment pin 55 to a nearer side while causing the electric tool 1 to grip the tip side of the bolt hole alignment pin 55. Thereafter, the bolt hole 51a and the bolt hole 52a which are located at desired positions by the correction are fastened with a bolt 53 and a nut 54. Then, in accordance with a progress state of a fastening operation, the bolt hole alignment pin 55 is further pulled and drawn by the electric tool 1. After the bolt hole alignment pin 55 is drawn, the bolt hole 51a and the bolt hole 52a which are located at desired positions by the correction are fastened with the bolt 53 and the nut 54. The bolt hole 51a and the bolt hole 52a are additionally fastened in a state where the bolt 53 and the nut 54 are arranged in all of the bolt hole 51a and the bolt hole 52a.
[0028] FIG. 7A is a partial sectional view illustrating an example of the movable connecting part 3. FIG. 7B is a sectional view when a hydraulic line joint 13 is viewed in a direction of an arrow in a Z-direction on a first axis P1 passing through a first hydraulic line 11 and the hydraulic line joint 13. As illustrated in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the connecting part 3 has the first hydraulic line 11 for feeding the hydraulic oil, a second hydraulic line 12 joined to the first hydraulic line 11 via the hydraulic line joint 13, and the hydraulic line joint 13 joining the first hydraulic line 11 and the second hydraulic line 12. As an example, the hydraulic line joint 13 includes an annular first flow channel 13a and a second flow channel 13b linearly connecting the first flow channel 13a in a forward-rearward direction. The first hydraulic line 11 is joined to the first flow channel 13a, and the second hydraulic line 12 is joined to the second flow channel 13b. In addition, the connecting part 3 and the main body 2 are connected by a first joint 11a, and the connecting part 3 and the cylinder part 4 are connected by a second joint 12a. The first hydraulic line 11 has a large diameter on a primary side close to a hydraulic pump 7a, and a small diameter on a secondary side close to the hydraulic line joint 13. In this manner, the hydraulic oil can be fed by efficiently raising the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic oil.
[0029] The main body 2 has a housing 2a made of metal or having a configuration in which the metal and a resin are combined. The hydraulic pump 7a that feeds the hydraulic oil to a piston chamber 4b of the cylinder part 4, an electric motor 7b that drives the hydraulic pump 7a, and a control circuit 7c that controls the electric motor 7b are incorporated in the main body 2. The electric motor 7b and the control circuit 7c are operated by electric power supplied from a secondary battery 6. The battery pack including the secondary battery 6 is detachably joined to an adapter 5 directly connected to the second handle 22 of the main body 2. As an example, the secondary battery 6 is attached to the adapter 5 by a known attachment structure such as slide fitting in a state of the battery pack. As the secondary battery 6, a lithium-ion battery or a nickel-metal hydride battery can be adopted.
[0030] The cylinder part 4 accommodates a metal collet-type chuck 8 for gripping the bolt hole alignment pin 55 and the piston 9 for pulling the chuck 8. Slits are formed at three locations or four locations in the chuck 8 in an axial direction, and a female screw corresponding to a male screw of the bolt hole alignment pin 55 is formed on an inner peripheral side of each claw portion in the collet. In a bolt hole alignment operation, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the bolt hole alignment pin 55 is inserted into an inlet 4a of the cylinder part 4. Then, a button of a start switch 2c disposed in an upper intermediate portion of the first handle 21 is pushed, the electric motor 7b is operated under the control of the control circuit 7c, and the hydraulic oil is fed to the piston chamber 4b from the hydraulic pump 7a connected to the electric motor 7b. When the hydraulic oil is fed to the piston chamber 4b, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the piston 9 moves so that a part of the piston 9 protrudes from an outlet 4c of the cylinder part 4, and pulls a tip portion of the chuck 8 rearward while fastening the tip portion of the chuck 8.
[0031] The cylinder part 4 is provided with the first handle 21 inclined in a direction separated from the main body 2 with respect to the third axis P3 passing through the chuck 8 and the piston 9. The second handle 22 having a grip shape forms a part of the housing 2a, and the adapter 5 is joined thereto. The second handle 22 is inclined to be separated from the connecting part 3 toward a side joined to the adapter 5. In the first handle 21 having a roller-shaped gripping portion, each arm for supporting the gripping portion is fixed to both sides of a rear outer surface of the cylinder part 4, and the first handle 21 is inclined so that the gripping portion side is separated from the main body 2 while leaving a position of the outlet 4c from which the piston 9 protrudes.
[0032] The first axis P1 passes through the first hydraulic line 11, the first joint 11a, the hydraulic pump 7a, and the electric motor 7b. A second axis P2 passes through the second hydraulic line 12, the second joint 12a, and the piston chamber 4b. The third axis P3 passes through the chuck 8 and the piston 9. As an example, the first hydraulic line 11 and the second hydraulic line 12 are orthogonal to each other. At least the first hydraulic line 11 and the second hydraulic line 12 intersect each other. As an example, the first axis P1 and the second axis P2 are orthogonal to each other. At least the first axis P1 and the second axis P2 intersect each other. As an example, the first axis P1 and the third axis P3 are parallel to each other. A fourth axis P4 passes through the center of the gripping portion of the second handle 22 and the hydraulic line joint 13. The fourth axis P4 intersects all of the first axis P1, the second axis P2, the third axis P3, and a fifth axis P5. In addition, the fifth axis P5 passes through the center of the gripping portion of the first handle 21 and the hydraulic line joint 13. The fifth axis P5 intersects all of the first axis P1, the second axis P2, the third axis P3, and the fourth axis P4.
[0033] The gripping portion in the first handle 21 and the gripping portion in the second handle 22 are respectively inclined and arranged to be separated rearward from each other in a direction opposite to an arrow in the Y-direction. As illustrated in FIG. 2, as an example, an angle K2 at which the second axis P2 and the fourth axis P4 intersect each other is set to 30 degrees or larger and 60 degrees or smaller. In addition, as an example, an angle K1 at which the third axis P3 and the fifth axis P5 intersect each other is set to 30 degrees or larger and 60 degrees or smaller.
[0034] FIG. 4A is a schematic left side view of the electric tool 1, FIG. 4B is a schematic front view of the electric tool 1, and FIG. 4C is a schematic right side view of the electric tool 1. The cylinder part 4 is connected to the connecting part 3 to be pivotable by 180 degrees in a C1-direction around the second axis P2 passing through the second joint 12a. The main body 2 is connected to the connecting part 3 to be pivotable by 360 degrees in a C2-direction around the first axis P1 passing through the first joint 11a. A relative position between the cylinder part 4 and the main body 2 is much more freely adjusted by combining the pivoting of the first joint 11a in the C2-direction and the pivoting of the second joint 12a in the C1-direction, and thus, operability is further improved.
[0035] In examples in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cylinder part 4 is provided with a hanging metal fitting 29a and a hanging metal fitting 29b which are disposed at a predetermined interval at predetermined positions in a direction opposite to the connecting part 3. Both the hanging metal fitting 29a and the hanging metal fitting 29b are disposed on an upper surface side of the cylinder part 4 to attach the fall prevention rope. In this manner, when an operation is performed by attaching the fall prevention rope to the hanging metal fitting, the center of gravity is satisfactorily balanced when the fall prevention rope is hung. Therefore, a configuration can be adopted in view of safety in an operation outdoors or at a high place. As an example, the hanging metal fitting 29a and the hanging metal fitting 29b are eyebolts or eyenuts.
[0036] As an example, in the cylinder part 4, a screw hole 4e that can attach a rod-shaped handle is disposed on a left side surface, and a screw hole 4f that can attach a rod-shaped handle is disposed on a right side surface. In this manner, for example, when an operator having a small hand performs an operation, the rod-shaped handle is attached according to a dominant hand so that the operator can perform the operation by holding the handle in the cylinder part 4. Therefore, a user-friendly configuration can be adopted regardless of a physique of the operator. In the examples in FIGS. 1 and 2, when the second axis P2 is set in the Z-direction and the cylinder part 4 is oriented upward, the first handle 21 is provided directly below the center of gravity, and the second handle 22 is provided at a position separated from the center of gravity. The hanging metal fitting 29a is disposed at a position in front of the first handle 21, and the hanging metal fitting 29b is disposed at a position behind the first handle 21. In addition, the hanging metal fitting 29a is disposed at a position in front of the hydraulic pump 7a, and the hanging metal fitting 29b is disposed in a position behind the hydraulic pump 7a. According to this configuration, when the cylinder part 4 is held by the second handle 22 while the main body 2 is held by the first handle 21, a disposition relationship is maintained to be easily held with both hands. That is, the center of gravity is satisfactorily balanced. Therefore, the operation can be easily performed by holding the first handle 21 and the second handle 22.
[0037] The present embodiment includes a clamp part 24 that restricts pivoting of the cylinder part 4. The clamp part 24 has a recess portion 24c fitted to a projection portion 4d protruding downward from the cylinder part 4 through the second axis P2. The recess portion 24c has a cutout shape suitable for an outer shape of the projection portion 4d. FIG. 5A is a partial sectional view illustrating an example of the pivoting-type clamp part 24. The clamp part 24 has a square frame shape that matches an outer shape of the connecting part 3, and is connected to the cylinder part 4 to be fittable in a state of being supported by a shaft 24a passing through the connecting part 3 in an X-direction. In an example in FIG. 5A, the clamp part 24 is unlocked by pivoting downward with respect to the shaft 24a, and the cylinder part 4 is moved so that the clamp part 24 pivots upward by a restoring force of a spring 24d. In this manner, the pivoting of the cylinder part 4 can be locked at a specified angle such as 45 degrees or 90 degrees.
[0038] FIG. 5B is a partial sectional view illustrating an example of a slidable clamp part. The clamp part 24 has a square frame shape that matches an outer shape of the connecting part 3, and is connected to the cylinder part 4 to be fittable in a state of being supported by the shaft 24a passing through the connecting part 3 in the X-direction. In an example in FIG. 5B, the clamp part 24 is unlocked by sliding downward along a guide hole 24e with respect to the shaft 24a, and the cylinder part 4 is moved so that the clamp part 24 is slid upward by the restoring force of the spring 24d. In this manner, the pivoting of the cylinder part 4 can be locked at a specified angle such as 45 degrees or 90 degrees.
[0039] As an example, as illustrated in FIG. 6A, the clamp part 24 is unlocked by pivoting in an E1-direction to a position where the recess portion 24c disengages from the projection portion 4d. As illustrated in FIG. 6B, the clamp part 24 is locked when pivoting in an E2-direction to a position where the recess portion 24c is fitted to the projection portion 4d. The spring 24d for maintaining a locked state is incorporated in the clamp part 24. A thumbscrew 24b is disposed to release the locked state against a biasing force of the spring 24d. As an example, the spring 24d is a compression coil spring. According to this configuration, a locking operation can be easily performed even with one hand. While loosening between the cylinder part 4 and the connecting part 3 can be prevented by the locking operation, the cylinder part 4 can pivot by being unlocked. Therefore, operation safety can be further improved.
[0040] FIG. 7A is a partial sectional view illustrating an example of the movable connecting part 3, and FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view of the hydraulic line joint 13. As described above, since the movable connecting part 3 is provided, a relative position between the cylinder part 4 and the main body 2 can be more freely adjusted.
[0041] FIG. 8 is a partial sectional view illustrating an example of a fixed connecting part 31. In a case of the fixed connecting part 31, a hydraulic line joint 23 joins the first hydraulic line 11 and the second hydraulic line 12 which are orthogonal to each other in a simple shape such as a circular shape, and a more compact configuration can be adopted by shortening an interval between the cylinder part 4 and the main body 2.
[0042] In the above-described example, a case has been described where the bolt hole alignment pin 55 is pulled to correct a connecting position between the metal member 51 and the metal member 52 when the metal member 51 and the metal member 52 such as structural steel frames are combined. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. The present embodiment is widely applicable to alignment of bolt holes when bridges, scaffoldings, building structures, construction machinery, and other known structural metal members are combined. In addition, in the above-described example, a configuration has been described in which the secondary battery 6 is detachably attached to the main body 2 in a state of the battery pack. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. In some cases, the present embodiment may adopt a configuration in which the secondary battery 6 is incorporated, or both configurations may be combined.
[0043] The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope not departing from the present invention.
