Screwdriver
09844861 · 2017-12-19
Assignee
- Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co., LTD (Hangzhou, Zhejian, CN)
- Hangzhou Great Star Tools Co., LTD (Hangzhou, Zhejian, CN)
Inventors
Cpc classification
B25B13/465
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B25B23/0035
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B25G1/085
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B25G1/08
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B25B23/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
A screwdriver, including driver bit sleeve, revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder and pushrod, the revolving wheel-shaped screwdriver bit holder is rotatably arranged at the rear side of the driver bit sleeve, the revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder is distributed with axial containing hole containing driver bit and the containing hole can be turned to axially coincide with the inner hole of the driver bit sleeve; pushrod is arranged at the rear side of the revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder and axially coincides with the inner hole of the driver bit sleeve, the inner hole of the driver bit sleeve includes torque transmission segment at the front part and guiding segment at the rear part, the hole wall of the guiding segment is arranged as guiding surface; and it can also include handle, pushbutton set, pushrod which extends into one of containing holes of driver bit holder when pushbutton set is positioned at first positioning portion of the front part of slideway on the handle, pushing the driver bit in the containing hole toward the driver bit sleeve on the handle until the driver bit extends out of the driver bit sleeve, and the pushrod is positioned at the rear side of the driver bit holder when the pushbutton set is positioned at the rear part of the slideway on the handle and take the corresponding driver bit back into the corresponding containing hole. Fewer constituent parts, simple structured, easy to replace the driver bit.
Claims
1. A screwdriver, including a driver bit sleeve, wherein an inner hole of said driver bit sleeve is arranged to receive a driver bit in a working position, the inner hole includes a torque transmission segment located in a front part and a first guiding segment located in a rear part, and an inner wall of said first guiding segment is arranged as a guiding surface; wherein the screwdriver also includes a revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder, said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder is rotatably arranged at a rear side of said driver bit sleeve, on said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder is a distributed axial containing hole which contains a driver bit, said containing hole can rotate to axially coincide with the inner hole of said driver bit sleeve, and a front end of said containing hole is arranged with flaring; wherein a front side of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder is arranged with a ratchet structure, said driver bit sleeve is arranged on said ratchet structure, a through hole which is co-axial with the inner hole of said driver bit sleeve is arranged on said ratchet structure, said containing hole can rotate to axially coincide with said through hole and the inner hole of said driver bit sleeve; a front end of said through hole is arranged with flaring.
2. The screwdriver according to claim 1, wherein said guiding surface can be a conical surface which defines said first guiding segment into a conical hole segment, and the diameter of a rear end of said conical hole segment is larger than that of a front end thereof.
3. The screwdriver according to claim 1, wherein the inner hole of said driver bit sleeve includes a transition surface which is located between said torque transmission segment and said first guiding segment, and which connects said torque transmission segment and said first guiding segment.
4. The screwdriver according to claim 1, wherein a rear end of said through hole is arranged as a second guiding segment.
5. The screwdriver according to claim 4, wherein said second guiding segment arranged at said rear end of said through hole is a conical hole segment.
6. The screwdriver according claim 1, wherein the screwdriver also includes a pushrod which can slide from a first position to a second position, when said pushrod is at said second position, said pushrod is located at a rear side of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder and axially coincides with the inner hole of said driver bit sleeve.
7. The screwdriver according to claim 1, wherein the screwdriver includes: a handle having a front end of which is arranged with said driver bit sleeve, a slit which is arranged extending forward and backward is provided at a position located at the rear of said driver bit sleeve on said handle, a mounting position is visible through said slit, a slideway is arranged at the edge of said slit, a first positioning portion is arranged at a front part of said slideway; said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder has an axial direction that is along the same front-rear direction as that of said handle and is rotatably mounted at said mounting position; a pushrod, which is disposed in said handle along the front-rear direction and axially coincides with the inner hole of said driver bit sleeve; a pushbutton set, which is assembled with said pushrod and slidably mates on said slideway, and which can be positioned at said first positioning portion; wherein said containing hole is a plurality of containing holes, when said pushbutton set is positioned at said first positioning portion, said pushrod gets into one of said plurality of containing holes of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder, pushing a driver bit in said one of said plurality of said containing holes toward said driver bit sleeve until said driver bit extends out of said driver bit sleeve, when said pushbutton set is positioned at a rear part of said slideway, said pushrod is positioned at a rear side of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder.
8. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein the front end of said handle is arranged with said ratchet structure.
9. The screwdriver according to claim 8, wherein said ratchet structure includes a pawl seat, a ratchet sleeve and a rotary sleeve: said pawl seat is fixed at the front end of said handle, said pawl seat is arranged with two opposite swingable pawls and thumb piece for controlling the position status of said two opposite swingable pawls, said thumb piece has two thumb nubble corresponding to said two opposite swingable pawls, respectively; said ratchet sleeve is set on said pawl seat for gearing with said pawl; said rotary sleeve is set at an outside of said pawl seat and connects said thumb piece; said driver bit sleeve is arranged on said ratchet sleeve, and said through hole is provided on said pawl seat.
10. The screwdriver according to claim 9, further comprising an inner wall of said rotary sleeve that has three positioning recesses, wherein said pawl seat is arranged with positioning a pin tumbler thereon, and wherein said positioning pin tumbler is supported by an elastic element and located in one of said three positioning recesses.
11. The screwdriver according to claim 9, wherein said opposite swingable two pawls have an elastic element supported in between, which keeps said two opposite swingable pawls open and leaning toward said ratchet sleeve.
12. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein said front end of said handle is arranged with a structural member, and wherein said driver bit sleeve is arranged on said structural member.
13. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein said slideway is metallic piece.
14. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein said first positioning portion is a gap arranged on said slideway.
15. The screwdriver according to claim 14, further comprising a tail part of said pushrod that extends toward a direction of said slideway and out of a base portion, wherein said pushbutton set includes a locking plate, a touch button and an elastic element, wherein said locking plate is moveably disposed at said base portion along the direction, along which said base portion extends, and within a moveable area thereof said locking plate can snap into said gap and detach from said gap, wherein said elastic element is positioned between said locking plate and said base portion, pressing said locking plate toward inside of said gap with elastic force, and wherein said touch button is assembled on said base portion slidably in front-rear direction and is arranged thereon with a touch portion which forces said locking plate to act.
16. The screwdriver according to claim 15, further comprising a supporting portion which supports said pushrod that is arranged in said handle along the direction, along which said slideway extends.
17. The screwdriver according to claim 16, wherein the rear part of said slideway is arranged with a second positioning portion for positioning said pushbutton set.
18. The screwdriver according to claim 17, wherein a structure of said second positioning portion is identical to a structure of said first positioning portion, said pushrod is located at the rear side of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder when said pushbutton set is positioned at said second positioning portion.
19. The screwdriver according to claim 14, further comprising a tail part of said pushrod that extends toward a direction of said slideway and out of a base portion, wherein said pushbutton set includes a touch button and an elastic element, wherein said touch button is arranged with a locking stop flange thereon, wherein said touch button is moveably disposed at said base portion along the direction, along which said base portion extends; and within the moveable area of said touch button, wherein said locking stop flange can snap into said gap and detach from said gap, and wherein said elastic element is positioned between said touch button and said base portion, pressing said locking stop flange toward inside of said gap with elastic force.
20. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein the rear part of said slideway is arranged with a second positioning portion for positioning said pushbutton set.
21. The screwdriver according to claim 20, wherein a structure of said second positioning portion is identical to a structure of said first positioning portion, and wherein said pushrod is located at the rear side of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder when said pushbutton set is positioned at said second positioning portion.
22. The screwdriver according to claim 7, further comprising a front wall of said mounting position and a front end of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder, and a rear wall of said mounting position and a rear end of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder, are arranged with a pit and a telescopic shaft head, respectively, wherein an elastic element is supported at a rear end of said telescopic shaft head and said telescopic shaft head is located in a corresponding pit to actualize the mounting of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder at said mounting position.
23. The screwdriver according to claim 7, further comprising a front wall or/and a rear wall of said mounting position, and a front end or/and a rear end of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder are arranged with a positioning pin tumbler and a positioning recess, respectively, wherein an elastic element is supported at a rear end of said positioning pin tumbler, and wherein said positioning pin tumbler is located in said positioning recess to actualize the positioning of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder on said handle.
24. The screwdriver according to claim 7, further comprising an inner wall of said containing hole that has elastic structure.
25. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder has a driver bit sign on positions that correspond to each containing hole.
26. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder is transparent.
27. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein said handle is arranged with a containing portion thereon for storing a backup driver bit holder.
28. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein said handle is arranged with a backup driver bit storage holder thereon.
29. The screwdriver according to claim 7, wherein said handle has a gripping portion extending toward a side of said pushrod.
30. The screwdriver according to claim 7, further comprising a front end of said pushrod or/and said driver bit that are arranged with engagement structures thereon for the engagement of said both, wherein said pushrod is located at the rear side of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder when said pushbutton set is located at the rear part of said slideway, and brings the corresponding driver bit back into a corresponding containing hole of said plurality of containing holes relying on said engagement structures.
31. The screwdriver according to claim 30, wherein said engagement structures are magnetic structures provided for both of said front end of said pushrod or/and said driver bit to adhere to.
32. The screwdriver according to claim 30, wherein said engagement structures are tenon and mortise arranged at said front end of said pushrod and a rear end of said driver bit respectively.
33. The screwdriver according to claim 7, further comprising a rear end of each containing hole that has a blocking portion.
34. The screwdriver according to claim 7, further comprising a slit gap that is arranged between a rear end of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder and a rear wall of said mounting position, and a front end of said pushrod that coincides with said slit gap when said pushbutton set is located at rear part of said slideway.
35. A screwdriver, including a handle having a front end that is arranged with a driver bit sleeve, wherein: an inner hole of said driver bit sleeve includes a torque transmission segment located in a front part thereof and a first guiding segment located in a rear part thereof, and an inner wall of said first guiding segment is arranged as a guiding surface; further includes a revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder, said revolving wheel-shaped bit holder is rotatably arranged at a rear side of said driver bit sleeve, on said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder is a distributed axial containing hole which contains a driver bit, said containing hole can rotate to axially coincide with the inner hole of said driver bit sleeve; a front side of said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder is arranged with a ratchet structure, said driver bit sleeve is arranged on said ratchet structure, a through hole which is co-axial with the inner hole of said driver bit sleeve is arranged on said ratchet structure, said containing hole can rotate to axially coincide with said through hole and said inner hole of said driver bit sleeve, a front end of said through hole is arranged with flaring, a rear end of said through hole is arranged as second guiding segment.
36. The screwdriver according to claim 35, further comprising a front end of said containing hole on said revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder is arranged with flaring, and a rear end of said containing hole has a blocking portion.
37. The screwdriver according to claim 35, wherein said handle is a revolver type handle or a straight handle.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS IN THE FIGURE
(37) 1—handle, 11—driver bit sleeve, 11a—torque transmission segment, 11b—first guiding segment, 11c—guiding surface, 11d—transition surface, 11e—inner hole angle of driver bit sleeve, 12—slit, 13—mounting position, 14—slideway, 14a—first positioning portion, 15—ratchet structure, 15a—through hole, 15a1—flaring, 15a2—second guiding segment, 15b—pawl seat, 15c—ratchet sleeve, 15d—rotary sleeve, 15e—pawl, 15f—thumb piece, 15g—thrumb nubble, 15h—positioning recess, 15i—positioning pin tumbler, 16—slideway, 17—shoulder, 18—pit, 19—positioning pin tumbler, 110—containing portion, 111—gripping portion, 112—gripping portion; 2—driver bit holder, 21—driver bit, 21a—arris of driver bit body, 22—containing hole, 22a—flaring, 23—blocking portion, 24—telescopic shaft head, 25—positioning recess, 26—elastic structure, 27—driver bit sign, n-n—axial direction of driver bit holder; 3—pushrod, 31, 32—base portion; 4—pushbutton set, 41—locking plate, 42—touch button, 43—touch portion, 44—touch button, 45—locking stop flange; 5—backup driver bit holder; 6—backup driver bit storage holder.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
(38) The present disclosure will described upon the following preferred embodiments taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The ‘front’ used herein is to describe the portion where a component is close to the driver bit sleeve 11, i.e. the right side in
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(40) handle 1, the front end of which is arranged with driver bit sleeve 11; slit 12 arranged extending forward and backward is provided at the position located at the rear of driver bit sleeve 11 on handle 1 and mounting position 13 is visible through slit 12 (seen in
(41) Revolving wheel-shaped driver bit holder 2 (seen in
(42) Pushrod 3 (seen in
(43) Pushbutton set 4 (seen in
(44) When pushbutton set 4 is positioned at first positioning portion 14a, pushrod 3 is at first position, getting into one of containing holes of driver bit holder 2 to push the driver bit which is inside containing hole toward driver bit sleeve 11 until the driver bit extends out of driver bit sleeve 11; when pushbutton set 4 is positioned at rear part of slideway 14, pushrod 3 is positioned at rear side of driver bit holder 2.
(45) The screwdriver depicted in foregoing
(46) When using the screwdriver, one can grip handle 1 with a hand, and rotate driver bit holder 2 to turn the containing hole with a desired driver bit to correspond to pushrod 3, and then push forward pushrod 3 by pushbutton set 4; front end of pushrod 3 contacts driver bit in corresponding containing hole and engages driver bit, until pushbutton set 4 is positioned at first positioning portion 14a; then front end of pushrod 3 reaches into corresponding containing hole and pushes the driver bit therein toward driver bit sleeve 11 until driver bit extends out of driver bit sleeve 11 for screwing. As the cross-section of driver bit body is generally regular hexagon, the cross-section of inner hole of driver bit sleeve 11 should also be regular hexagon so as to correspond with driver bit for torque transmission; as pushbutton set 4 is positioned at first positioning portion 14a, pushrod 3 is unable to extend or retract, while one can apply pushing force on pushrod 3 via handle 1 to insert driver bit 21 into the slot on the top of the screw for then screwing. As guiding section is arranged in inner hole of driver bit sleeve, driver bit will not be obstructed when pushed out, and driver bit can smoothly enter inner hole of driver bit sleeve to reach work position; when arris 21a of driver bit body is caused to deviate from inner hole angle 11e of driver bit sleeve (seen in
(47) After use, pushbutton set 4 can be operated to release positioning from first positioning portion 14a and pull back the pushrod 3 along with to rear part of slideway 14 until pushrod 3 retracts from corresponding containing hole to second position at the rear side of driver bit holder 2, such that driver bit holder will not be obstructed to rotate, and driver bit in driver bit sleeve 11 can retract into the corresponding containing core of driver bit holder. As flaring is arranged at the front end of containing hole on driver bit holder, driver bit can smoothly enter into containing core on driver bit holder when driver bit is retracted.
(48) The screwdriver can be easily operated when in use, by rotating driver bit holder and manipulation of pushbutton set to push or pull back pushrod. And as it is assembled with driver bit hole of revolving wheel-shaped clip style such as that on a revolver, and it can be rotated like a clip in use to rotate driver bit holder to choose different forms of driver bit which is pushed forward like a bullet, thus the present disclosure can be named as ‘Revolver Screwdriver’.
(49) In use, when screwing, pushrod is positioned on slideway of handle by pushbutton set and pushrod is not easily retracted; driver bit sleeve bears the applied torque and the bearable torque is larger; driver bit holder assembled at mounting position is visible through slit on handle, so driver bit required for use can be accurately rotated to correspond with pushrod and further be pushed out by the pushrod.
(50) At this point, the above-described structure of the embodiment illustrates the inventive concept of the present disclosure as well as to the technical features to achieve the present disclosure. However, as the further improvement and complement of the above technical solution, the embodiment further comprises the following technical means, so that during the embodiment of the present disclosure, they are selected on the technical solution of the previous paragraph according to the specific role.
(51) First, as a preferred technical means of the preferred embodiment in configuring driver bit sleeve 11 at front end of handle 1, see
(52) As a preferred technical means of the preferred embodiment, based on the arrangement of ratchet structure, as shown in
(53) Secondly, as another preferred technical means of the preferred embodiment arranging driver bit sleeve 11 at front end of the handle, structural member is arranged at front end of handle 1; driver bit sleeve is arranged on the structural member. If pawl seat of the ratchet structure is regarded as structural member, driver bit sleeve can just be processed out from pawl seat; or using ratchet sleeve of the ratchet structure with driver bit sleeve as structural member, ratchet sleeve can just be arranged at front end of handle. The object of arranging structural member at front end of handle is to increase the strength of driver bit sleeve to facilitate manufacturing. If the handle itself is strong enough for the arrangement of driver bit sleeve to transmit torque to driver bit and suitable processing method is available, driver bit sleeve can be directly processed out from front end of handle as an equivalent technical means.
(54) The slideway 14 (seen in
(55) As a preferred technical means of the preferred embodiment of first positioning portion, first positioning portion 14a is a gap (seen in
(56) When first positioning portion 14a is a gap arranged on the slideway, a preferred technical means to actualize the positioning of pushbutton set 4 at first positioning portion 14a is: seen in
(57) When first positioning portion 14a is the gap arranged on slideway 14, an alternate preferred technical means to actualize pushbutton set 4 be positioned at first positioning portion 14a is: seen in
(58) In order to actualize the positioning of pushbutton set 4 at the rear part of slideway 14, the rear part of slideway 14 is arranged with second positioning portion 14b for positioning pushbutton set. Specifically, the structure of the second positioning portion 14b can be identical to the structure of first positioning portion 14a (seen in
(59) In order to actualize the rotation of driver bit holder 2 on handle 1 and facilitate mounting and removal, seen in
(60) In order to actualize the positioning of driver bit holder 2 on handle so that pushrod 3 can accurately coincide with the containing hole 22 of driver bit holder 2, seen in
(61) In order to prevent the driver bit 21 in containing hole 22 from detachment, inner wall of containing hole 22 has elastic structure 26, as shown in figure, which is a flip plate made on the inner wall of containing hole 22 (seen in
(62) In order to facilitate recognizing the form of driver bit in containing hole, driver bit holder 2 has driver bit sign 27 on positions that correspond to each containing hole (seen in
(63) In order to backup more driver bit, handle 1 is arranged with a containing portion 110 thereon (seen in
(64) In order to facilitate gripping and applying pushing force on pushrod, handle 1 has gripping portion 111 (seen in
(65) As a preferred technical means of mating front end of pushrod and driver bit, front end of pushrod 3 or/and driver bit 21 are arranged with engagement structure thereon for the engagement of the both. Pushrod 3 is located at the rear side of driver bit holder 2 when pushbutton set 4 is located at the rear part of slideway 14, and brings the corresponding driver bit back into corresponding containing hole relying on the engagement structure. In light of the engagement structure, driver bit can be prevented from the detachment out of driver bit sleeve 11 relying on the engagement structure when pushrod 3 pushes driver bit into driver bit sleeve 11. The pull-back process of pushrod can also rely on the engagement structure to bring corresponding driver bit back into corresponding containing hole. Specifically, the engagement structure can be magnetic structure provided for both of front end of pushrod or/and driver bit to adhere to. Generally, as driver bit is mostly a standard piece and nonmagnetic, front end of pushrod is then made magnetic (such as by putting permanent magnetic therein) to actualize magnetic engagement thereof with driver bit. The engagement structure can also be tenon and mortise (such as the engaged tenon 40 and mortise 144 as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,138,537, arranged at rear end of driver bit and front end of pushrod, respectively) arranged at front end of pushrod and rear end of driver bit.
(66) As a preferred technical means of preventing driver bit from interfering the rotation of driver bit holder, the rear end of containing hole has blocking portion 23. When driver bit is pulled back relying on any of abovementioned engagement structure, driver bit is stopped by blocking portion 23 (such as shoulder) at rear end of containing hole from detaching from front end of pushrod 3 and is kept in containing hole so as not to be exposed outside to interfere the rotation of driver bit holder. Or a slit gap is kept between the rear end of driver bit holder and rear wall of mounting position. Front end of pushrod coincides with slit gap when pushbutton set is located at the rear part of slideway. This situation is especially suitable for the engagement structure of magnetic engagement, so when driver bit is pulled back into containing hole relying on engagement structure of magnetic engagement, and even the rear end of driver bit is extended out of containing hole, driver bit holder can still be rotated to detach driver bit and pushrod and driver bit can be kept in containing hole. Further, in order to prevent exposure of driver bit out of containing hole, the aforementioned elastic structure 26 can be simultaneously arranged at the inner wall of containing hole 22 in this situation.
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(68) The foregoing embodiment describes the inventive concept of the present disclosure. In a specific embodiment, it is not limited to the case, first guiding segment 11b, guiding surface 11c, transition surface 11d referred to in the present disclosure can also be applied to the driver bit sleeve publicized in U.S. Pat. No. 6,134,995A, U.S. Pat. No. 6,138,537A, U.S. Pat. No. 7,028,593B1, the referred flaring 22a can also be applied to the driver bit holder publicized in U.S. Pat. No. 6,134,995A, U.S. Pat. No. 6,138,537A, U.S. Pat. No. 7,028,593B1.
(69) Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above. It should be understood that many modifications and variations can be made by ordinary technician of the field according to conception of present disclosure without creative labor. Therefore, all the technical schemes obtained through logical analysis, deductions or limited experimentation based on the present disclosure by technicians of the field are within the scope of the claims.