Hand-held device

• US 5,954,457 A
• Filed: 11/12/1997
• Issued: 09/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Hilti Martin Family Trust)
• Original Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Hilti Martin Family Trust)
• Inventors: Kristen, Ferdinand, Thiel, Arno, Stock, Maximilian
• Primary Examiner(s): Howell, Daniel W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tabaddor, Rouzbeh
• Application Number:
  US08/967,989
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: 408/6, 408/8, 408/9, 408/124
• US Class Current: 408/6
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 16/003 Clutches specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 2211/003 Crossed drill and motor spindles
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 2211/068 Crank-actuated impulse-driving mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 5/00 Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 2121/22 for releasing a normally applied brake
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 55/02 with axially-movable discs or pads pressed against axially-located rotating members
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 59/02 spring-loaded and adapted to be released by mechanical, fluid, or electromagnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/14 Responsive to condition of Tool or tool-drive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/165 to control Tool rotation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/65 Means to drive tool

Abstract

A motor-operated hand-held device (1), such as a drilling device, has a rotary spindle 6 located in and projecting out of a housing (2). Rotational movement of a driving motor (8) is transmitted to a tool (7) situated in an end of the rotary spindle (6). A safety device (11) within the housing (2) prevents deflection of the housing about an axis (A) of the rotary spindle (6) in the event the tool (7) becomes suddenly jammed. The safety device (11) can be activated by a detection device (12) if the tool becomes jammed. The safety device (11) is located inside the housing 2 adjacent to the rotary spindle (6) and is formed of at least two component parts which cooperate in frictional engagement in the event the device is activated. One of the component parts is connected to the housing (2) and the other is connected to the rotary spindle (6). In the event the tool (7) becomes jammed, the component parts of the safety device (11) couple the housing (2) and the rotary spindle (6) so that the two parts are fixed so that they do not rotate relative to one another. Further, an overload slip clutch (10) is located in a drive (9) for the rotary spindle (6) and is arranged in series with the safety device (11).

Claims

1. Motor-operated hand-held device comprises a housing (2), an axially extending spindle (6) mounted in and projecting out of said housing for transmitting rotational movement from a driving motor (8) located in said housing (2) to a tool (7) secured to said spindle (6), said spindle (6) and tool (7) having a common axis (A) of rotation, a safety device (11) located within said housing (2) for preventing a deflection of said housing (2) about the axis (A) of said rotary spindle (6) in the event during operation of said device, said tool (7) becomes suddenly jammed, a detection device (12) in said housing for activating said safety device (11) in the event said tool (7) becomes jammed, an overload slip clutch (10) positioned in a means (9) for driving said rotary spindle (6), said safety device (11) located within said housing adjacent to said spindle (6) and comprising at least two component parts (62, 114), arranged to cooperate in frictional engagement when said safety device is activated, one of said component parts being connected to said housing and the other said component part being connected to said rotary spindle (6), when the tool (7) becomes jammed said component parts couple said housing (2) and said rotary spindle (6) by frictional force, so that said housing and rotary spindle are fixed with respect to rotation relative to one another, and an overload slip clutch (10) is a part of the said means (9) for driving said rotary spindle and is arranged in series with said safety device (11).

2. Motor-operated hand-held device set forth in claim 1, wherein said safety device (11) is activated electromechanically when it is detected that said tool (7) is jammed.

3. Motor-operated hand-held device, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said component parts (62, 110), cooperating with one another when the safety device is activated, are pretensioned one relative to the other by a spring force (111), so that said housing (2) and said rotary spindle (6) are coupled together so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to one another in the switched off state of the hand-held device (1).

4. Motor-operated hand-held device, as set forth in claim 3, wherein one of the said component parts (114) is a spring loaded (111) thrust element (110) supported within and axially displaceable through a magnetic field of a magnet coil (112) supplied with current during normal operation of said hand-held device (1) and the current to said magnet coil being switched off when a jamming of the tool (7) is detected, so that the cooperating said component parts of the safety device (11) are displaced into frictional engagement by said spring-loaded thrust element (111, 110).

5. Motor-operated hand-held device, as set forth in claim 4, wherein the other one of said component parts (62) comprises a flange (62) encircling and secured to said rotary spindle (6) and having a planar contact surface.

6. Motor-operated hand-held device, as set forth in claim 5, wherein said flange extends circumferentially around said rotary spindle (6).

7. Motor-operated hand-held device, as set forth in claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein at least one of the said cooperating component parts (62, 114) of said safety device (11) has a friction facing (115, 63) thereon in facing relationship with the other one of said component parts.

8. Motor-operated hand-held device, as set forth in claim 7, wherein said friction facing (115, 63) is replaceable.