Elevation-adjustable rod member locking structure

• US 6,442,906 B1
• Filed: 09/27/2001
• Issued: 09/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hsin Tsai Hwang
• Original Assignee: Hsin Tsai Hwang
• Inventors: Hwang, Hsin Tsai
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Application Number:
  US09/963,378
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• Field of Search: 248/188, 248/188.2, 248/188.3, 248/188.4, 248/357, 248/354.3, 248/354.4, 521/265, 521/266, 521/267
• US Class Current: 52/126.6
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/0247 Screw jacks

Abstract

An elevation-adjustable rod member locking structure is disclosed, which includes a locating socket fixedly fastened to an end of a tubular upright post, the locating socket having an inward shoulder, an adjustment nut threaded onto a screw rod and supported on the shoulder, the adjustment nut having an outward flange, and a lock screw threaded into the locating socket and stopped at the top side of the outward flange of the adjustment nut to lock the adjustment nut with the locating socket.

Claims

1. An elevation-adjustable rod member locking structure provided between a tubular upright post and a screw rod and adapted to adjust the elevation of said screw rod relative to said tubular upright post and to lock said screw rod in the adjusted position, comprising:

a locating socket fixedly fastened to an end of said tubular upright post, said locating socket comprising an inner thread extended to a top side thereof and a shoulder inwardly disposed at a bottom side thereof, said shoulder having a top face;

an adjustment nut mounted inside said locating socket and supported on said shoulder, said adjustment nut comprising an inner thread threaded onto said screw rod, a peripheral wall, an operation unit at an upper part of said peripheral wall, and an outward flange at a bottom side of said peripheral wall, said outward flange having a top face and a bottom face supported on the top face of said shoulder of said locating socket; and

a lock screw adapted to lock said adjustment nut in said locating socket, said lock screw comprising an annular inside wall sleeved onto the peripheral wall of said adjustment nut, a head around the periphery thereof at a top side, an outer thread threaded into the inner thread of said locating socket, and a bottom edge supported on the top face of said outward flange of said adjustment nut.

2. The elevation-adjustable rod member locking structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top face of said shoulder of said locating socket is a tapered surface, and the bottom face of said outward flange of said adjustment nut is a tapered surface matching the tapered surface of the top face of said shoulder of said locating socket.

3. The elevation-adjustable rod member locking structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top face of said outward flange of said adjustment nut is a tapered surface, and the bottom edge of said lock screw is a tapered surface matching the tapered surface of the top face of said outward flange of said adjustment nut.

4. The elevation-adjustable rod member locking structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locating socket further comprises a first side screw hole, and a first tightening up screw threaded into said first side screw hole and adapted to stop said lock screw from rotary motion relative to said locating socket.

5. The elevation-adjustable rod member locking structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locating socket further comprises a second side screw hole, and a second tightening up screw threaded into said second side screw hole and adapted to stop said screw rod from rotary motion relative to said adjustment nut.

6. The elevation-adjustable rod member locking structure as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a check nut threaded onto said screw rod and stopped at the topmost edge of said adjustment nut.