Grinder capable of seizing rotary shaft

• US 7,128,641 B1
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Issued: 10/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GISON Machinery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: GISON Machinery Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Freddy
• Primary Examiner(s): Morgan, Eileen P.
• Application Number:
  US11/147,298
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: 451/357, 451/359
• US Class Current: 451/359
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 23/022 Spindle-locking devices, e.g. for mounting or removing the tool

Abstract

A grinder having a rotary shaft and a grinding disc mounted at a bottom end of the rotary shaft for grinding a work piece. A press button unit is disposed on a housing of the grinder. By means of pressing the press button unit, the rotary shaft of the grinder can be seized for replacement of the grinding disc. Before pressing the press button unit, a user must first angularly displace the press button unit. That is, the press button unit cannot be directly pressed without being first turned by a certain angle. Therefore, in operation, mis-touch of the press button unit can be avoided so as to avoid damage of the grinder.

Claims

1. A grinder comprising:

a housing;

a rotary shaft rotatably disposed in the housing; and

a press button unit including;

a button seat;

a press button member fitted in the button seat, two ends of the press button member respectively protruding from two ends of the button seat, the press button member being axially movable along an axis of the button seat, whereby the press button member is selectively moved toward an inner end of the button seat into an engaging position engaging the rotary shaft to stop rotation thereof, and moved toward an outer end of the button seat and located in a releasing position separated from the rotary shaft; and

a resilient mechanism disposed between the button seat and the press button member, the resilient mechanism serving to resiliently keep the press button member in the releasing position;

the press button unit being mounted on the housing, whereby by means of pressing the outer end of the press button member, when the press button member moves axially from the releasing position to the engaging position, the press button member rotates within the button seat allowing the press button member to move from the releasing position to the engaging position, when the press button member does not rotate, the press button member remains in the releasing position.

2. A grinder comprising:

a housing;

a rotary shaft rotatably disposed in the housing, a bottom end of the rotary shaft being for mounting a grinding disc; and

a press button unit including;

a button seat formed with a tunnel passing through the button seat from an inner end to an outer end thereof;

a press button member fitted through the tunnel of the button seat, two ends of the press button member respectively protruding from two ends of the button seat, the press button member being axially movable along an axis of the button seat and rotatable within the button seat, whereby the press button member is selectively moved toward an outer end of the button seat and located in a releasing position and moved toward an inner end of the button seat into an engaging position engaging the rotary shaft;

when the press button seat is located in the releasing position, the press button member is rotated between a security position and an operation position;

when the press button member is rotated from the security position to the operation position, the press button member being movable from the releasing position to the engaging position; and

a resilient mechanism having both compressional and torsional elastic functions, the resilient mechanism being disposed between the button seat and the press button member, whereby when the press button member is free from any external force, the resilient mechanism serves to resiliently push the press button member toward the releasing position and turn the press button member toward the security position;

the press button unit being mounted in the housing, whereby when the press button member is positioned in the engaging position, the press button member engages the rotary shaft to stop rotation thereof.

3. The grinder as claimed in claim 2, wherein a circumference of the press button member is formed with a guide slot including a straight part and a transverse part, one end of the transverse part being connected with a rear rend of the straight part;

a guide pin being disposed on the button seat, the guide pin extending into the button seat, an inner end of the guide pin being positioned in the guide slot, whereby when the press button member is positioned in the security position, the guide pin is located at a free end of the transverse part of the guide slot.

4. The grinder as claimed in claim 3, wherein the resilient mechanism is a spring serving as both a compression spring and a torque spring, the spring being disposed between the button seat and the press button member, two end faces of the spring respectively abutting against the press button member and the button seat, two ends of the spring being respectively connected with the button seat and the press button member.

5. The grinder as claimed in claim 3, wherein the press button member includes a cylindrical body and a button stem, the cylindrical body having an axial through hole;

the guide slot being formed on a circumferential wall of the cylindrical body;

the button stem being fitted through the through hole of the cylindrical body, two ends of the button stem respectively protruding from two ends of the cylindrical body;

the cylindrical body and the button stem being mounted in the button seat and together movable between the releasing position and the seizing position, the button stem being movable along an axis of the button seat without possibility of rotation;

the cylindrical body can be annularly displaced between the security position and the operation position when it is positioned in the releasing position;

the resilient mechanism including a compression spring and a torque spring, the compression spring being mounted between the button seat and the cylindrical body for pushing the cylindrical body and keeping the press button member in the releasing position;

the torque spring being mounted between the button stem and the cylindrical body for keeping the cylindrical body in the security position.

6. The grinder as claimed in claim 5, wherein an inner end of the button seat is formed with an insertion split and a restricting member is disposed at inner end of the button stem, whereby the restricting member is inserted in the insertion split.

7. The grinder as claimed in claim 2, wherein a circumferential wall of the button seat is formed with a longitudinal guide slot communicating with an interior of the button seat;

the press button member being a button stem having a stem body, a guide pin being inserted in the stem body;

whereby when the button stem is positioned in the security position, the guide pin is not aligned with the guide slot, while when the button stem is positioned in the operation position, the guide pin is right aligned with the front end of the guide slot.

8. The grinder as claimed in claim 7, wherein an inner end of the button seat is formed with a notch with a certain width;

a restricting member being disposed at inner end of the button stem and positioned in the notch, whereby the restricting member can be turned between two sidewalls of the notch, which serve as two dead ends of the angular displacement travel of the button stem.

9. The grinder as claimed in claim 7, wherein the resilient mechanism is a spring serving as both a compression spring and a torque spring, the spring being disposed between the button seat and the button stem, two end faces of the spring respectively abutting against the button seat and the button stem, two ends of the spring being respectively connected with the button seat and the button stem.

10. The grinder as claimed in claim 4, wherein a cavity is formed in the button seat and coaxial with the tunnel, the cavity having a larger diameter;

the resilient mechanism being disposed in the cavity.

11. The grinder as claimed in claim 9, wherein a cavity is formed in the button seat and coaxial with the tunnel, the cavity having a larger diameter;

the resilient mechanism being disposed in the cavity.

12. A grinder comprising:

a housing;

a rotary shaft rotatably disposed in the housing, a bottom end of the rotary shaft being for mounting a grinding disc; and

a press button unit including;

a button seat formed with a tunnel passing through the button seat from an inner end to an outer end thereof;

a guide slot being formed on a circumferential wall of the button seat and communicating with an interior of the button seat, a front end and a rear end of the guide slot being displaced from each other both in axial direction and in radial direction of the button seat;

a button stem having a stem body, a guide pin being inserted in the stem body, the button stem being fitted through the tunnel of the button seat, two ends of the button stem respectively protruding from two ends of the button seat;

the guide pin being received in the guide slot; and

a resilient mechanism disposed between the button seat and the button stem for resiliently pushing the button stem toward outer end of the button seat into a releasing position where the guide pin is located at the front end of the guide slot;

whereby after the button stem is angularly displaced by a certain angle, the button stem is moved along an axis of the button seat from the releasing position toward inner end of the button seat into an engaging position where the guide pin is moved along the guide slot to the rear end of the guide slot;

the press button unit being disposed in the housing, whereby when the button stem is positioned in the engaging position, the button stem engages the rotary shaft to stop rotation thereof.

13. The grinder as claimed in claim 12, wherein a restricting portion is formed on a rear wall of the guide slot near the front end of the guide slot, whereby only after the button stem is angularly displaced to make the guide pin pass over the restricting portion, the button stem is moved to the engaging position.

14. The grinder as claimed in claim 13, wherein the restricting portion and the front end of the guide slot define therebetween a depression.

15. The grinder as claimed in claim 12, wherein the guide slot includes an arc part and a straight part which is located at a rear section of the guide slot.

16. The grinder as claimed in claim 13, wherein the guide slot includes an arc part and a straight part which is located at a rear section of the guide slot.

17. The grinder as claimed in claim 12, wherein the guide slot is an arc slot.

18. The grinder as claimed in claim 13, wherein the guide slot is an arc slot.