Ratchet clutch type cargo binding device for wheeled vehicle

• US 7,527,462 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2006
• Issued: 05/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Strong Yun Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Strong Yun Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chou, Yeh-Chien
• Primary Examiner(s): GUTMAN, HILARY L
• Application Number:
  US11/433,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20070264098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 410/103, 410/101, 24/68.CD, 249/09
• US Class Current: 410/103
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 7/083 Tensioning by repetetive movement of an actuating member
• CPC Class Codes: B61D 45/00 Means or devices for securing or supporting the cargo, including protection against shocks for vehicles in general B60P7/00

Abstract

A binding device for a wheeled vehicle includes a drive mechanism including a shaft tube, a driven member secured to the shaft tube, at least one driving pawl mounted on the driven member, and a drive member rotatably mounted on the driven member and having an inner wall formed with a plurality of locking grooves engaged with the driving pawl. Thus, the drive member drives the shaft tube to rotate in one direction and performs an idle rotation in the opposite direction, so that the shaft tube is rotatable successively to wind the binding strap successively so as to tighten the cargo without having to remove the drive rod from the drive member, thereby facilitating a user winding the binding strap, and thereby saving the working time and energy.

Claims

1. A binding device, comprising a drive mechanism including:

a shaft tube;

a driven member having a first side secured to an end of the shaft tube to rotate the shaft tube;

at least one driving pawl mounted on a second side of the driven member;

a drive member rotatably mounted on the second side of the driven member and having an inner wall formed with a plurality of locking grooves engaged with the driving pawl;

wherein the inner wall of the drive member has a first end formed with a mounting recess mounted on the second side of the driven member to encompass the driving pawl.

2. The binding device in accordance with claim 1, wherein when the drive member is rotatable in a first direction, the driving pawl is locked by one of the locking grooves of the drive member to rotate with the drive member, so that the driven member is rotatable with the drive member, and the shaft tube is rotatable with the driven member, and when the drive member is rotatable in a second direction, the driving pawl is disengaged from the locking grooves of the drive member, so that the driven member is not rotatable with the drive member, and the drive member performs an idle rotation.

3. The binding device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the shaft tube has an inner wall formed with a shaft hole, and the first side of the driven member is formed with a plug inserted into the shaft hole of the shaft tube.

4. The binding device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the drive member has eight locking grooves.

5. The binding device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the locking grooves of the drive member are located in the mounting recess.

6. The binding device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the inner wall of the drive member has a second end formed with a opening.

7. The binding device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the drive member has a peripheral wall formed with at least two opposite passages connected to the opening to allow passage of a drive rod.

8. The binding device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the second side of the driven member has a central portion formed with a protruding threaded post having an inside formed with a screw bore, the inner wall of the drive member has a mediate portion formed with a mounting hole mounted on the threaded post of the driven member, the inner wall of the drive member is provided with a stepped stop face located between the mounting hole and the opening, and the drive mechanism further includes a locking bolt mounted in the opening of the drive member and having a bolt head rested on the stop face of the drive member and a threaded portion extended from the bolt head and screwed into the screw bore of the threaded post of the driven member to secure the drive member to the driven member.

9. The binding device in accordance with claim 8, wherein the drive mechanism further includes a dustproof washer mounted on the threaded portion of the locking bolt and located between the stop face of the drive member and the bolt head of the locking bolt to provide a dustproof function.

10. The binding device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the shaft tube has a peripheral wall formed with an elongated slot for fixing a binding strap.

11. A binding device, comprising a drive mechanism including:

a shaft tube;

a driven member having a first side secured to an end of the shaft tube to rotate the shaft tube;

at least one driving pawl mounted on a second side of the driven member;

a drive member rotatably mounted on the second side of the driven member and having an inner wall formed with a plurality of locking grooves engaged with the driving pawl;

wherein the drive mechanism further includes a dustproof ring mounted between the periphery of the second side of the driven member and the inner wall of the drive member to provide a dustproof function.

12. A binding device, comprising a drive mechanism including:

a shaft tube;

a driven member having a first side secured to an end of the shaft tube to rotate the shaft tube;

at least one driving pawl mounted on a second side of the driven member;

a drive member rotatably mounted on the second side of the driven member and having an inner wall formed with a plurality of locking grooves engaged with the driving pawl;

wherein the drive mechanism includes two opposite driving pawls each engaged with a respective one of the locking grooves of the drive member;

wherein the second side of the driven member has a periphery formed with two opposite receiving recesses, and each of the driving pawls is pivotally mounted in a respective one of the receiving recesses of the driven member.

13. The binding device in accordance with claim 12, wherein the drive mechanism further includes two opposite restoring springs each biased between the driven member and a respective one of the driving pawls to push the respective driving pawl toward the respective locking groove of the drive member.

14. The binding device in accordance with claim 13, wherein each of the receiving recesses of the driven member has a first side formed with a first receiving groove and a second side formed with a second receiving groove, each of the driving pawls has a first end engaged with the respective locking groove of the drive member and a second end received in the first receiving groove of the driven member, and each of the restoring springs has a first end rested on a side of the first end of the respective driving pawl to push the first end of the respective driving pawl toward the respective locking groove of the drive member and a second end received in the second receiving groove of the driven member.