Enhanced structure for suction apparatus

• US 8,191,839 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2010
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eagle Fan
• Original Assignee: Eagle Fan
• Inventors: Fan, Eagle
• Primary Examiner(s): Wujciak, III, A. Joseph
• Application Number:
  US12/793,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20110297804A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 248/205.7, 248/683, 248/467, 248/205.5, 248/206.2, 248/309.3, 248/363, 269/21, 206/829
• US Class Current: 248/205.5
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 47/006 the suction cups being activated by the rotation of a cranked lever arm

Abstract

A suction apparatus is provided, including a suction disc unit, a shell base unit, a push obstruct unit and a flip unit. The top surface of the suction disc unit includes an upward extending traction element, with vertical surfaces forming a first teeth surface and a second teeth surface. The shell base unit is located on top of the suction disc unit. The push obstruct unit and the flip unit are located inside the shell base unit, where the flip unit is meshed with the first teeth surface and the push obstruct unit is meshed with the second teeth surface. When the flip unit is flipped downwards, the central area of the suction disc unit is dragged up so that the suction disc unit can attach to a surface via suction force. When the flip element is flipped upwards, the obstructing condition of the push obstruct unit is released so that the suction disc unit restores to a normal position.

Claims

1. An enhanced structure for suction apparatus, comprising:

a suction disc unit, a shell base unit, a push obstruct unit, and a flip unit;

said suction disc unit comprising a suction disc and traction element;

said traction element being connected to top surface of said suction disc;

said shell base unit comprising a disc body and a support base, said support base being located on top surface of said disc body;

inside of said support base forming a guide channel through said disc body;

said traction element being partially guided by said guide channel to enter said support base;

with features of;

vertical surface of said traction element of said suction disc unit forming a first teeth surface and a second teeth surface;

said push obstruct unit being located inside said support base;

in normal condition, said push obstruct unit beings meshed with said second teeth surface of said traction element, when in mesh state, said traction element being able to move in one direction;

said flip unit being coupled to said shell base, and being made up of a link element and a flip element coaxially;

said link element forming a teeth part on surface facing edge outer wall of said traction element;

said teeth part being meshed with said first teeth surface;

said flip element being located above said link element, and able to operate said linked movement with said push obstruct unit properly;

when the flip element being pressed downwards, said link element rotating along because said teeth part being meshed with said first teeth surface so that said traction element also moving in a linked manner;

when said flip element being flipped upwards, said flip element pushing said press obstruct element to release mesh engagement between said press obstruct element and said second teeth surface.

2. The enhanced structure for suction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said push obstruct unit comprises a resilient element and a push obstruct element, both are confined inside a first space of said support base, said first space is connected to said guide channel, said resilient element is a spring, located between an outer cover of said support base and said push obstruct element to keep said push obstruct element stay in contact with said traction element in normal condition.

3. The enhanced structure for suction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first teeth surface and said second teeth surface are located on opposite vertical surfaces of said traction element, said push obstruct unit and said flip unit are located on both sides of said guide channel inside of said support base, said flip unit is meshed with a first teeth surface of said traction element extending along said guide channel and said push obstruct unit is meshed with said second teeth surface.

4. The enhanced structure for suction apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein side of surface of said push obstruct element facing said traction element 22 forms a protruding tooth, and said second teeth surface of said traction element is unidirectional ratchet;

shape of said protruding tooth matches said second teeth surface so that when said protruding tooth meshes with said second teeth surface, said traction element can only move upwards.

5. The enhanced structure for suction apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein side of surface of said push obstruct element facing said traction element forms a plurality of protruding blocks, said protruding blocks are not in contact with said traction element, and are moved by said flip unit.

6. The enhanced structure for suction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flip unit comprises coaxially a link element and a flip element, said flip element is shaped as an upside-down U, position to be flipped by external force is located above said link element, open space of said U-shaped flip element is where teeth part of said link element is located, two ends of said upside-down U of said flip element have slanted flip surfaces;

when said flip element is flipped upwards, said flip surface is responsible for contacting said push obstruct unit and pushing said push obstruct unit to move a short distance to release said push obstruct unit and said second teeth surface from mesh state.

7. The enhanced structure for suction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said suction apparatus is connected to a connection arm, and said connection arm is further connected to a buckle set element, said suction apparatus, said connection arm and said buckle set element form a suction disc-supported connection device.

8. The enhanced structure for suction apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said buckle set element uses a spherical joint housed inside a housing space connected to said connection arm, said housing space further comprises a fixing block, said fixing block can only move inside said housing space in lateral direction and for a short distance, said connection arm is coupled to a trigger press element near said housing space, one end of said trigger press element is exposed outside of said housing space and the other end extends into said housing space, said end of said trigger press element inside said housing space forms a push surface, said push surface contacts said fixing block at proper time so that said fixing block and said spherical joint of said buckle set element tightly contact with each other at proper time.