Hand-operating vacuum pulling device

• US 8,651,458 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2011
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lih Yann Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Lih Yann Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liao, Po-Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Lee D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Deonauth, Nirvana
• Application Number:
  US13/206,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20130037766A1
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• Field of Search: 254/133.R, 254/21, 254/25, 269/21, 724/57, 294/64.1, 29269-280
• US Class Current: 254/133.R
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 1/06 Removing local distortions
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 11/007 portable, e.g. handheld
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 27/02 for connecting objects by press fit or detaching same B25D1/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 33/00 Pumps actuated by muscle power, e.g. for inflating
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 37/14 to obtain high vacuum

Abstract

A hand-operated vacuum pulling device includes a shank, over which a backward ram is slidable fit. The shank has a front end to which a suction cup is attached and a rear end to which a handgrip defining a cylinder and having a pressure relief seat is attached. The pressure relief seat forms a ram stop at a joint thereof with the shank. The handgrip has a rear end to which a ring-shaped cover assembly is attached. The piston assembly is manually operable to induce a vacuum inside the cylinder. And then, the ring-shaped cover assembly can be manually operated to pull the piston assembly backward for repeated operation of the piston assembly to thereby make a spring contained in the piston assembly stiffer and increase the suction power of the suction cup. The backward ram can be quickly moved backward to impact the ram stop for improving pulling effect.

Claims

1. A hand-operated vacuum pulling device, comprising:

an elongate shank, over which a backward ram is slidably fit;

a suction cup, which is coupled to a front end of the elongate shank; and

a handgrip, which is coupled to a rear end of the elongate shank and comprises a pressure relief seat and a piston assembly movably received in a cylinder formed in the handgrip, a tube being received in and extending through the elongate shank and connecting between and in communication with the cylinder of the handgrip and the suction cup, the pressure relief seat forming a ram stop section at a joint with the shank, the handgrip having a rear end to which a ring-shaped cover assembly is attached, whereby the piston assembly is operated to induce a vacuum inside the cylinder, and the ring-shaped cover assembly is subsequently usable to pull the piston assembly backward for further operation in order to make a spring contained inside the piston assembly stiffer and increase a suction force of the suction cup, the backward ram being selectively movable backward to induce a backward impact for enhancing pulling effect.

2. The hand-operated vacuum pulling device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ring-shaped cover assembly comprises a mounting sleeve, a ring member, and a locking member, the ring member being positionable on a depression stem of the piston assembly, the locking member securing the ring member to the mounting sleeve that is retained in the depression stem.

3. The hand-operated vacuum pulling device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pressure relief seat has a side wall in which a pressure relief valve is mounted, the pressure relief valve comprising a relief button, which, once depressed, causes an elastic element to push away a plug, allowing air to flow through the relief button into the tube and the suction cup to removal the suction force.