Positioning structure for cutting machines or grinder machines

• US 9,616,548 B1
• Filed: 11/09/2015
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Liaw, Jian-Shiou
• Original Assignee: Liaw, Jian-Shiou
• Inventors: Liaw, Jian-Shiou
• Primary Examiner(s): Eley, Timothy V
• Application Number:
  US14/936,453
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 23/022 Spindle-locking devices, e.g. for mounting or removing the tool
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 41/002 Grinding heads
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 45/00 Means for securing grinding wheels on rotary arbors suppression of vibrations in systems F16F15/00; testing static or dynamic balancing of machines G01M1/00
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 55/052 with rotating tools

Abstract

A positioning structure for cutting machines or grinder machines has a rotating shaft and a positioning assembly. The rotating shaft has an abutting face, a fixing portion, at least one mounting protrusion, and a fastening hole. The at least one mounting protrusion axially protrudes from the abutting face, and the fixing portion axially protrudes from the at least one mounting protrusion. The fastening hole is axially formed in the at least one mounting protrusion. The positioning assembly is screwed with the rotating shaft and has a positioning element and a fastening element. The positioning element has an abutting portion and a through hole. The fastening element is mounted through the through hole and the fastening hole. Therefore, when a size of an assembling hole of a cutting disk or a grinder disk changes, the rotating shaft does not need to be changed and reinstalled.

Claims

1. A positioning structure for cutting machines or grinder machines, mounted on a body of a cutting machine or a grinder machine, the body having a head, the head being a cylinder and having a mounting face and a mounting hole, the mounting hole formed in the mounting face of the head, and the positioning structure having

a rotating shaft mounted in the mounting hole of the head having

a distal end formed on the rotating shaft and being distal from the mounting face and extending out of the mounting hole;

an abutting face formed on the distal end of the rotating shaft;

at least one mounting protrusion axially formed on and protruding from the abutting face and having a front side;

a fixing portion axially formed on and protruding from the front side of the at least one mounting protrusion, a diameter of the fixing portion being smaller than a diameter of the at least one mounting protrusion, the at least one mounting protrusion and the fixing portion each formed in a stepped shape; and

a fastening hole axially formed in the front side of the at least one mounting protrusion; and

a positioning assembly screwed with the rotating shaft and having

a positioning element being a ring and having

a center;

an inner surface facing the at least one mounting protrusion;

an abutting portion axially formed on and protruding from the inner surface of the positioning element and abutting the at least one mounting protrusion;

a through hole formed through the center of the positioning element and formed through the abutting portion, a shape of the through hole corresponding to a shape of the fixing portion of the rotating shaft; and

a fastening element mounted through the through hole of the positioning element and the fastening hole of the rotating shaft, and the positioning element abutting the rotating shaft tightly via the fastening element.

2. The positioning structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning structure has

a protecting cover mounted around the head of the body, the rotating shaft located in the protecting cover, and the protecting cover having

a first protecting board being an erect semi-circular board and having an outer surface;

a connecting face protruding from the outer surface of the first protecting board, the connecting face shaped as a semicircular arc; and

a second protecting board formed with the connecting face.

3. The positioning structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first protecting board has

a rear side facing the head of the body;

and

a positioning hole, the positioning hole formed through the rear side of the first protecting board and being a tapered hole and having two ends, the positioning hole tapering from one of the two ends that is close to the head to the other end that is away from the head, and the positioning hole disposed around and engaging the head of the body.

4. The positioning structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein the second protecting board has

a top surface;

an inner surface; and

a positioning recess formed in the top surface of the second protecting board and aligned with the positioning hole; and

a protecting recess formed between the first protecting board, the connecting face, and the second protecting board, and the protecting recess communicating with the positioning recess and the positioning hole.