Vacuum suction cup having bowl-shaped framework

• US 9,624,963 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2013
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hubei Taili Household Products Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hubei Taili Household Products Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Shi, Zhengbing
• Primary Examiner(s): Epps, Todd M
• Application Number:
  US14/442,726
• Publication Number:
  US 20150330438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,256 Days
• Field of Search: 2482055, 2482058
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/14 Self-holding grips
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2201/02 Connections to a wall mounted support
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 47/00 Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives devices using adhesives, suction or magnetism for hanging or supporting pictures or the like A47G1/17; vacuum work holders B25B11/005; anchoring of ships using suction B63B21/27; suction cups for handling glass B65G49/061; load-engaging elements for cranes using suction means B66C1/02
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 47/006 the suction cups being activated by the rotation of a cranked lever arm
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable

Abstract

A suction cup, including a bowl-shaped framework, a cup body covering the framework, a connecting rod on a back surface of the framework and passing through the cup body, a bowl-shaped cup cover placed on the connection rod and covering the back surface of the cup body, and an annular protruding rib placed on the periphery of the back surface of the framework, which is in direct contact with the inner surface of the cup cover for effectively transfer the pressing force to make the suction cup less likely to fall off from the supporting surface.

Claims

1. A suction cup, comprising a bowl-shaped framework with a back surface having a peripheral, a cup body having a back surface and covering said bowl-shaped framework, a connecting rod disposed on the back surface of said framework and passing through said cup body, a bowl-shaped cup cover having an inner surface and covering said connecting rod and the back surface of said cup body, and a hooking device disposed on the back surface of said cup cover and connected to said connecting rod, characterized in that an annular rib is provided on the peripheral of the back surface of said framework, and the inner surface of said cup cover is in contact with said annular rib.

2. The suction cup according to claim 1, wherein a protruding ring is provided on the back surface of said cup body, corresponding to a location where said annular rib is positioned, the inner surface of said cup cover press against said annular rib via said protruding ring;

and a plurality of distortion holes positioned in a circle in a central location of said cup cover, providing space for elastic distortion of said cup cover when pressed under an external force.

3. The suction cup according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of through holes are provided on the back surface of said cup body by which said annular rib is exposed on the back surface of said cup body so that the inner surface of said cup cover is in direct contact with said annular rib;

a plurality of radial-orientated cuts are provided in the peripheral of said framework, which truncate the said annular protruding rib so that the rib is now consisting of a plurality of bulges positioned in a circle and said bulges receive the pressure from said cup cover and deform said framework via said radial-orientated cuts.

4. The suction cup according to claim 3, wherein said radial-orientated cuts includes long cuts and short cuts, said long cuts extend from a position near the center of said framework to its edge, and said short cuts have a length of ⅓

-¾

of that of said long cuts, and the short and long cuts are arranged alternately to form a plurality of Y-shaped forks, with a bulge located at both opening ends of said Y-shaped fork.

5. The suction cup according to claim 4, wherein one or more seals are provided on an adsorption surface of said cup body;

said seals protruding from said adsorption and forming a friction surface with the peripheral of said cup body.

6. The suction cup according to claim 5, wherein said seals have a high adsorption affinity than said cup body.

7. The suction cup according to claim 6, characterized in that said cup body and seals are formed integrally.

8. The suction cup according to claim 6, wherein a groove is provided on the adsorption surface of said cup body to accommodate each of said seals;

said seal protruding out of the opening of said groove.

9. The suction cup according to claim 8, wherein said seals are one or more sealing gaskets or sealing rings of different diameters concentrically installed in corresponding grooves with the largest seal rings forming a friction surface with the peripheral of said cup body.

10. The suction cup according to claim 8, wherein said seals are one sealing gasket and at least one sealing rings;

said sealing gasket being disposed at the center of the adsorption surface of said cup body and said sealing rings being concentrically each installed in a corresponding groove and enclosing said sealing gasket.

11. The suction cup according to claim 9, wherein an annular coarse area is provided on the peripheral of the adsorption surface of said cup body, said annular coarse area corresponding to the location of said protruding ring, and a smooth area is provided between said annular coarse area and the rim of the adsorption surface of said cup body.

12. The suction cup according to claim 11, wherein said annular coarse area is fully enclosed.

13. The suction cup according to claim 11, wherein said annular coarse area consists of a number of coarse strips arranged in a circle;

said coarse strips being arranged at intervals, with a smooth area provided between two adjacent coarse strips.

14. The suction cup according to claim 13, wherein said coarse strips has a coarse surface consisting of eroded veins or net veins.

15. The suction cup according to claim 14, wherein a plurality of enforcement bars are provided along the circle where said connecting rod connects to said framework.

16. The suction cup according to claim 15, wherein a pressing element is provided on the back surface of said cup cover, said pressing element being a nut sleeve, said connecting rod being a screw rod, said hooking device disposed around said screw rod in a location between the back surface of said cup cover and said nut sleeve;

where said nut sleeve is for pulling said screw rod and the adsorption surface of said cup body to increase a vacuum in a vacuum cavity.

17. The suction cup according to claim 16, wherein a locating hole is provided on the back surface of said cup cover and a corresponding locating column is provided on said hooking device, wherein said locating column is inserted in said locating hole to fix said hook device on said cup cover.

18. The suction cup according to claim 15, wherein said hooking device has a cam-shaped connection end, wherein a protruding part of the connection end is pressing on the back surface of said cup cover, which pulls up said connecting rod as well as said cup body'"'"'s adsorption surface, thereby increasing a degree of vacuum in a vacuum cavity.

19. The suction cup according to claim 15, wherein said hooking device is a hook connected to said connecting rod by a buckle.

20. The suction cup according to claim 19, wherein a lip rim is provided which extends from the rim of said cup body and is in a form of thin sheet.