Electric power tool with vibration mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10245711-B2
Application number	US-201615347090-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2016
Priority date	Dec 3, 2015
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

An electric power tool includes a housing, a motor, a deceleration mechanism, a final output shaft, a vibration mechanism, a vibration switching member, a stop member, and an expansion prevention portion. The vibration mechanism provides a vibration in an axial direction to the final output shaft. The vibration switching member is accommodated in a slit axially disposed on a front end of a tubular portion and moved back and forth in the slit by an operation from outside to switch on and off actuation of the vibration mechanism. The stop member is installed on the front end of the tubular portion to cover the slit. The expansion prevention portion is disposed on the stop member and is brought in contact with an outer periphery of the front end of the tubular portion to prevent the front end of the tubular portion from expanding,

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric power tool with vibration mechanism comprising:
a housing;
a motor housed in the housing;
a deceleration mechanism to which a rotation of the motor is transmitted, the deceleration mechanism being housed in a gear case;
a final output shaft to which the rotation is transmitted from the deceleration mechanism, the final output shaft being held in a tubular portion via a bearing, the tubular portion being disposed on a front end of the gear case, and the final output shaft projecting forward;
a vibration mechanism disposed in the tubular portion, the vibration mechanism being configured to provide a vibration in an axial direction to the final output shaft;
a vibration switching member housed in a slit, the slit being axially disposed on a front end of the tubular portion, the vibration switching member being moved back and forth in the slit by an operation from outside to switch on and off actuation of the vibration mechanism;
a stop member installed on the front end of the tubular portion to cover the slit; and
an expansion prevention portion disposed on the stop member, the expansion prevention portion being brought in contact with an outer periphery of the front end of the tubular portion to prevent the front end of the tubular portion from expanding, and the front end of the tubular portion including the slit.

2. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein
the expansion prevention portion is a ring-shaped protrusion being fit to the front end of the tubular portion from outside.

3. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein:
the tubular portion includes an outer periphery of the front end where a stepped portion is disposed, and
the protrusion has an inner diameter shape being fit to the stepped portion.

4. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein
the tubular portion externally includes a rotating operation member retained by the stop member formed in a disk-shape.

5. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein:
the rotating operation member includes a flat spring for clicking that elastically engages with a plurality of engaging depressed portions disposed on the stop member in accordance with a rotating operation of the rotating operation member, and
the flat spring is installed in a retained state by inserting a claw portion formed along a front surface of the rotating operation member between the stop member and the rotating operation member.

6. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 5 , wherein
the engaging depressed portion is disposed on an outer periphery of the stop member.

7. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein:
the flat spring is a leaf spring that is fit to a positioning depressed portion disposed on an inner periphery of the rotating operation member to be supported in a tangent line direction of the stop member, and
a pair of the claw portions is disposed on both sides of the leaf spring in a longer side direction.

8. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein
the rotating operation member is disposed for adjusting a torque of the final output shaft.

9. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein
the stop member restricts a movement of the bearing to a front side in a state of being installed on the tubular portion.

10. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 9 , wherein:
the stop member restricts the movement of the bearing to the front side via an intermediate ring inserted into the tubular portion ahead of the bearing, and
the intermediate ring is engaged with the stop member in a state of being restricted to rotate in the tubular portion to also restrict a rotation of the stop member.

11. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 10 , wherein:
the intermediate ring includes a regulating protrusion to be inserted into the slit and is restricted to rotate in the tubular portion, and
the stop member is brought in contact with the regulating protrusion to press the intermediate ring to the bearing.

12. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vibration mechanism includes a first cam that integrally rotates with the final output shaft disposed movable back and forth in the axial direction and a second cam rotatably externally mounted on the final output shaft at a rear of the first cam, and
when the vibration switching member engages with the second cam to restrict the rotation of the second cam, the first cam retreated with the final output shaft engages with the second cam to provide the vibration to the final output shaft.

13. The electric power tool with vibration mechanism according to claim 12 , wherein
the vibration switching member is a vibration switching lever that engages with the second cam on an advance position to restrict the rotation of the second cam and releases the engagement with the second cam on a retracted position to allow the rotation of the second cam.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Nagasaka Hidenori

Classifications

• B25F3/00 Primary

  Associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means; Adapters therefor · CPC title

• B25D2216/0038

  Tools having a rotation-only mode · CPC title

• B25D2216/0023

  Tools having a percussion-and-rotation mode · CPC title

• B25D2211/064

  Axial cams, e.g. two camming surfaces coaxial with drill spindle · CPC title

• B25D16/006

  Mode changers; Mechanisms connected thereto · CPC title