Grass trimming head and grass trimmer having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10856466-B2
Application number	US-202016781147-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2020
Priority date	Aug 7, 2017
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

A grass trimming head includes a housing assembly and a spool. The housing assembly is formed with a housing cavity and an outer aperture for allowing a cutting line to be inserted from an outside of the housing assembly into the housing cavity. At least a portion of the spool is arranged inside the housing cavity, and the spool is rotatable with respect to the housing assembly about a central axis. The spool is formed with an inner aperture for allowing the cutting line to be inserted into the spool or a clamping portion configured to fix the cutting line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A grass trimming head, comprising:
a housing assembly, formed with a housing cavity and provided with an outer aperture for allowing a cutting line to be inserted from an outside of the housing assembly into the housing cavity; and
a spool, at least a portion of which is arranged inside the housing cavity and which is rotatable with respect to the housing assembly about a central axis; wherein the spool is provided with an inner aperture for allowing the cutting line to be inserted into the spool or a clamping portion configured to fix the cutting line;
wherein the spool comprises an upper spool portion and a lower spool portion, the upper spool portion comprises an upper winding portion configured for winding the cutting line, a first flange portion connected to an upper end of the upper winding portion, and a second flange portion connected to a lower end of the upper winding portion, the lower spool portion comprises a lower winding portion configured for winding the cutting line, a third flange portion connected to an upper end of the lower winding portion, and a fourth flange portion connected to a lower end of the lower winding portion, and the upper spool portion is coupled to the lower spool portion to form a line guide passage configured for the cutting line to pass through the spool.

2. The grass trimming head according to claim 1 , wherein the line guide passage extends along a curved line.

3. The grass trimming head according to claim 1 , wherein the upper spool portion is coupled to the lower spool portion to form at least two line guide passages intersected with each other.

4. The grass trimming head according to claim 1 , wherein the upper spool portion is coupled to the lower spool portion to form three line guide passages, any two of the three line guide passages are intersected with each other, and the three line guide passages are arranged around the central axis.

5. The grass trimming head according to claim 1 , wherein the housing assembly comprises an upper housing and a lower housing, the spool is arranged between the upper housing and the lower housing, the lower housing is provided with a protrusion portion protruding towards the upper housing, the lower spool portion is formed with a groove matched with the protrusion portion, and the protrusion portion is matched with the groove to guide the housing assembly to move with respect to the spool along the central axis.

6. The grass trimming head according to claim 5 , further comprising a bearing and a knocking cap, wherein the protrusion portion is formed with a mounting groove, the bearing is arranged inside the mounting groove, and the bearing is connected to the knocking cap and the lower housing.

7. The grass trimming head according to claim 5 , further comprising a spring, wherein the groove is arranged throughout the lower spool portion along the central axis, the spring protrudes out of the groove, and the spring is arranged between the upper spool portion and the lower housing and configured to provide an acting force causing the upper spool portion and the lower housing to space apart from each other.

8. The grass trimming head according to claim 5 , wherein the upper housing is formed with a first matching tooth, the spool is formed with a first engaging tooth matched with the first matching tooth, and the first engaging tooth is formed with an inclined surface.

9. The grass trimming head according to claim 1 , further comprising an eyelet member, wherein the eyelet member is fixed to the housing assembly and configured for the cutting line to pass through from the housing assembly.

10. The grass trimming head according to claim 1 , wherein the housing assembly comprises a housing and an eyelet member, the housing is formed with the housing cavity, the eyelet member is fixed to the housing and formed with the outer aperture, the spool is formed with the inner aperture, and a distance from the eyelet member to the spool is less than or equal to 3 mm.

11. The grass trimming head according to claim 10 , wherein the second flange portion and the third flange portion cooperatively form a middle flange portion, the inner aperture is arranged on the middle flange portion, and a distance from the eyelet member to the middle flange portion is less than or equal to 3 mm.

12. The grass trimming head according to claim 11 , wherein the eyelet member is formed with two bumps protruding towards the spool and the two bumps are arranged on two sides of the outer aperture respectively.

13. The grass trimming head according to claim 12 , wherein the two bumps are arranged along a circumferential direction of the central axis and the two bumps are located between an upper surface and a lower surface of the middle flange portion along the central axis.

14. The grass trimming head according to claim 13 , wherein the outer aperture is a waist-shaped hole, a size of the outer aperture along the central axis is defined as a height of the outer aperture, a size of the outer aperture along a direction perpendicular to the central axis is defined as a width of the outer aperture, a size of the outer aperture along an extending direction is defined as a depth of the outer aperture, a distance between the two bumps is the same as the width of the outer aperture, and the width of the outer aperture is greater than the height of the outer aperture.

15. The grass trimming head according to claim 11 , wherein the eyelet member is formed with a notch on one side of a projection of the eyelet member on a plane perpendicular to the central axis and the one side of the projection faces towards the spool.

16. The grass trimming head according to claim 11 , wherein a distance from the eyelet member to the middle flange portion is less than a maximum outer diameter of the cutting line.

17. The grass trimming head according to claim 1 , further comprising a driving member configured to apply an acting force to the housing assembly or the spool, wherein the acting force causes the housing assembly and the spool to relatively rotate, the spool has a line loading position with respect to the housing assembly, in a condition that the spool is at the line loading position with respect to the housing assembly, the cutting line can be directly inserted into the inner aperture or the clamping portion after passing through the outer aperture, the housing assembly is formed with a first positioning surface, the spool is formed with a second positioning surface matched with the first positioning surface, and, in a condition that one of the spool and the housing assembly is rotated with respect to the other to cause the first positioning surface and the second positioning surface to be in contact, the spool is at the line loading position.

18. The grass trimming head according to the claim 17 , wherein the driving member is a spring, the spring is arranged between the housing assembly and the spool and configured to apply the acting force to the spool or the housing assembly, and the acting force causes the first positioning surface and the second positioning surface to move toward each other.

19. The grass trimming head according to claim 18 , wherein the housing assembly is formed with a plurality of first matching teeth arranged around a circumferential direction of the central axis, the spool is formed with a plurality of first engaging teeth matched with the plurality of first matching teeth, the spring is configured to apply the acting force to the spool or the housing assembly, the acting force c

Assignees

• Nanjing Chervon Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Guo Jianpeng
• Yamaoka toshinari
• Nie Fangjie
• Zhang Qi
• Li Zongjing
• Wang Fei
• Xu Lanxi

Classifications

• A01D34/4166 Primary

  Mounting or replacement of the lines · CPC title

• A01D34/4163

  by triggered line feedout, e.g. bump-feeding · CPC title

• A01D34/4162

  automatically · CPC title

• A01D2101/00

  Lawn-mowers · CPC title