Piggyback working appliance, piggyback blower, and control handle assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10980193-B2
Application number	US-201716078858-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2017
Priority date	Feb 22, 2016
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

A backpack tool, a backpack blower and a control handle assembly are provided by the present invention. The backpack tool includes a battery pack for providing electrical energy, a power assembly electrically connected with the battery pack to convert the electrical energy provided by the battery pack into mechanical energy, and a backpack assembly carried on the human back to support the battery pack and the power assembly. Both the battery pack and the power assembly can be carried on the human back using the backpack assembly, so that the weight carried by the arms of the worker can be reduced. The battery pack serves as a power source that reduces the noise and vibration caused by the backpack tool during operation as compared with a gasoline powered backpack tool.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A backpack blower comprising:
a battery pack for providing electrical energy;
a power assembly electrically connected with the battery pack to convert the electrical energy provided by the battery pack into mechanical energy, the power assembly having an axial fan assembly including a first air vent, a motor duct and a second air vent connected in sequence, an axial air duct being formed by connecting the motor duct to an elbow pipe via the second air vent;
a backpack assembly configured to be carried on a human back to support the battery pack and the power assembly;
a blowpipe component connected to the power assembly to blow air out, the blowpipe component including the elbow pipe, a flexible pipe and a straight pipe connected with each other in order; and
a control handle assembly including a speed-adjusting unit for controlling starting, stopping, and a speed of the axial fan assembly;
wherein the speed-adjusting unit comprises a fixing post, a speed-adjusting button rotatable around the fixing post and a guiding mechanism for guiding rotation of the speed-adjusting button, the speed-adjusting unit further including a speed-adjusting switch and a first control circuit, and wherein the speed-adjusting button defines a first protrusion for connecting with the speed-adjusting switch during rotation, and wherein the first control circuit is configured to control starting, stopping, and the speed of the axial fan assembly when the first protrusion is in contact with the speed-adjusting switch, and the control handle assembly further comprises a speed-fixing unit to maintain the speed-adjusting button at a fixed position for making the speed of the axial fan assembly constant;
wherein the speed-fixing unit comprises a speed-fixing knob provided with a knob body and a retaining portion, and wherein the speed-adjusting button has a second protrusion abutting against the retaining portion of the speed-fixing knob during rotation of the knob body of the speed-fixing knob to limit the speed-adjusting button to the fixed position;
wherein each axial end of the fixing shaft comprises a damper for buffering the axial movement of the retaining portion, and wherein the damper comprises at least one of a spring washer, a wave washer, and a cup washer.

2. The backpack blower according to claim 1 , wherein the axial fan assembly further comprises a connecting pipe located upstream of the motor duct along an air flowing direction, and wherein the connecting pipe is configured with a truncated cone shape and is connected with the motor duct through a smaller diameter end of the connecting pipe.

3. The backpack blower according to claim 1 , wherein the motor duct is rotatably connected with the elbow pipe.

4. The backpack blower according to claim 1 , wherein the speed-adjusting unit further includes a reset spring connected with the speed-adjusting button to reset the speed-adjusting button.

5. The backpack blower according to claim 1 , wherein the speed-fixing unit further comprises a fixing shaft penetrating through the knob body by way of a threaded connection, and wherein the retaining portion is driven along an axial direction of the fixing shaft when the knob body rotates around the fixing shaft.

6. The backpack blower according to claim 1 , wherein the control handle assembly further comprises an extreme-speed unit, for controlling the axial fan assembly at full power.

7. The backpack blower according to claim 6 , wherein the extreme-speed unit includes an extreme-speed button, a micro switch and a second control circuit, and wherein the second control circuit causes the axial fan assembly to run at full power when the extreme-speed button is pressed to contact the micro switch.

8. A control handle assembly for controlling a backpack blower comprising:
a speed-adjusting unit for controlling starting, stopping, and a speed of a backpack blower, the speed-adjusting unit including:
a fixing post;
a speed-adjusting button rotatable around the fixing post;
a guiding mechanism for guiding rotation of the speed-adjusting button;
a speed-adjusting switch;
a first control circuit;
wherein the speed-adjusting button comprises a first protrusion for connecting with the speed-adjusting switch during rotation, and wherein the first control circuit is configured to control starting, stopping, and the speed of the backpack blower when the first protrusion is in contact with the speed-adjusting switch; and
a speed-fixing unit to maintain the speed-adjusting button at a fixed position for making the speed of the backpack blower constant;
wherein the speed-fixing unit comprises a speed-fixing knob comprising a knob body and a retaining portion, and wherein the speed-adjusting button has a second protrusion abutting against the retaining portion of the speed-fixing knob during rotation of the knob body of the speed-fixing knob to limit the speed-adjusting button to the fixed position;
wherein the speed-fixing unit further comprises a fixing shaft penetrating through the knob body through a threaded connection, and wherein the retaining portion is driven to move along an axial direction of the fixing shaft when the knob body rotates around the fixing shaft;
wherein each axial end of the fixing shaft is provided with a damper for buffering axial movement of the retaining portion, and wherein the dampers comprise at least one of a spring washer, a wave washer, and a cup washer.

9. The control handle assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the speed-adjusting unit further comprises a reset spring connected with the speed-adjusting button to reset the speed-adjusting button.

10. The control handle assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the control handle assembly further comprises an extreme-speed unit for controlling the backpack blower at full power.

11. The control handle assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the extreme-speed unit comprises an extreme-speed button, a micro switch and a second control circuit, and wherein the second control circuit causes the backpack blower to run at full power when the extreme-speed button is pressed to contact the micro switch.

Assignees

• Globe Jiangsu Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shangguan Yunjie
• Huo Xiaohul
• Chen Yin
• Zhang Fangxiao
• Jiang Xiangxiao
• Wei Lv

Classifications

• Y02B30/70

  Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating · CPC title

• F04D27/004

  by varying driving speed · CPC title

• A01G20/47 Primary

  Vacuum or blower devices · CPC title

• A01G20/40

  Apparatus for cleaning the lawn or grass surface · CPC title

• F04D25/0673 Primary

  Battery powered · CPC title