Pneumatic tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11701765-B2
Application number	US-202117361771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2021
Priority date	Jun 30, 2020
Publication date	Jul 18, 2023
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023

Abstract

A pneumatic tool includes a drive part configured to be driven by compressed air, a control valve configured to switch the presence or absence of operation of the drive part, an on-off valve part configured to switch the presence or absence of operation of the control valve, and a timer part configured to control the operation of the on-off valve part and switch the presence or absence of operation of the control valve after a lapse of a predetermined time. The timer part comprises a timer piston configured to move in one direction, and a timer piston cylinder configured to support the timer piston. The pneumatic tool comprises a throttle part configured to throttle the flow rate of air flowing into or flowing out from the timer piston cylinder, and an adjustment part configured to adjust an operating time of the timer piston.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pneumatic tool comprising:
a drive part configured to be driven by compressed air;
a control valve configured to switch presence or absence of operation of the drive part;
an on-off valve part configured to switch presence or absence of operation of the control valve; and
a timer part configured to control operation of the on-off valve part and switch presence or absence of operation of the control valve after a lapse of a predetermined time,
wherein the timer part comprises a timer piston configured to move in one direction, and a timer piston cylinder configured to support the timer piston such that the timer piston can slide,
wherein the pneumatic tool comprises a throttle part configured to throttle a flow rate of air flowing into or flowing out from the timer piston cylinder, and an adjustment part configured to adjust an operating time of the timer piston,
wherein the timer part comprises a timer piston housing assembly in which a plurality of timer piston housings supporting the timer piston are fitted in an axial direction of the timer piston, and
wherein, in the timer piston housing assembly, a flow path is formed between the plurality of timer piston housings, and the plurality of timer piston housings are fitted via a plurality of ribs for aligning positions of central axes of the plurality of timer piston housings, the plurality of ribs being provided on an inner wall surface or an outer wall surface of one of the timer piston housings, wherein the plurality of ribs each extend in an axial direction of the one of the timer piston housings.

2. The pneumatic tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adjustment part changes a flow rate of air passing through the throttle part.

3. The pneumatic tool according to claim 2 ,
wherein the adjustment part switches the flow rate of air passing through the throttle part in a stepwise manner.

4. The pneumatic tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adjustment part changes an urging force of an urging member that urges the timer piston.

5. The pneumatic tool according to claim 4 ,
wherein the adjustment part switches the urging force of the urging member in a stepwise manner.

6. The pneumatic tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adjustment part changes a volume of a flow path communicating with the throttle part.

7. The pneumatic tool according to claim 6 ,
wherein the adjustment part switches the volume of the flow path in a stepwise manner.

8. The pneumatic tool according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ribs are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction of the inner wall surface or the outer wall surface.

9. The pneumatic tool according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of timer piston housings include a first timer piston housing and a second timer piston housing;
the plurality of ribs include a first plurality of ribs on the first timer piston housing and a second plurality of ribs on the second timer piston housing;
the first plurality of ribs each extend in an axial direction of the first timer piston housing and are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction of the first timer piston housing; and
the second plurality of ribs each extend in an axial direction of the second timer piston housing and are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction of the second timer piston housing.

10. The pneumatic tool according to claim 9 , wherein one of the first plurality of ribs or the second plurality of ribs extends radially inwardly and another of the first plurality of ribs or the second plurality of ribs extends radially outwardly.

Assignees

• Max Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mochizuki Kazuya
• Moriwaki Kousuke
• Tanaka Hiroshi

Classifications

• B25C1/047 Primary

  Mechanical details · CPC title

• B25C1/042

  Main valve and main cylinder · CPC title

• B25C1/008

  Safety devices · CPC title

• B25C1/043 Primary

  Trigger valve and trigger mechanism · CPC title