Working machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025121527-A1
Application number	US-202418907993-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 7, 2024
Priority date	Oct 11, 2023
Publication date	Apr 17, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A working machine may include a prime mover including an output shaft, a working part coupled to the output shaft, a slip mechanism, and a fan attached to the output shaft via the slip mechanism. The slip mechanism may be configured to: in a case where a load torque applied on the output shaft when driving the fan is less than a predetermined value, rotate the output shaft and the fan integrally with each other, and in a case where the load torque when driving the fan is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, rotate the output shaft and the fan relative to each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A working machine, comprising:
a prime mover including an output shaft; a working part coupled to the output shaft; a slip mechanism; and a fan attached to the output shaft via the slip mechanism, wherein the slip mechanism is configured to: in a case where load torque applied on the output shaft when driving the fan is less than a predetermined value, rotate the output shaft and the fan integrally with each other; and in a case where the load torque when driving the fan is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, rotate the output shaft and the fan relative to each other.

2 . The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein when the fan is driven under a state where at least a part of the fan is immersed in water, the load torque becomes greater than or equal to the predetermined value, and
when the fan is driven under a state where an entirety of the fan is not immersed in water, the load torque becomes less than the predetermined value.

3 . The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the slip mechanism comprises a biasing member extending along an axial direction of the output shaft,
wherein one end of the biasing member is coupled to one of the output shaft and the fan, and another end of the biasing member is in contact with another of the fan and the output shaft.

4 . The working machine according to claim 3 , wherein the slip mechanism further comprises a washer disposed between the other end of the biasing member and the fan in the axial direction,
wherein the other end of the biasing member is in contact with the other of the fan and the output shaft via the washer.

5 . The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fan comprises:
a fan body constituted of resin and having an opening through which the output shaft passes; and a bush constituted of metal and disposed at the opening, wherein the output shaft is constituted of metal, wherein a clearance is defined between the bush and the output shaft in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the output shaft, and at least one of an inner circumferential surface of the bush and a part of the output shaft that faces the inner circumferential surface is surface-treated.

6 . The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fan comprises:
a fan body constituted of resin and including an opening through which the output shaft passes; and a bush constituted of metal and disposed at the opening, wherein the slip mechanism comprises a biasing member extending along an axial direction of the output shaft, wherein one end of the biasing member is coupled to the output shaft, and another end of the biasing member is in contact with the bush of the fan.

7 . The working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the prime mover is a motor.

8 . A working machine, comprising:
a prime mover including an output shaft; a working part coupled to the output shaft; a slip mechanism; and a fan attached to the output shaft via the slip mechanism, wherein the slip mechanism is configured to: in a case where a load torque applied on the output shaft when driving the fan is less than a predetermined value, rotate the output shaft and the fan integrally with each other; and in a case where the load torque when driving the fan is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, rotate the output shaft and the fan relative to each other, wherein when the fan is driven under a state where at least a part of the fan is immersed in water, the load torque becomes greater than or equal to the predetermined value, and when the fan is driven under a state where an entirety of the fan is not immersed in water, the load torque becomes less than the predetermined value, wherein the slip mechanism comprises a biasing member extending along an axial direction of the output shaft, wherein the fan comprises: a fan body constituted of resin and having an opening through which the output shaft passes; and a bush constituted of metal and disposed at the opening, wherein the output shaft is constituted of metal, wherein a clearance is defined between the bush and the output shaft in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the output shaft, and at least one of an inner circumferential surface of the bush and a part of the output shaft that faces the inner circumferential surface is surface-treated, wherein one end of the biasing member is coupled to the output shaft, and another end of the biasing member is in contact with the bush of the fan, wherein the slip mechanism further comprises a washer disposed between the other end of the biasing member and the fan in the axial direction, wherein the other end of the biasing member is in contact with the other of the fan and the output shaft via the washer, wherein the prime mover is a motor.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Ohashi Takuma
• Suzuki Daisuke

Classifications

• F04D29/4213

  suction ports · CPC title

• F04D25/082

  the unit having provision for cooling the motor · CPC title

• F04D25/0686

  specially adapted for submerged use · CPC title

• F04D25/022

  comprising a yielding coupling, e.g. hydraulic (a magnetic coupling F04D25/026) · CPC title

• F04D25/06

  the pump being electrically driven (F04D25/08 takes precedence) · CPC title