Fast torque-adjustable torque wrench

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9700999-B2
Application number	US-201414222902-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2014
Priority date	Feb 21, 2014
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A torque-adjustable torque wrench includes: a tubular body; a flexible bar, an abutment member and a compression spring disposed in the tubular body, a front end of the compression spring abutting against the abutment member; a head section connected with a front end of the flexible bar; an adjustment rod disposed in the tubular body; and an adjustment switch rotatably fitted on a rear end of the tubular body and connected with a rear end of the adjustment rod. The elastic force of the compression spring against the abutment member is adjustable by rotating the adjustment switch. The adjustment switch is only rotatable within a rotational range of one circle, in such rotational range, the ratio of the maximum adjustable torque value to the minimum adjustable torque value of the wrench ranges from 1.2 to 10 times.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fast torque-adjustable torque wrench comprising:
a tubular body;
a head section positioned at a front end of the tubular body; a flexible bar pivotally disposed at the front end of the tubular body and swingtable, a rear end of the flexible bar being positioned in the tubular body; the head section being fixedly connected with a front end of the flexible bar;
an abutment member and a compression spring disposed in the tubular body, the abutment member being positioned behind the flexible bar and movable within the tubular body; a front end of the compression spring elastically abutting against the abutment member;
a detachment mechanism formed between the rear end of the flexible bar and the front end of the abutment member;
a torque adjustment mechanism including an adjustment rod and an adjustment switch, the adjustment rod being disposed in the tubular body, the adjustment rod being formed with a threaded rod section having a thread; the adjustment switch being rotatably disposed at the rear end of the tubular body and connected with a rear end of the adjustment rod, whereby when rotating the adjustment switch, the adjustment rod is rotated along with the adjustment switch to adjust the elastic force of the compression spring against the abutment member; and
a restriction device located between the tubular body and the adjustment switch; the adjustment switch being restricted by the restriction device to only rotate within a rotational angle that is less than 360 degrees;
wherein the adjustment switch being only rotatable within the rotational angle that is less than 360 degrees, in the rotational angle of the adjustment switch, the wrench having a minimum adjustable torque value and a maximum adjustable torque value within the rotational angle of the adjustment switch, the ratio of the maximum adjustable torque value to the minimum adjustable torque value ranging from 1.2 times to 10 times;
wherein the restriction device comprising a restriction member and a restriction annular groove respectively disposed on an outer circumference of the tubular body and an inner circumference of the adjustment switch, the restriction annular groove having two ends, one end of the restriction member being inlaid in the restriction annular groove; the restriction member is inlaid in the restriction annular groove in a radial direction of the tubular body and the adjustment switch.

2. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the maximum adjustable torque value to the minimum adjustable torque value is achieved by means of the elastic coefficient of the compression spring or the pitch of the threaded rod section or the cooperation relationship between the elastic coefficient of the compression spring and the pitch of the threaded rod section.

3. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the maximum adjustable torque value to the minimum adjustable torque value ranges from 1.5 times to 3 times.

4. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjustment rod is only rotatable within the tubular body without possibility of axially moving within the tubular body, the torque adjustment mechanism further including a slide member movably disposed in the tubular body, a front end of the slide member abutting against the rear end of the compression spring, the threaded rod section of the adjustment rod being screwed with a rear end of the slide member.

5. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the restriction member is disposed on the outer circumference of the tubular body, while the restriction annular groove is disposed on the inner circumference of the adjustment switch.

6. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising several scales of torque values and an indicator respectively disposed on the circumference of the adjustment switch and the circumference of the tubular body corresponding to each other.

7. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a handle sleeve fitted on the tubular body and positioned in front of the adjustment switch and further comprising several scales of torque values and an indicator respectively disposed on the circumference of the adjustment switch and the circumference of the handle sleeve corresponding to each other.

Assignees

• Kabo Tool Co

Inventors

• Hsieh Chih-Ching

Classifications

• B25B23/1427 Primary

  by mechanical means · CPC title

• B25B23/1422

  torque indicators or adjustable torque limiters · CPC title