Positional stop device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9869329-B2
Application number	US-201615141850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2016
Priority date	May 7, 2015
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

A positional stop device includes a base body, a lever, a driving element, and a retaining member. The lever is rotatablely arranged on the base body, a first end of the lever couples to the driving element, and a second end of the lever couples to the retaining member. The driving element is partially exposed out of the base body. The retaining member is moveablely received in the base body. When the slider of a pneumatic rodless cylinder slides along a first direction, the driving element is driven by the slider to move along a second direction and be fully received in the base body. The lever is driven by the driving element to rotate around the base body. The retaining member is driven by the lever to move along a third direction and to be partially exposed out of the base body to stops the slider from sliding.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A positional stop device comprising:
a base body defining a receiving space; and
a transmission assembly comprising
a lever;

a driving element moveablely received in the receiving space, and partially exposed out of the base body; and
a retaining member moveablely received in the receiving space; wherein
the lever is rotatablely arranged on the base body, a first end of the lever is coupled to the driving element, and a second end of the lever is coupled to the retaining member;
when a slider of a pneumatic rodless cylinder slides along a first direction, the driving element is driven by the slider to move along a second direction and further to be fully received in the receiving space from partially being exposed out of the base body;
the lever is driven by the driving element to rotate around the base body when the driving element moves along the second direction; and
the retaining member is driven by the lever to move along a third direction and to be partially exposed out of the receiving space, the exposed retaining member stops the slider from sliding along the first direction and to stay on a cylinder body of the pneumatic rodless cylinder.

2. The positional stop device of claim 1 , wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, the third direction is also perpendicular to the first direction and opposite to the second direction.

3. The positional stop device of claim 1 , further comprising a reset assembly, wherein one end of the reset assembly couples to the base body, another end of the reset assembly couples to the transmission assembly, the reset assembly supplies a force for the transmission assembly, which repositions the transmission assembly.

4. The positional stop device of claim 1 , wherein the retaining member comprises a retaining element and a locking element; the retaining element couples to the second end of the lever, the locking element partially received in the retaining element;
the positional stop device further comprises a guide plate arranged on the base body corresponding to a position of the retaining element;
the guide plate comprises a guide slot, a position block, and a guide block; the guide slot, the position block, and the guide block face to the retaining element; the locking element is received in the guide slot; the position block and the guide block are protruded from the bottom of the guide slot; the position block locates between the guide slot and the guide block, the position block defines a limit space; the locking element is driven by the retaining element to move to the guide block along the guide slot when the retaining element moves along the third direction; the locking element is driven by the retaining element and guided by the guide block to move to the limit space when the retaining element moves along the second direction; the retaining element is stopped from moving along the second direction and is partially exposed out of the receiving space when the locking element moves into the limit space, which enables the driving element to be partially exposed out of the receiving space.

5. The positional stop device of claim 4 , wherein the retaining element defines a receiving hole for partially receiving the locking element.

6. The positional stop device of claim 5 , wherein the locking element is Z shaped and comprises a first bar, a connecting bar, and a second bar; the first bar and the second bar couple to the connecting bar; the first bar is received in the receiving hole; the connecting bar and the second bar are exposed out of the receiving hole; and the second bar is received in the guide slot.

7. The positional stop device of claim 6 , wherein the second bar is driven to move along the guide slot when the retaining element moves along the second direction or the third direction; the guide block is substantially V shaped, and comprises a first guide wall and a second guide wall near each other; an inlet passage is formed by the first guide wall and the guide slot, the inlet passage connects to the limit space; and the second bar of the locking element moves into the limit space by passing through the inlet passage.

8. The positional stop device of claim 7 , wherein an outlet passage is formed by the second guide wall and the guide slot; the outlet passage connects to the limit space, and the second bar of the locking element moves out of the limit space by passing through the outlet passage.

9. The positional stop device of claim 7 , wherein the position block is V shaped, the position block comprises a first block body and a second block body; the first block body is fixed and inclines to the second block body; the limit space is formed by the first block body and the second block body; and the second bar of the locking element is guided by a first side wall of the first block body to move to the inlet passage.

10. The positional stop device of claim 9 , wherein the second bar of the locking element is guided by a second side wall of the second block body to move out of the outlet passage.

11. The positional stop device of claim 1 , wherein the driving element comprises a driving body and a driving portion; the driving body couples to the first end of the lever and rotatablely couples to the driving portion; the driving body defines a receiving chamber for receiving the driving portion; and the driving portion is driven by the slider to be fully received in the receiving chamber from being partially exposed out of the receiving space.

Assignees

• Fu Tai Hua Ind (Shenzhen) Co Ltd
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Yu-Ching
• Yang Fu-Chi
• Chen Shun-Tung
• Yang wei-da
• Zhang li-quan
• Cai Qing
• Yao Xiao-Cong
• Long yuan-qiang

Classifications

• F15B15/265

  specially adapted for rodless pistons or slotted cylinders · CPC title

• G05G5/06

  for holding members in one or a limited number of definite positions only ({G05G5/005}, G05G5/03, G05G5/05, G05G5/28 take precedence) · CPC title

• F15B15/261 Primary

  using positive interengagement, e.g. balls and grooves, for locking in the end positions · CPC title