EP0354644B1 - Screw drive mechanism and vice - Google Patents
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- EP0354644B1 EP0354644B1 EP89305364A EP89305364A EP0354644B1 EP 0354644 B1 EP0354644 B1 EP 0354644B1 EP 89305364 A EP89305364 A EP 89305364A EP 89305364 A EP89305364 A EP 89305364A EP 0354644 B1 EP0354644 B1 EP 0354644B1
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- This invention relates to a screw drive mechanism which permits a screw to engage with or disengage from a screw nut quickly by a relative movement between the screw and the nut, and may be applied in a manual bench vice, bench vice for a tool, or the sliding table of a tool where there is a requirement for quickly passing through an idle stroke, speedily adjusting a relative distance or fast clamping.
- US-A-2102602 (1937) disclosed a vice mechanism having the features of the preamble of present claim 1, but in which the locus of centre of the screw is an arc when the screw disengages or engages to the nut. Thus, the nut has to connect slidingly with a stationary body, which would give poor strength.
- US-A-2430458 (1947) also discloses a mechanism in which the nut will remain on the screw after they are disengaged, and where the nut is pressed against an outer circumference of the screw by a spring and a pin. This will cause a large resistance.
- My own EP-A-306119 (which is in Article 54(3) EPC relation to this patent) disclosed a fast clamping mechanism, in which a driving nut is provided outside the vice body. The mechanism is complex in construction.
- a screw driven mechanism (having the features of the preamble of claim 1) is characterised in that the nut seat has axially-spaced arms with respective axially aligned slotted holes through which the screw passes, the slot elongation being in the direction of said transverse relative movement of the screw and nut seat; the eccentric member is an eccentric cam positioned around the screw between the arms of the nut seat and which has an outward cam surface which slidably engages a cam support surface of the nut seat, and the relative transverse movement which engages/disengages the thread is guided in one plane either by the nut seat or by correspondingly slotted holes in the first body, through which holes the screw extends.
- the nut seat is a saddle fixed to the second body and the engagement/disengagement movement is guided in one plane by axially aligned slotted holes having parallel side walls spaced substantially by the diameter of the screw, to guide the screw
- the pawl connection comprises a sleeve fitting around the screw next to the eccentric cam between the arms of the nut seat, and constrained by a key to rotate with the screw, the sleeve being urged axially against the eccentric cam by a spring, and a pawl on the sleeve being engageable in a ratchet recess of the eccentric cam. Under the action of the cam, the screw can be vertically moved relative to the secured nut seat.
- the pawl connection is by a pawl pin comprised in the eccentric cam member and spring-urged radially inwardly against the screw, which has a ratchet recess for engagement by the pawl pin so that the screw and cam member can rotate together, and the relative transverse movement which engages/disengages the thread is guided in one plane by the nut seat.
- the nut seat is connected to the second body by a guide pillar which slides in a guide hole in the second body.
- the screw is transversely fixed relative to the first body and the engagement/disengagement movement is guided in one plane by the guided transverse movement of the nut seat relative to the second body.
- the screw is thus secured in the radial direction, while under the action of the cam the nut seat itself can move vertically relative to the radially secured screw.
- Figs. 2-15 show a bench vice which comprises a stationary body 21 having a hollow portion; a movable body 22 positioned within the hollow portion; a pair of vice jaws 12,14; a handle 1, a screw 20, an eccentric cam 17, a screw nut seat 19, ratchet sleeve 9, a compression spring 8 and a gasket 6.
- the movable body 22 can slide along the guide track in the stationary body 21 and the handle 1, mounted in a through-hole at the left-hand end of the screw 20, may cause the screw to turn to the left (N-direction) or right (M-direction).
- the two ends of the screw 20 are supported in respective support holes 7,23 of the front and back vertical plates of the movable body 22.
- the two support holes 7,23 are both in an oval form having two parallel side walls 101, the width of the holes being substantially equal to the diameter of the screw so as to permit the screw 20 to move up and down only vertically.
- the gasket 6 is provided between an inner end surface 68 of a left projection of the screw 20, and an outer end surface of the support hole 7 of the front vertical plate of the movable body 22.
- the screw 20 has a key-way which connects with the ratchet sleeve 9 through a guide key 16.
- the screw 20 also passes through the axial hole of the ratchet sleeve 9.
- the screw 20 has outer threads 25 (see Figs. 2 and 3).
- the screw nut seat 19 is in the form of a saddle (see Fig. 4), which is fixed on the stationary body 21 by means of bolts 11.
- the two arms 40 of the seat 19 have respective concentric holes 38.
- the cross-sectional shape of the holes 38 features two circular arcs, the upper arc "a” and the lower arc “b” (see Fig. 5).
- the centre of circle of the upper arc “a” is 01 and the central angle of the arc "a” is no more than 180°.
- the radius of upper arc "a” is r1 and equals the thread radius of the outer threads 25 on screw 20.
- the surfaces of the upper arcs "a” of the two holes have respective inner threads 15 which can engage with the outer threads 25 of the screw 20.
- the centre circle of the lower arc "b” is 02, beneath the centre 01 of the upper arc "a”, and there is an eccentricity distance “e” between the two centres 01 and 02.
- the distance "e” should be greater than the tooth depth of the threads 15,25, and the radius r2 of the lower arc “b” should be greater that the thread radius of the outer threads of the screw 20 so that when the screw 20 descends from position 01 to position 02, it need not touch any portions of the wall of the hole (as shown in Fig. 9) and hence can displace freely along its axial direction.
- the eccentric cam 17 is positioned between one arm 40 and the ratchet sleeve 9.
- the curve of the cam is divided into a downward stroke curve portion (with the lowest point 32) and an upward stroke curve portion (with the highest point 31) (see Fig. 7).
- the cam 17 has also a positioning projection 52 and a positioning plane 51.
- the positioning projection 52 will meet a horizontal limit plane 56 of the movable body 22.
- the lowest point 32 on the cam curve will just oppose the supporting surface 24 of seat 19 so that the cam 17 and the screw 20 are in the most released position 02 (see Fig. 11).
- the positioning plane 51 will meet the side wall surface 55 of the movable body 22.
- the ratchet sleeve 9 connects with the screw 20 through the guide key 16 and has a flange 57 which is provided with a (one or more) pawl 58 formed by a vertical surface 47 and an oblique surface 48 (see Fig. 6 and Fig. 10).
- a cylindrical compression spring 8 ensures that the ratchet sleeve 9 and the cam 19 are always pressed together.
- the movable body 22 may be pushed or pulled manually such that the movable body 22 slides quickly along the guide track in the stationary body 21 with the screw 20, to adjust quickly the opening S of the vice jaws according to the size of a workpiece.
- the movable body can be pushed so that the jaws 12,14 contact a work-piece 28.
- the cam also turns to the right, bringing its upward stroke curve to slide on the cam supporting surface 24 of the screw nut seat 19 until the positioning plane 51 of the cam 17 contacts with the limit surface 55 to stop the rotation (see Fig. 15).
- the highest point 31 on the upward stroke curve of the cam 17 just touches the supporting surface 24 of the seat 19 and the screw 20 is lifted vertically along the parallel side walls 101 of holes 3,27 to a highest position.
- the central axis of the screw 20 ascends vertically over an eccentricity distance "e” from its original position 02-02 to a position 01-01, until its outer threads 25 engage with the threads 15 in the holes 38 of the seat 19 so as to be relatively turnable (see Fig. 13).
- the ratchet sleeve 9 driven by the screw 20 and guide key 16 also turns to the left until the pawl 58 falls into the pawl groove 53 (see Fig. 10) under the pressure of the compression spring 8.
- the screw 20 drives the ratchet sleeve 9 to continue its left turn, and turns the cam 17 in the lefthand direction through the abutting vertical surfaces 47 and 50 of the pawl 58 and pawl groove 53, moving the cam gradually to a released position, i.e., causing the lowest point 32 on the downward stroke to turn gradually to its lowest position (see Fig. 11) until the positioning projection 52 of cam 17 contacts with the horizontal limit plane 56.
- the central axis of the screw 20 descends vertically from position 01 to position 02, dropping a height "e" and disengaging the screw outer threads 25 wholly from the inner seat threads 15.
- the front and back ends of the screw 20 fall respectively on the lower supporting surfaces 36,37 of the supporting holes 7,23 of the front and back plates of the movable body 22 (see Fig. 8). Therefore, the screw 20 may displace forward or backward freely with the movable body 22 and such that the opening of the vice jaws 12,14 can be quickly adjusted as described in step 1.
- Figs. 16-27 show a second embodiment of the present invention, which is a bench vice for a tool and comprises a stationary body 63, a movable body 64, a screw 20, an eccentric cam 65, a screw nut seat 68, a one-way pawl pin 73, a ring extension spring 76, and a positioning pin 74.
- the one-way pawl device has a pawl pin 73 instead of the ratchet sleeve 9 of the first embodiment.
- the movable body 64 can slide along the guide track in the stationary body 63, and the screw 20 passes through the holes in the eccentric cam 65 and the screw nut seat 68.
- the screw nut seat 68 is in the form of a saddle, with an upper portion 88 (see Fig. 21), and is fixed on the stationary body 63 by means of bolts 75.
- the holes of the screw nut seat 68 are elongate, with two parallel side walls 87, an upper arc portion 86, and a lower arc portion with inner threads 15 suitable to engage with the outer threads 25 of the screw 20.
- the width of the elongate holes is substantially equal to the diameter of the screw 20.
- the eccentric cam 65 is located within the screw nut seat 68.
- the curve portion 92 of the eccentric cam 65 is circular and can slide between the upper cam support surface 94 and the lower cam support surface 95 of the nut seat 68.
- the eccentric cam 65 is provided on the plane 89 with a radial hole 67 and a threaded hole 90. It also has a groove 77 for receiving a ring extension spring 76, said groove 77 surrounding the outer circumference of cam 65 and passing through the end centre of radial hole 67 (see Fig. 19).
- the positioning pin 74 is secured in the threaded hole 90 of the cam 65 by threads.
- the pawl pin 73 is located within the radial hole 67 of the cam 65 and can slide radially along the hole 67.
- the pawl pin 73 is provided with a one-way pawl formed by a vertical surface 79 and an oblique surface 78.
- the pawl pin 73 is further provided with a hole 80 through which the ring extension spring 76 can pass.
- the ring extension spring 76 is located around the groove 77 of the cam 65 and passes through the hole 80 of the pawl pin 73.
- the screw 20 is provided in its axial direction with two pawl grooves 81 each having a vertical surface 83 and an oblique surface 82 (see Figs. 24 and 27).
- the front end plate of the movable body 64 is provided with two holes in which the spring 71 is located, to ensure that there is a gap " ⁇ " between the front end wall and the gasket 70, and allow the screw 20 to have a little axial play so that a suitable engagement can be achieved.
- a gasket 93 is located on the inner side of the front end wall of the movable body and prevents the screw 20 from sliding off.
- the rotation of the eccentric cam 65 causes the screw 20 to descend along the parallel walls 87 of the elongate hole of the nut seat 68, with the axis of the screw 20 dropping from its highest position 01-01 to its lowest position 02-02, and the screw threads 25 engaging with the nut seat threads 15 (see Fig. 25).
- the oblique surface 78 of pawl pin 73 slides over the oblique surface 82 of the pawl groove 81 of screw 20 when the component acting on the two oblique surfaces is greater than the extension force of the ring spring 76, so that the pawl pin 73 leaves the pawl groove 81 (see Fig. 27); then the screw 20 can turn continuously.
- Figs. 28-32 show a third embodiment of the present invention wherein the structures of the pawl pin, the eccentric cam and the nut seat are basically identical to those of the second embodiment, but the nut seat 68 is provided on its bottom surface with a guide pillar 96 which can slide vertically in a guide hole 97 through the base 100 of the stationary body 63.
- the screw 20, supported in two holes of the end walls of the movable body 64, cannot move vertically up and down but can only turn, while the nut seat 60 can move vertically under the action of eccentric cam 65, so that the threads 25,15 of screw 20 and nut seat 68 may engage with or disengage from each other.
- the screw 20 drives the eccentric cam 65 through the pawl groove and pawl pin 73.
- the eccentric cam 65 rotates under the limit of two surfaces 94 and 95, and causes the nut seat 68 to ascend vertically over a distance "h", because the screw 20 is fixed in the radial direction, (see Fig. 29, and Fig. 32).
- the nut seat threads 15 engage with the screw threads 25.
- the pawl pin 73 slides out of the pawl groove of the screw 20.
- the screw 20 can then move along the axial direction "K" while it continues to turn to the right, and push the movable body 64 via the gasket 70 to clamp the workpiece (see Fig. 29).
- the screw 20 drives the eccentric cam 65 by the contacted vertical surfaces 83 and 79 respectively of the pawl groove 81 and the pawl pin 73.
- the cam 65 rotates to cause the nut seat 68 to descend vertically relative to the radially fixed screw 20, so that the threads 25 of the screw 20 disengage from the threads 15 of the nut seat 68 and the movable body can move freely in the axial direction (see Fig. 28).
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Description
- This invention relates to a screw drive mechanism which permits a screw to engage with or disengage from a screw nut quickly by a relative movement between the screw and the nut, and may be applied in a manual bench vice, bench vice for a tool, or the sliding table of a tool where there is a requirement for quickly passing through an idle stroke, speedily adjusting a relative distance or fast clamping.
- There are many known types of fast clamping vice. US-A-2102602 (1937) disclosed a vice mechanism having the features of the preamble of
present claim 1, but in which the locus of centre of the screw is an arc when the screw disengages or engages to the nut. Thus, the nut has to connect slidingly with a stationary body, which would give poor strength. US-A-2430458 (1947) also discloses a mechanism in which the nut will remain on the screw after they are disengaged, and where the nut is pressed against an outer circumference of the screw by a spring and a pin. This will cause a large resistance. My own EP-A-306119 (which is in Article 54(3) EPC relation to this patent) disclosed a fast clamping mechanism, in which a driving nut is provided outside the vice body. The mechanism is complex in construction. - According to the present invention, a screw driven mechanism (having the features of the preamble of claim 1) is characterised in that
the nut seat has axially-spaced arms with respective axially aligned slotted holes through which the screw passes, the slot elongation being in the direction of said transverse relative movement of the screw and nut seat;
the eccentric member is an eccentric cam positioned around the screw between the arms of the nut seat and which has an outward cam surface which slidably engages a cam support surface of the nut seat, and
the relative transverse movement which engages/disengages the thread is guided in one plane either by the nut seat or by correspondingly slotted holes in the first body, through which holes the screw extends. - The straight relative movement between the screw and nut threads, when engaging/disengaging, reduces the above-mentioned difficulties of the prior art while enabling a construction that may be relatively simple and hence not too expensive to make.
- According to one embodiment of the present invention, the nut seat is a saddle fixed to the second body and the engagement/disengagement movement is guided in one plane by axially aligned slotted holes having parallel side walls spaced substantially by the diameter of the screw, to guide the screw, and the pawl connection comprises a sleeve fitting around the screw next to the eccentric cam between the arms of the nut seat, and constrained by a key to rotate with the screw, the sleeve being urged axially against the eccentric cam by a spring, and a pawl on the sleeve being engageable in a ratchet recess of the eccentric cam. Under the action of the cam, the screw can be vertically moved relative to the secured nut seat.
- In a second embodiment of the present invention, the pawl connection is by a pawl pin comprised in the eccentric cam member and spring-urged radially inwardly against the screw, which has a ratchet recess for engagement by the pawl pin so that the screw and cam member can rotate together, and the relative transverse movement which engages/disengages the thread is guided in one plane by the nut seat.
- In a third embodiment of the present invention, the nut seat is connected to the second body by a guide pillar which slides in a guide hole in the second body. The screw is transversely fixed relative to the first body and the engagement/disengagement movement is guided in one plane by the guided transverse movement of the nut seat relative to the second body. The screw is thus secured in the radial direction, while under the action of the cam the nut seat itself can move vertically relative to the radially secured screw.
- Embodiments of the invention are now described by way of example, referring to the accompanying drawings in which:
- Fig. 1 is a view showing a bench vice mechanism of the prior art;
- Fig. 2 illustrates a bench vice employing a drive mechanism embodying the invention, in a sectional view showing the bench vice in a released position;
- Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the bench vice of Fig. 2 in a position clamping a workpiece;
- Fig. 4 is a general view of a screw nut seat of the vice of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 5 is a side view of Fig. 4;
- Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a ratchet sleeve of the vice of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 7 is a perspective view of an eccentric cam of the vice of Fig. 2;
- Fig. 8 is a sectional view of Fig. 2 taken at lines AA and DD;
- Fig. 9 is a sectional view of Fig. 2 at line BB, showing a relative position after the screw has been disengaged from an axial hole in the screw nut seat, with the vice in a released position;
- Fig. 10 is an orthogonal projection drawing of the local view E, showing how the pawl of the ratchet sleeve engages with a groove on the cam when the vice of Fig. 2 is in a released position;
- Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken at line CC of Fig. 2, showing relative positions of the eccentric cam and the screw nut seat when the vice is in a released position;
- Fig. 12 is a sectional view taken at line A'A' and line D'D' of Fig. 3, showing relative positions of the screw neck journal in the support holes of the front and back vertical plates of the movable body, when the bench vice is in a position clamping a workpiece;
- Fig. 13 is a sectional view taken at line B'B' of Fig. 3, showing how the outer threads of the screw engage with the inner threads of the screw nut seat when the bench vice is in a clamping position;
- Fig. 14 is an orthogonal projection of the local view E', showing how the ratchet sleeve disengages from the groove of the cam (of Fig. 3) with the bench vice in a clamping position;
- Fig. 15 is a sectional view of Fig. 3 taken at line C'C', showing relative positions of the eccentric cam and the screw nut seat when the bench vice is in a clamping position;
- Fig. 16 is a view of a second bench vice embodying the invention, in a released position;
- Fig. 17 shows the bench vice of Fig. 16 in a clamping position;
- Fig. 18 is a perspective view of a pawl pin of the Fig. 16 vice;
- Fig. 19 is a perspective view of an eccentric cam of the Fig. 16 vice;
- Fig. 20 is a perspective view of a ring extension spring of the Fig. 16 vice;
- Fig. 21 is a perspective view of a screw nut seat of the Fig. 16 vice;
- Fig. 22 is a sectional view at line DD of Fig. 16;
- Fig. 23 is a sectional view at line EE of Fig. 16;
- Fig. 24 is a sectional view at line FF of Fig. 16;
- Fig. 25 is a sectional view at line D'D' of Fig. 17;
- Fig. 26 is a sectional view at line E'E' of Fig. 17;
- Fig. 27 is a sectional view at line F'F' of Fig. 17;
- Fig. 28 is a view of a third bench vice embodying the invention, in a released position;
- Fig. 29 shows the bench vice of Fig. 28 in a clamping position;
- Fig. 30 is a perspective view of a screw nut seat of the Fig. 28 vice;
- Fig. 31 is a sectional view at line PP of Fig. 28; and
- Fig. 32 is a sectional view at line P'P' of Fig. 29.
- Figs. 2-15 show a bench vice which comprises a
stationary body 21 having a hollow portion; amovable body 22 positioned within the hollow portion; a pair ofvice jaws handle 1, ascrew 20, aneccentric cam 17, ascrew nut seat 19,ratchet sleeve 9, acompression spring 8 and agasket 6. Themovable body 22 can slide along the guide track in thestationary body 21 and thehandle 1, mounted in a through-hole at the left-hand end of thescrew 20, may cause the screw to turn to the left (N-direction) or right (M-direction). - The two ends of the
screw 20 are supported inrespective support holes movable body 22. The twosupport holes parallel side walls 101, the width of the holes being substantially equal to the diameter of the screw so as to permit thescrew 20 to move up and down only vertically. Thegasket 6 is provided between aninner end surface 68 of a left projection of thescrew 20, and an outer end surface of thesupport hole 7 of the front vertical plate of themovable body 22. At the right shoulder of thescrew 20, there is acylindrical compression spring 44 whose end bears through agasket 41 against the inner side of the back vertical plate of themovable body 22, while the end of the right neck journal ofscrew 20 has agasket 42 and astop collar 43 to prevent the neck journal from sliding off. In assembly, it should be ensured that there is a gap δ between theend surface 60 on left projection of thescrew 20 and theend surface 61 ofgasket 6. The width of δ is about ½ of the pitch inscrew 20. This δ is needed in case the threads meet out of alignment when moved together; a little axial freedom of movement enables a suitable engagement to be achieved. - The
screw 20 has a key-way which connects with theratchet sleeve 9 through aguide key 16. Thescrew 20 also passes through the axial hole of theratchet sleeve 9. Thescrew 20 has outer threads 25 (see Figs. 2 and 3). - The
screw nut seat 19 is in the form of a saddle (see Fig. 4), which is fixed on thestationary body 21 by means ofbolts 11. The twoarms 40 of theseat 19 have respectiveconcentric holes 38. The cross-sectional shape of theholes 38 features two circular arcs, the upper arc "a" and the lower arc "b" (see Fig. 5). The centre of circle of the upper arc "a" is 0₁ and the central angle of the arc "a" is no more than 180°. The radius of upper arc "a" is r₁ and equals the thread radius of theouter threads 25 onscrew 20. The surfaces of the upper arcs "a" of the two holes have respectiveinner threads 15 which can engage with theouter threads 25 of thescrew 20. The centre circle of the lower arc "b" is 0₂, beneath thecentre 0₁ of the upper arc "a", and there is an eccentricity distance "e" between the twocentres threads screw 20 so that when thescrew 20 descends fromposition 0₁ toposition 0₂, it need not touch any portions of the wall of the hole (as shown in Fig. 9) and hence can displace freely along its axial direction. - The
eccentric cam 17 is positioned between onearm 40 and theratchet sleeve 9. The curve of the cam is divided into a downward stroke curve portion (with the lowest point 32) and an upward stroke curve portion (with the highest point 31) (see Fig. 7). Thecam 17 has also apositioning projection 52 and apositioning plane 51. In leftwards turning, thepositioning projection 52 will meet ahorizontal limit plane 56 of themovable body 22. At this point, thelowest point 32 on the cam curve will just oppose the supportingsurface 24 ofseat 19 so that thecam 17 and thescrew 20 are in the most released position 0₂ (see Fig. 11). Similarly (see Fig. 15) in rightwards turning, thepositioning plane 51 will meet theside wall surface 55 of themovable body 22. At this point, thehighest point 31 on the upward stroke curve portion of thecam 17 will meet thecam support surface 24, under the influence of the upward stroke curve of thecam 17, causing the axis of thescrew 20 to ascend fromposition 0₂ up toposition 0₁, so that itsouter threads 25 engage with theinner threads 15 on the seat 19 (see Fig. 13). There is provided on anend surface 45 ofcam 17 one (or more) one-way pawl groove 53 (see Fig. 7 and Fig. 14) which has avertical surface 50 and anoblique surface 49. - The
ratchet sleeve 9 connects with thescrew 20 through theguide key 16 and has aflange 57 which is provided with a (one or more)pawl 58 formed by avertical surface 47 and an oblique surface 48 (see Fig. 6 and Fig. 10). Acylindrical compression spring 8 ensures that theratchet sleeve 9 and thecam 19 are always pressed together. - Now, the operation sequences of the vice will be explained. There are five steps, wherein the second and third steps are simultaneous and the whole operating time is about one second; the fourth and fifth steps are also simultaneous and the whole operating time is about 0.5 second.
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lowest point 32 on the downward stroke curve of thecam 17 faces thecam supporting surface 24, thecam 17 is in a released position relative to thecam supporting surface 24 of the screw nut seat 19 (see Fig. 11). The front end and the back end of thescrew 20 are supported respectively on the lower supportingsurfaces holes holes screw 20 at thecentre 0₂ of the lower arc "b", while theouter threads 25 do not contact at all with the inner surfaces of theholes 38 of the seat 19 (see Fig. 9). Thus themovable body 22 may be pushed or pulled manually such that themovable body 22 slides quickly along the guide track in thestationary body 21 with thescrew 20, to adjust quickly the opening S of the vice jaws according to the size of a workpiece. The movable body can be pushed so that thejaws piece 28. - Turning the
handle 1 in the right-hand direction (shown as arrow M in Fig. 3), to rotate thescrew 20, drives also theratchet sleeve 9 to the right through theguide key 16. Thepawl 58 ofratchet sleeve 9 is in apawl groove 53 of thecam 17, and the turning of theratchet sleeve 9 causes theoblique surface 48 of thepawl 58 to bear against theoblique surface 49 of the pawl groove 53 (see the double-dash line in Fig. 14). Thus, under axial force from thecompression spring 8 and the push of theoblique surface 48 of theratchet sleeve 9, the cam also turns to the right, bringing its upward stroke curve to slide on thecam supporting surface 24 of thescrew nut seat 19 until thepositioning plane 51 of thecam 17 contacts with thelimit surface 55 to stop the rotation (see Fig. 15). At the same time, thehighest point 31 on the upward stroke curve of thecam 17 just touches the supportingsurface 24 of theseat 19 and thescrew 20 is lifted vertically along theparallel side walls 101 ofholes screw 20 ascends vertically over an eccentricity distance "e" from its original position 0₂-0₂ to a position 0₁-0₁, until itsouter threads 25 engage with thethreads 15 in theholes 38 of theseat 19 so as to be relatively turnable (see Fig. 13). - Continue to turn the
handle 1 along the righthand direction (M-direction). Since thepositioning plane 51 of thecam 17 has touched thesidewall limit surface 55 ofmovable body 22 and stopped rotation of the cam 17 (see Fig. 15), the rotative force on theratchet sleeve 9, applied to the oblique surfaces 48 and 49 of the contactingpawl 58 andpawl groove 53, generates an axial component along the direction "H". When that axial component is greater than the axial pressure ofspring 8, theratchet sleeve 9 displaces along the direction "H", until thepawl 58 leaves thepawl groove 53 and slides on theend surface 45 of thecam 17. Still continuing to turn the handle: since theouter screw threads 25 are engaged with the innernut seat threads 15 ofnut seat 19, and theseat 19 is fixed on thestationary body 21, thescrew 20 moves forward along the axial direction "K" while turning to the right. Thus, thescrew 20 pushes themovable body 22, through theend surface 60 on its left projection and thegasket 6, until thejaws workpiece 28. - After the workpiece has been processed and requires to be removed, turning the
handle 1 in a lefthand direction (N-direction, see Fig. 2) causes thescrew 20 to rotate in the left-hand direction. Since the screwouter threads 25 are initially in engagement with theinner threads 15 ofseat 19, thescrew 20 displaces axially along the direction "H", and (through thegasket 42 and stop collar 43) pushes themovable body 22 along direction "H" causing the jaws to release theworkpiece 28. - As the
handle 1 turns to the left on release, theratchet sleeve 9 driven by thescrew 20 and guide key 16 also turns to the left until thepawl 58 falls into the pawl groove 53 (see Fig. 10) under the pressure of thecompression spring 8. Thescrew 20 drives theratchet sleeve 9 to continue its left turn, and turns thecam 17 in the lefthand direction through the abuttingvertical surfaces pawl 58 andpawl groove 53, moving the cam gradually to a released position, i.e., causing thelowest point 32 on the downward stroke to turn gradually to its lowest position (see Fig. 11) until thepositioning projection 52 ofcam 17 contacts with thehorizontal limit plane 56. Thus the central axis of thescrew 20 descends vertically fromposition 0₁ toposition 0₂, dropping a height "e" and disengaging the screwouter threads 25 wholly from theinner seat threads 15. Now, the front and back ends of thescrew 20 fall respectively on the lower supportingsurfaces holes screw 20 may displace forward or backward freely with themovable body 22 and such that the opening of thevice jaws step 1. - Figs. 16-27 show a second embodiment of the present invention, which is a bench vice for a tool and comprises a
stationary body 63, amovable body 64, ascrew 20, aneccentric cam 65, ascrew nut seat 68, a one-way pawl pin 73, aring extension spring 76, and apositioning pin 74. In this embodiment, the one-way pawl device has apawl pin 73 instead of theratchet sleeve 9 of the first embodiment. Themovable body 64 can slide along the guide track in thestationary body 63, and thescrew 20 passes through the holes in theeccentric cam 65 and thescrew nut seat 68. Thescrew nut seat 68 is in the form of a saddle, with an upper portion 88 (see Fig. 21), and is fixed on thestationary body 63 by means of bolts 75. The holes of thescrew nut seat 68 are elongate, with twoparallel side walls 87, anupper arc portion 86, and a lower arc portion withinner threads 15 suitable to engage with theouter threads 25 of thescrew 20. The width of the elongate holes is substantially equal to the diameter of thescrew 20. Theeccentric cam 65 is located within thescrew nut seat 68. Thecurve portion 92 of theeccentric cam 65 is circular and can slide between the uppercam support surface 94 and the lowercam support surface 95 of thenut seat 68. Theeccentric cam 65 is provided on theplane 89 with aradial hole 67 and a threadedhole 90. It also has agroove 77 for receiving aring extension spring 76, saidgroove 77 surrounding the outer circumference ofcam 65 and passing through the end centre of radial hole 67 (see Fig. 19). Thepositioning pin 74 is secured in the threadedhole 90 of thecam 65 by threads. Thepawl pin 73 is located within theradial hole 67 of thecam 65 and can slide radially along thehole 67. Thepawl pin 73 is provided with a one-way pawl formed by avertical surface 79 and anoblique surface 78. Thepawl pin 73 is further provided with ahole 80 through which thering extension spring 76 can pass. Thering extension spring 76 is located around thegroove 77 of thecam 65 and passes through thehole 80 of thepawl pin 73. Thescrew 20 is provided in its axial direction with twopawl grooves 81 each having avertical surface 83 and an oblique surface 82 (see Figs. 24 and 27). The front end plate of themovable body 64 is provided with two holes in which thespring 71 is located, to ensure that there is a gap "δ" between the front end wall and thegasket 70, and allow thescrew 20 to have a little axial play so that a suitable engagement can be achieved. Agasket 93 is located on the inner side of the front end wall of the movable body and prevents thescrew 20 from sliding off. - In case of releasing a workpiece (see Fig. 16), turning the
screw 20 to the left (N-direction) causes thepawl pin 73 to fall into thepawl groove 81 ofscrew 20 under the action ofring extension spring 76. Thus, thescrew 20 drives theeccentric cam 65 through two contactedvertical surfaces pawl groove 81 and the pawl 73 (see Fig. 24). Theeccentric cam 65 rotates under the limit of two cam support surfaces 94 and 95 and causes thescrew 20 to ascend vertically along twoparallel side walls 87 of the holes of thenut seat 68, until the head of thepositioning pin 74 contacts with thelimit surface 84 of the nut seat 68 (see Fig. 23), with the axis of thescrew 20 ascending from its lowest position 0₂-0₂ to its highest position 0₁-0₁. Thethreads 25 of thescrew 20 disengage from thethreads 15 of the nut seat 68 (see Fig. 22) so that themovable body 64 may be pushed or pulled manually and the opening "S" of the vice jaws can be adjusted quickly (see Fig. 16). - In clamping a workpiece, turning the
screw 20 to the right (M-direction) causes theoblique surface 82 of thepawl groove 81 ofscrew 20 to bear against theoblique surface 78 of pawl pin 73 (see Fig. 27) and brings theeccentric cam 65 to rotate under the pull action of thering extension spring 76, until the head of thepositioning pin 74 contacts theupper limit surface 85 of the nut seat 68 (see Fig. 26). At the same time, the rotation of theeccentric cam 65 causes thescrew 20 to descend along theparallel walls 87 of the elongate hole of thenut seat 68, with the axis of thescrew 20 dropping from its highest position 0₁-0₁ to its lowest position 0₂-0₂, and thescrew threads 25 engaging with the nut seat threads 15 (see Fig. 25). Continuing to turn thescrew 20, theoblique surface 78 ofpawl pin 73 slides over theoblique surface 82 of thepawl groove 81 ofscrew 20 when the component acting on the two oblique surfaces is greater than the extension force of thering spring 76, so that thepawl pin 73 leaves the pawl groove 81 (see Fig. 27); then thescrew 20 can turn continuously. Since theouter threads 25 of thescrew 20 are engaged with theinner threads 15 of thenut seat 68 which is fixed on thestationary body 63, thescrew 20 will move forward in the axial direction "K" while turning to the right, pushing themovable body 64 via thegasket 70 to clamp the workpiece. - Figs. 28-32 show a third embodiment of the present invention wherein the structures of the pawl pin, the eccentric cam and the nut seat are basically identical to those of the second embodiment, but the
nut seat 68 is provided on its bottom surface with aguide pillar 96 which can slide vertically in aguide hole 97 through thebase 100 of thestationary body 63. Thescrew 20, supported in two holes of the end walls of themovable body 64, cannot move vertically up and down but can only turn, while thenut seat 60 can move vertically under the action ofeccentric cam 65, so that thethreads screw 20 andnut seat 68 may engage with or disengage from each other. - In case of clamping a workpiece, and turning the
screw 20 along a righthand direction (M-direction), thescrew 20 drives theeccentric cam 65 through the pawl groove andpawl pin 73. Theeccentric cam 65 rotates under the limit of twosurfaces nut seat 68 to ascend vertically over a distance "h", because thescrew 20 is fixed in the radial direction, (see Fig. 29, and Fig. 32). Thenut seat threads 15 engage with thescrew threads 25. Continuing to turn thescrew 20, thepawl pin 73 slides out of the pawl groove of thescrew 20. Thescrew 20 can then move along the axial direction "K" while it continues to turn to the right, and push themovable body 64 via thegasket 70 to clamp the workpiece (see Fig. 29). - In case of releasing a workpiece, turning the
screw 20 to the left (N-direction), thescrew 20 drives theeccentric cam 65 by the contactedvertical surfaces pawl groove 81 and thepawl pin 73. Thecam 65 rotates to cause thenut seat 68 to descend vertically relative to the radially fixedscrew 20, so that thethreads 25 of thescrew 20 disengage from thethreads 15 of thenut seat 68 and the movable body can move freely in the axial direction (see Fig. 28).
Claims (13)
- A screw driven mechanism for two bodies which are relatively movable in a drive direction by rotating a screw (20) which extends axially in the drive direction, is axially constrained relative to a first one of the bodies (22,64), and engages a threaded nut seat (19,68) which is constrained in the drive direction relative to the second body (21,63);
comprising a thread engagement/disengagement mechanism wherein
the nut seat thread subtends not more that 180° so that the screw (20) can be relatively shifted transversely into/out of engagement therewith;
the screw (20) passes relatively rotatably through an eccentric member (17,65) which is mounted such that rotation of the eccentric member (17,65) can move the nut seat (19,68) and screw (20) into/out of threaded engagement, and
the eccentric member (17,65) is rotated by rotating the screw (20), being coupled thereto through a pawl connection which, when rotating the eccentric member (17,65) in the sense which brings the parts into threaded engagement, uncouples once a certain torque is exceeded so as to allow the screw to rotate without rotating the eccentric member;
characterised in that
the nut seat (19,68) has axially-spaced arms (40) with respective axially aligned slotted holes (38) through which the screw (20) passes, the slot elongation being in the direction of said transverse relative movement of the screw (20) and nut seat (19,68);
the eccentric member (17,65) is an eccentric cam positioned around the screw (20) between the arms (40) of the nut seat (17,65) and which has an outward cam surface which slidably engages a cam support surface (24,95) of the nut seat (19,68), and
the relative transverse movement which engages/disengages the thread is guided in one plane either by the nut seat (19,68) or by correspondingly slotted holes (7,23) in the first body (22), through which holes the screw extends. - A screw driven mechanism according to claim 1 in which the pawl connection comprises a sleeve (9) fitting around the screw (20) next to the eccentric cam (17) between the arms (40) of the nut seat (19), and constrained by a key (16) to rotate with the screw (20), the sleeve (9) being urged axially against the eccentric cam (17) by a spring (8), and a pawl (58) on the sleeve (9) being engageable in a ratchet recess (53) of the eccentric cam (17).
- A screw driven mechanism according to claim 2 in which the ratchet recess (53) of the eccentric cam (17) has a circumferentially-facing stop surface (50) and an oblique sliding surface (49).
- A screw driven-mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3 in which the eccentric cam has a stop projection (52) which meets a corresponding stop detent (56) of the first body (22) to prevent further rotation of the eccentric cam (17), after the threads disengage in the disengaging movement.
- A screw driven mechanism according to claim 4 in which the eccentric cam (17) has an outward positioning plane (51) which contacts against a side surface of the first body (22) to maintain the cam member (17) in the position in which it holds the screw (20) in threaded engagement with the nut seat (19).
- A screw driven mechanism according to any one of the preceding claims in which the nut seat (17) is a saddle fixed to the said second body (21) and the engagement/disengagement movement is guided in one plane by axially aligned slotted holes (7,23) through front and back parts of the first body (22), said slotted holes (7,23) having parallel side walls spaced substantially by the diameter of the screw (20), to guide the screw (20).
- A screw driven mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 5 in which the screw (20) is transversely fixed relative to the first body (64), and the engagement/disengagement movement is guided in one plane by a guided transverse movement of the nut seat (68) relative to the second body (63).
- A screw driven mechanism according to claim 7 in which the nut seat is connected to the second body (63) by a guide pillar (96) which slides in a guide hole (97) in the second body (63).
- A screw driven mechanism according to claim 1 in which the pawl connection between the screw (20) and eccentric cam member is by a pawl pin (73) comprised in the eccentric cam member (95) and spring-urged radially inwardly against the screw (20), which has a ratchet recess (81) for engagement by the pawl pin (73) so that the screw (20) and cam member (65) can rotate together.
- A screw driven mechanism according to claim 9 in which the pawl pin (73) is slidable in a radial hole (67) in the cam member (65).
- A screw driven mechanism according to any one of the preceding claims in which the slotted holes (38) of the nut seat arms (40) have circular arc sections at their extremities in the direction of their elongation, that at one extremity having threads (15) for engaging the screw (20), the other being without threads and having a larger radius than the screw (20) so as not to touch the screw (20) when the threads are disengaged.
- A screw driven mechanism according to any one of the preceding claims in which the second body (21,63) is a stationary body, and the first body (22,64) is a movable body.
- A bench vice, or tool incorporating a sliding table, comprising a screw driven mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 12.
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