Angle changeable apparatus and oar
AssigneeKuwano Boats Co., Ltd.
InventorsShingo Nishiyama, Tetsushi Ozawa
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Abstract
The present invention provides an angle changeable apparatus and an oar such that the shaft angle is easily adjustable. Disclosed is an angle changeable apparatus 1 for variably changing an angle of a shaft 110 inserted in a sleeve 10, including: a shaft-side member 20 fixed to the shaft 110; a sleeve-side member 30 fixed to the sleeve 10; and a slider 40 configured to slide between the shaft-side member 20 and the sleeve-side member 30, wherein the shaft-side member 20 has a first guiding part extending in a shaft direction, the sleeve-side member 30 has an elongated hole 31 extending in an oblique direction relative to the shaft direction, the slider 40 has a groove 41c guided by the first guiding part and a slider main body 41 guided by the elongated hole 31.
Claims6
An angle changeable apparatus for variably changing an angle of a shaft inserted in a sleeve and passing through the sleeve, comprising:
- a shaft-side member fixed to the shaft;
- a sleeve-side member fixed to the sleeve;
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- a slider configured to slide between the shaft-side member and the sleeve-side member, wherein
- one of the shaft-side member or the sleeve-side member has a first guiding part extending in a shaft direction,
- the other of the shaft-side member or the sleeve-side member has a second guiding part extending in an oblique direction relative to the shaft direction,
- the slider has a first guided part guided by the first guiding part and a second guided part guided by the second guiding part, and
- when the slider slides, the shaft-side member and the sleeve-side member are subject to relative rotation so that an angle of the shaft relative to the sleeve is changeable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.