Cam operated apparatus
AssigneeResontech Ltd.
InventorHugh Edward Fisher
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Abstract
A cam operated apparatus with a cam track (16) and cam follower (12) being engaged with one another, a head element such as a bit operatively connected to the cam track or cam follower means, and rotational drive means such as a motor operatively connected to the other, such that rotational drive causes reciprocal action of the head element and the width (A) of the cam follower means (12) is in the region of 91% to 99%, of the width (B) of the cam track (16), to create a harmonic effect on the head element with low noise and increased power efficiency. Pin-in-wave and wave-in-wave arrangements are described along with tools including the cam operated apparatus.
Claims14
Cam operated apparatus comprising a cam track and cam follower means, wherein the cam track and cam follower means are engaged with one another, and the apparatus further comprises at least one head element operatively connected to one of the at least one cam track and the at least one cam follower means, and at least one rotational drive means operatively connected to the other of the at least one cam track and the at least one cam follower means, such that rotational drive causes reciprocal action of the head element and wherein a width of the at least one cam track is greater than a width of the at least one cam follower means;
- the cam follower means has two degrees of motion, a first degree of motion defined by the cam track, and a second degree of motion defined by ricochet between opposing walls of the cam track, the first degree of motion causing a substantially longitudinally throw of the head element providing a pitch of the apparatus and the second degree of motion creating a harmonic effect on the head element and characterised in that:
- the apparatus further comprise an adjustment mechanism, the adjustment mechanism configured to selectively change the width of the cam track so as to tune the apparatus to the harmonic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.