US 5,867,909 AGranted

Branch shears tool

AssigneeJ. Wagner GmbH

InventorsThomas Jeltsch, Jorn Lutzeler

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Abstract

Branch shears (1) having two blades (11, 12) that are movable in relation to each other, of which one blade (11) is rigidly connected with a housing (2) and the other blade (12) can be moved by an electric motor (5) via a threaded spindle (8), a threaded nut (21) arranged on the threaded spindle and a rod assembly connected to the threaded nut. A control switch (41) having two reversing switches (42, 43) connected to the circuit of the electric motor (5) is provided. In addition, a control link (51) is attached to the spindle nut (21), onto which the operating cams (53, 54, 55) interacting with the reversing switches (42, 43) are formed. With the aid of the control switch (41), it is possible to stop, continue or reverse the movements of the pivotable blade (12) at any time in a simple manner, thus the movements of this blade can be controlled as desired. In addition, it is ensured that the branch shears (1) will always open automatically by the force of the electric motor (5) if the control switch is released.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A branch shears tool (1) having:

a first blade (11) and a second blade (12) movable in relation to each other;
a housing (2) having the first blade (11) rigidly connected thereto;
an electric motor (5) having a circuit and located in the housing;
a threaded spindle rotatable by the electric motor and for moving the second blade;
a threaded nut (21) arranged on the threaded spindle and supported so as to be non-rotating;
and
a rod assembly (28, 29) connected to the threaded nut;
characterized by
a control switch (41) capable of being actuated in the housing (2) and running perpendicular to the threaded spindle (8) for the controlled actuation of the electric motor (5), said control switch having a pair of reversing switches (42, 43) with actuating elements (44, 45) arranged at a lateral distance from each other and connected to the circuit of the electric motor (5);
a control link (51) attached to the threaded nut (21);
and
a plurality of operating cams (53, 54, 55) formed on the control link and which interact with the actuating elements (44, 45) of the reversing switches (42, 43).

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