Air pressure tube assembly for elevation-adjustable seat stand
OwnerGorden Cheninventor
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Abstract
An air pressure tube assembly for elevation-adjustable seat stand is constructed to include a barrel, an inner tube mounted inside the barrel, a top cap mounted in one end of the barrel, a first valve and a second valve connected in a line between the top cap and the inner tube inside the barrel, a bottom cap fastened to one end of the inner tube remote from the top cap, a pin adapted to close/open the first valve and the second valve, a bolt fastened to the top cap and extended out of the barrel, a piston assembly axially movably mounted in the inner tube, and small and big O-rings sealed between the parts of the air pressure tube assembly, the top cap, the first valve, the second valve, the inner tube and parts of the piston assembly being respectively injection-molded from plastics.
Claims2
An air pressure tube assembly for an elevation-adjustable seat stand, comprised of a barrel, an inner tube mounted inside said barrel, a top cap mounted in one end of said barrel, a first valve and a second valve connected in a line between said top cap and said inner tube inside said barrel, a bottom cap fastened to one end of said inner tube remote from said top cap, a pin adapted to either close or open said first valve and said second valve, a bolt fastened to said top cap and extended out of said barrel, small and big O-rings, and a piston assembly axially movably mounted in said inner tube, wherein:
- said top cap, said first valve, said second valve, said inner tube and parts of said piston are respectively injection-molded from plastics;
- said top cap is shaped like a tapered tube, comprising a bottom flange raised around the periphery of a bottom end thereof, a plurality of longitudinal ribs spaced around the periphery and perpendicularly extended said the bottom flange to a top end thereof, a center through hole extended through the top and bottom end thereof, and a neck in the center through hole adapted to hold said bolt in the center through hole of said top cap;
- said first valve comprises a bottom coupling chamber, a center hole disposed in communication with said bottom coupling chamber and adapted to receive said pin, and a stepped peripheral wall, the stepped peripheral wall of said first valve comprising a front section, which holds one small O-ring, a rear section, which holds one big O-ring, and an intermediate section connected between said front section and said rear section, which holds one big O-ring;
- said second valve comprises a center through hole adapted to receive said pin, a front coupling flange coupled to the bottom coupling chamber of said first valve, a stepped peripheral wall, an air hole transversely extended through a middle part of the stepped peripheral wall of said second valve and disposed in communication with the center through hole of said second valve, and an annular coupling groove on a bottom end of a rear part of the stepped peripheral wall of said second valve;
- said inner tube comprises a transverse partition wall, which blocks one end of said inner tube and holds one small O-ring in contact with said second valve, an annular coupling flange axially forwardly extended from said partition wall and coupled to the annular coupling groove of said second valve, a center through hole extended through said transverse partition wall at the center within the annular coupling flange of said inner tube and adapted to receive said pin, and a plurality of longitudinal ribs spaced around the periphery thereof and disposed in contact with an inside wall of said barrel.
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