Multi-step control rivet gun
AssigneeYu-Ching Lin
InventorYu-Ching Lin
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Abstract
A rivet gun has a barrel, a handle, a pneumatic cylinder and a two-step pressing assembly. The handle has a valve-mounting hole, a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole being cylindrical and defined in a bottom end of the handle. The pneumatic cylinder has an inlet bushing, an inner bushing and a control valve assembly respectively mounted in the aforementioned holes. The two-step pressing assembly is mounted on the handle and allows the rivet gun to be operated by two steps. The handle is structurally simple and has a low manufacturing cost. The bushings and control valve assembly are easily mounted in and detached from the handle so that assembling of the rivet gun is efficient.
Claims8
A rivet gun comprising:
- a barrel;
- a handle mounted perpendicularly on a bottom of the barrel and having a top end, a bottom end, a central hole defined through the handle, an inlet channel defined in the handle and communicating with the central hole, an outlet channel defined through the handle, a valve-driving channel defined through the handle, and a space defined in the handle and communicating with the inlet channel and the valve-driving channel;
- a pneumatic cylinder mounted on the bottom end of the handle and communicating with the valve-driving channel;
- a trigger member mounted pivotally on the handle;
- and
- a two-step pressing assembly mounted securely in the space of the handle to form a rivet gun handle assembly, selectively activated by the trigger member, selectively communicating with the inlet channel and communicating permanently with the valve-driving channel;
- the rivet gun characterized in that:
- the barrel is hollow and has
- a through hole defined axially through the barrel;
- an outlet hole defined transversely through the barrel and communicating with the through hole and the outlet channel of the handle;
- a pressurizing hole defined transversely through the barrel, located behind the outlet hole and communicating with the through hole;
- a hydraulic passageway defined through the bottom of the barrel and communicating with the through hole;
- a vise assembly mounted in the through hole and having a front end and a rear end;
- and
- a condensable chamber defined in the barrel and located behind the rear end of the vise assembly;
- the handle further has
- a valve-mounting hole defined in the bottom end of the handle and located centrically and communicating with the central hole;
- a first mounting hole defined in the bottom end of the handle along a radial direction relative to the central hole;
- and
- a second mounting hole defined in the bottom end of the handle along the radial direction relative to the central hole;
- a pressurizing channel defined in the handle adjacent to the top end, communicating with the central hole, the condensable chamber and the space and selectively communicating with the two-step pressing assembly;
- and
- the pneumatic cylinder has
- a top;
- a bottom;
- an inlet bushing being hollow and cylindrical, mounted in the first mounting hole and having an inlet passageway defined through the inlet bushing;
- an inner bushing being hollow and cylindrical, mounted in the second mounting hole and having an open end and a lower passageway defined in the inner bushing and communicating with the open end;
- a control valve assembly mounted in the valve-mounting hole;
- a chamber defined in the pneumatic cylinder, communicating with the lower passageway and having an inner surface;
- and
- a hydraulic tube being hollow, mounted in the central hole and communicating with the hydraulic passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.