# US 9,517,574 B2 · Punching device

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- Number: US 9,517,574 B2
- Document ID: US9517574B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/266,572
- Filed: 2014-04-30
- Published: 2014-08-21
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2012-06-22
- Applicants: Chin-Wen Yen
- Inventors: Chin-Wen Yen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517574B2

## CPC

- B26D 5/10: Hand or foot actuated means
- B26F 1/36: Punching or perforating pliers
- B26F 2001/4418: {combining cutting and embossing operations}
- Y10T 83/8776: Constantly urged tool or tool support [e.g., spring biased]
- B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04)
- B26F: PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING (marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; shoemaking A43D; surgery A61B; punching metal B21D; drilling metal B23B; cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting, B23K; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; details common to machines for severing B26D; drilling wood B27C; drilling stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; of glass C03B; of leather C14B; of textile materials D06H; for light guides G02B6/25; of tickets G07B)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A punching device includes: a die seat; a punch seat; an interconnecting member interconnecting the die seat and the punch seat; a punch; first and second pivot parts; a first lever pivoted to the first pivot part and having two first side walls and two side flanges that extend respectively from lower ends of the first side walls; a second lever pivoted to the second pivot part and having two second side walls that abut against the side flanges for driving rotation of the first lever relative to the first pivot part; and an urging member for urging the punch.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A punching device comprising:
a die seat having first and second end portions that are opposite to each other in an insertion direction;
a punch seat disposed above said die seat and having opposite first and second end portions that are respectively disposed adjacent to said first and second end portions of said die seat, said punch seat and said die seat cooperatively defining a sheet-receiving gap therebetween;
an interconnecting member interconnecting said first end portion of said die seat and said first end portion of said punch seat and confining one side of said sheet-receiving gap;
a punch disposed movably on said punch seat so as to be movable relative to said die seat in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the insertion direction;
a first pivot part extending from at least one of said first end portion of said die seat and said first end portion of said punch seat;
a second pivot part opposite to said first pivot part in the insertion direction and extending from one of said second end portion of said punch seat and said second end portion of said die seat;
a lever mechanism including first and second levers, said first lever having opposite first and second ends, a top wall that extends from said first end of said first lever to said second end of said first lever, two first side walls that respectively have lower ends and that extend downwardly and respectively from two opposite sides of said top wall to said lower ends, two side flanges that extend respectively from said lower ends of said first side walls away from each other, and a protrusion that is disposed between and that is spaced apart from said first side walls, that protrudes downwardly from said top wall of said first lever and that abuts against said punch, said first end of said first lever being pivoted to said first pivot part, said first side walls being opposite to each other in a transverse direction that is perpendicular to the insertion direction and the vertical direction, said top wall covering a top side of said punch and spanning said punch in the transverse direction, said second lever having opposite first and second ends, a top wall that extends from said first end of said second lever to said second end of said second lever, and two second side walls that extend downwardly and respectively from two opposite sides of said top wall of said second lever and that abut respectively against said side flanges for driving rotation of said first lever relative to said first pivot part, said second end of said second lever being pivoted to said second pivot part; and
an urging member for urging said punch.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The punching device of claim 1, wherein each of said side flanges cooperates with the respective one of said first side walls to form a generally L-shaped structure.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The punching device of claim 2, wherein each of said side flanges has an outer end, and extends from said lower end of the respective one of said first side walls to said outer end in the transverse direction, said first lever further having two reinforcing walls that extend downwardly and respectively from said outer ends of said side flanges.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The punching device of claim 1, wherein said first pivot part extends upwardly from said first end portion of said punch seat, and said second pivot part extends upwardly from said second end portion of said punch seat.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The punching device of claim 1, further comprising first and second pivot shafts, said punch seat being formed with a central hole for extension of said punch therethrough, said central hole being disposed between said first and second end portions of said punch seat, said first and second levers being pivoted to said first and second pivot parts about said first and second pivot shafts, respectively.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The punching device of claim 1, wherein said first lever is rotatable relative to said punch seat about a first axis, said second lever being rotatable relative to said punch seat about a second axis that is parallel to said first axis and that is disposed at a level above said first axis.