公开(公告)号：US5864933A

公开(公告)日：1999-02-02

申请号：US823317

申请日：1997-03-21

Applicant: Cheryl A. Sheline

Inventor： Cheryl A. Sheline

IPC: B25B25/00 ,  B23P19/04 ,  B25B27/00 ,  B25B28/00 ,  B60J1/00 ,  B60J10/00 ,  B60J10/08 ,  B60R13/06

CPC classification number: B25B27/0092 ,  B23P19/047 ,  B60J10/45 ,  Y10T29/53709 ,  Y10T29/53791

Abstract: An improved tool for, and a method of, crimping weatherstrips in an essentially continuous motion along the in-place weatherstrip, e.g. about a door flange or the like. the head is provided with a handle extending from the top therefrom at a convenient angle to allow an operator to assume a position alongside the door flange. The handle, or at least the grip thereof, is capable of swiveling about the longitudinal axis of the handle, to reduce stress on the hands, wrists, and arms of an operator by permitting guiding motion of the tool ahead around the door flange while minimizing the amount of turning of arms or hands, or re-positioning of the operator's body, as the tool is caused to progress entirely along the length of the weatherstrip. This length is often the entire perimeter of the door opening. In using this improved tool to perform the crimping operation, the operator can move his/her arm in a generally circular motion, causing the tool head to follow the door opening flange, while the swivel handle accommodates the changes in angle as this motion proceeds. Another feature of the invention is the provision of a spring-loaded crimping roller pivotally mounted on the tool head, in opposition to a fixed crimping roller. Preferably, both crimping rollers are power driven. This allows the axes of the crimping rollers, and the spacing between them, to vary as the tool progresses in its action, so as to accommodate changes in thickness of the door opening flange.

Abstract translation: 一种改进的工具，以及一种沿着就地的天气条带基本上连续运动地卷曲风挡条的方法。 关于门法兰等。 头部设置有从其顶部以适当角度延伸的手柄，以允许操作者呈现与门凸缘一起的位置。 手柄或至少其手柄能够围绕手柄的纵向轴线旋转，以通过允许工具在门凸缘周围的引导运动来减小操作者的手，手腕和手臂上的压力，同时最小化 手臂或手的转动量或操作者身体的重新定位，因为工具完全沿着挡风雨条的长度进行。 这个长度通常是门开口的整个周长。 在使用这种改进的工具来执行压接操作时，操作者可以以大致圆周的方式移动他/她的臂，使得工具头跟随门打开凸缘，同时当该运动进行时，旋转手柄适应角度的变化。 本发明的另一个特征是提供一个弹簧加载的压接辊，其相对于固定的压接辊可枢转地安装在工具头上。 优选地，两个压接辊是动力驱动的。 这允许压接辊的轴线和它们之间的间隔随着工具在其作用中的进行而变化，以便适应门开口凸缘的厚度的变化。