EP2656974A2 - Outil a main et procédé de fonctionnement - Google Patents

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EP2656974A2
EP2656974A2 EP13163904.9A EP13163904A EP2656974A2 EP 2656974 A2 EP2656974 A2 EP 2656974A2 EP 13163904 A EP13163904 A EP 13163904A EP 2656974 A2 EP2656974 A2 EP 2656974A2
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Norbert Welte
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25C—HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
    • B25C1/00—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices
    • B25C1/08—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices operated by combustion pressure

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  • the invention relates to a hand-held implement for driving fasteners into a substrate, wherein abruptly driving energy is delivered to the fasteners.
  • the invention further relates to a method for operating such a hand-held implement.
  • German patent application DE 103 03 006 A1 is a generic working device with at least one sensor device for detecting occurring during a set or impact pulse acceleration forces and with an interface for data communication and / or data output known.
  • German patent DE 103 19 646 B3 is a combustion-powered setting tool with an ignition unit for propellant, with a drivable via the blowing agent network and with a receptacle for a propellant container, wherein the setting device has a display for reproducing propellant level data of a propellant container located in the setting device.
  • the object of the invention is to further simplify and / or improve the operation of a hand-held implement for driving fasteners into a substrate, wherein abruptly driving energy is delivered to the fasteners.
  • the object is in a hand-held implement for driving fasteners into a substrate, wherein abruptly Einbalergie is delivered to the fasteners, achieved in that the implement comprises a Einbalergieinformations announced, by the information about the driving in a previous drive or at several previous driving operations Einbalergie mediated.
  • the information is preferably communicated to a user or user of the hand-held implement. Alternatively or additionally, however, the information can also be transmitted, for example by remote data transmission, from the hand-held implement to an almost arbitrary point outside the hand-held implement.
  • the implement is preferably a hand-held implement for setting bolts operated with fuel gas. Therefore, the implement may also be referred to as a gas powered bolt gun or bolt puller.
  • the fuel gas is supplied to a device-internal combustion chamber in which a combustible mixture is ignited in order to drive a fastener, such as a bolt or a nail, into a substrate.
  • a fastener such as a bolt or a nail
  • the invention provides the user or user of the hand-held implement in a simple manner suitable for construction sites, which Einandergie, in particular which Einandergiemenge, was submitted by the hand-held implement at least one previous drive-in to the fastener.
  • the information can be used particularly advantageously for assessing the quality of a previous attachment.
  • the user or user of the hand-held implement is no longer dependent only on his subjective impression in the operation of the implement, but is reliably informed of the result of the previous drive-in process.
  • a preferred embodiment of the hand-held implement is characterized in that the Einforergieinformations shark outputs information about Einbalergieprocessn.
  • the Einforergiemenge used in the previous drive operation is advantageously determined and stored internally device. From the stored values, an energy level is calculated, preferably on the basis of defined intervals. The switching of the energy level has proved to be advantageous in the operation of the working device.
  • a further preferred embodiment of the hand-held implement is characterized in that the information switching of Einandergieinformations worn optically, acoustically and / or haptically.
  • a display preferably of the respective energy level, is clearly visible to the user on the outside of the implement.
  • the user is informed, for example via different signal tones, whether a sufficient amount of driving energy has been delivered to the respective fastening element.
  • the haptic information transfer the user is, for example via different degrees of vibration, preferably via a handle of the implement, communicating contact, whether the amount of energy delivered in the previous drive operation was sufficient.
  • a further preferred embodiment of the hand-guided implement is characterized in that the implement comprises a driving energy information storage means by which the information about the driving energy delivered in a preceding driving operation or in several previous driving operations is stored.
  • This information is preferably used internally to determine the energy levels. Alternatively or additionally, the information can also be used for the optimization of the current provokephroergiemenge.
  • a further preferred exemplary embodiment of the hand-guided implement is characterized in that the implement comprises an actuator which, directly or indirectly, is in a control-technical operative relationship with the driving energy information device in order to control or regulate the amount of driving energy to be delivered in a current driving operation.
  • the implement comprises an actuator which, directly or indirectly, is in a control-technical operative relationship with the driving energy information device in order to control or regulate the amount of driving energy to be delivered in a current driving operation.
  • a desired amount of drive-in energy is compared with an actual drive-in amount delivered in a preceding drive operation in order to determine a manipulated variable.
  • the manipulated variable is then used internally to optimize the delivery of the driving energy.
  • the above-mentioned object is alternatively or additionally achieved by informing a user or user of the implement of information about the drive-in energy delivered in a preceding drive operation or in several previous drive-in operations.
  • the invention provides the user or user of the hand-held implement in a simple manner in construction-suitable form, which Einandergie, in particular what Einconfergiemenge of the hand-held implement at least one previous drive-in was delivered to the fastener.
  • the information can be used particularly advantageously for assessing the quality of a previous attachment.
  • the user or user of the hand-held implement is no longer dependent only on his subjective impression in the operation of the implement, but is reliably informed of the result of the previous drive-in process.
  • a preferred embodiment of the method is characterized in that the information about the drive-in energy delivered in a preceding drive-in operation or in the case of several previous drive-in processes is communicated visually, acoustically and / or haptically to the user or user of the implement. Depending on the requirements, the information can be communicated visually and acoustically, optically and haptically, acoustically and haptically, or optically, acoustically and haptically.
  • a further preferred exemplary embodiment of the method is characterized in that the information about the driving energy delivered in a preceding driving operation or in the case of several preceding driving operations is determined and / or stored internally with the aid of at least one acceleration sensor. The information can then be used internally not only to generate the information, but also to control the driving energy delivery. If required, the information can also be output via remote data transmission.
  • a further preferred exemplary embodiment of the method is characterized in that energy levels are determined from the information about the driving energy delivered in a preceding driving operation or in the case of several preceding driving operations.
  • the use of the energy levels has proven to be advantageous in the operation of the hand-held implement.
  • a further preferred exemplary embodiment of the method is characterized in that a set amount of drive-in energy is compared with an actual drive-in amount delivered in a preceding drive operation in order to determine a manipulated variable.
  • the manipulated variable can advantageously be used internally in order to optimize the delivery of the driving energy to the fastening elements.
  • FIG. 1 is an inventive implement 1 with a housing 2 shown greatly simplified.
  • the implement 1 is designed as a hand-held bolt setting device with a handle 4 to which the bolt setting device 1 for driving a fastener can be tacked, which emerges on actuation of a trigger switch 3 at a bolt leading end 5 from the bolt setting device 1 and can be driven into a ground.
  • the fasteners used are preferably provided via a device-internal magazine 6, which is mounted in the vicinity of the bolt guide end 5 of the bolt-firing device 1. From the magazine 6, the fasteners are preferably automatically removed individually and provided at the bolt guide end 5.
  • the energy required for driving the fastening elements into the ground is provided in a fuel tank 8 in the interior of the bolt setting device 1.
  • the fuel container 8 preferably contains liquid fuel gas and is therefore also referred to as a gas container or gas cartridge.
  • the fuel container 8 is connected via an adjustable or controllable metering device 10 and a gas line 11 with a combustion chamber or a combustion chamber 12.
  • the metering device 10 preferably comprises a metering valve, via which the amount of gas supplied to the combustion chamber, for example, volumetrically or time-dependent, can be controlled.
  • fuel in particular gas
  • air is mixed with air to form a combustible mixture which is ignited to drive a fastener such as a bolt or a nail into the ground.
  • the energy required for driving is transmitted, for example via a working piston 13 of the combustion chamber 12 to a fastener on the bolt guide end 5.
  • a device 14 is arranged, which serves to generate turbulence in the combustion chamber 12, to flush the combustion chamber 12 and / or to cool.
  • the device 14 comprises a fan 15, which is driven by an electric motor 18.
  • the electric motor 18 is controlled via an electronic control device 20.
  • the working device 1 which is also referred to as a gas appliance, furthermore comprises an electrical energy source 25, which inter alia serves to supply the control device 20 with energy.
  • the control device 20 is connected via a control and / or supply line 28 to the electrical energy source 25.
  • the metering device 10 is likewise connected to the control device 20 via a control line 30.
  • an acceleration sensor 34 is connected to the control device 20.
  • the acceleration sensor 34 may include one or more acceleration sensors.
  • the driving energy information device 40 includes a first field of view 41 and a second field of view 42.
  • the first field of view 41 may be capitalized, such as E, to indicate that information about the driving energy output from the implement 1 is displayed using the driving energy information device 40.
  • the second field of view 42 serves, for example, to display energy levels with the aid of different luminous fields, which depend on the amount of drive-in energy emitted.
  • the driving energy available in the working tool 1 which is also referred to as a bolt-setting device or bolt-pushing device, is a particularly important factor for the operation of the bolt-moving device. This is especially true when an attachment point is realized, which must reach certain minimum extraction forces.
  • the driving energy of the device is matched to the fastener used so that it is sufficiently deep in the Subsoil is driven.
  • the user or user of the implement 1 is provided with reliable information about the drive-in energy of the implement 1 delivered to the respective attachment element.
  • a combustible gas mixture is ignited in the combustion chamber 12 of the gas appliance 1, so that the working piston 13 is accelerated by the expansion of the exhaust gas.
  • the power piston 13 drives a suitable fastener, such as a nail or bolt into the ground.
  • the acceleration sensor 34 detects the self-acceleration of the working device 1 during the working-piston movement. A corresponding acceleration signal is evaluated in the control device 20, for example with the aid of a microprocessor.
  • the driving energy delivered by the working device 1 is calculated as a continuous variable, for example in joules.
  • the calculated driving energy and the measuring signal are stored electronically. Based on defined intervals, an energy level is calculated from this.
  • the display of the energy level achieved is optically easy to read in the second field of view 42 of the Einandergieinformations Rhein 40.
  • the energy levels can be advantageously represented by means of LED or LCD displays. For example, four different levels can be displayed as bar graphs.
  • the achieved energy levels can also be displayed acoustically, for example with the aid of a piezo loudspeaker.
  • the individual energy levels can be represented by different numbers of signal tones.
  • the calculated driving energy can furthermore advantageously be used to form a manipulated variable which is used, for example via a suitable position member, for controlling the metering device 10.
  • the invention provides, inter alia, the following advantages. After each attachment with the implement 1, the user learns precisely the driving energy obtained and can thus assess the quality of the attachment and the proper operation of the gas appliance 1. The user is no longer dependent on his subjective impression, but will reliably informed about the result of a previous setting process on the basis of a precise measurement.
  • the implement 1 can be adjusted automatically for optimal attachment in a simple manner.
  • the storage of the determined energy values additionally allows a diagnosis of the device performance in the case of maintenance and / or repair.
  • the data transfer to an external storage system can advantageously be used for the systematic analysis of achieved device energies.
  • the transmitted data can be used by a device manufacturer to optimize device development.

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DE102012206761A1 (de) 2013-10-31
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