Patent ID: 6732402
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A structure of a dustpan, comprising:a hollow handle comprising a key trough in one side of said handle; an inlay-cover held at a top of said handle, wherein said inlay-cover further comprises an inlay-cover tenon, a holding ring and an inlay-shaft tenon; an outer shaft comprising a protruding portion at a top thereof, said handle receiving said outer shaft with the protruding portion thereon, wherein said protruding portion is employed to limit said outer shaft slipping out from said handle, wherein said outer shaft further comprises a slender opening at one side of a bottom thereof; an inner shaft inside said outer shaft, wherein said inner shaft comprises a top hole, wherein said top hole is held with said inlay-cover by said inlay-shaft tenon and said holding ring, and thus said inner shaft and said handle can form a joined movement structure; a dustpan body held with the bottom of said outer shaft, wherein said dustpan body comprises two pivoting holes at two side wall of said dustpan body; a liftable cover coupled with said dustpan by pivotally inserting two pivoting axles of said liftable cover into said pivoting holes of said dustpan body; a liftable provided on said cover at a center behind said liftable cover, wherein said liftable component is inserted into said slender opening of said outer shaft and engages with to the bottom of said inner shaft; a spring between said handle and said outer shaft, such that said handle can slip up and down direction along said outer shaft by the elasticity of said spring; and a set-free key pivoted in said key trough of said handle.