Patent ID: 6126292
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: F21V,F41B

Abstract:
A rice flail assembly comprising:a pair of transparent rods (10) each including a first end portion (12) having an end face (120) and a receiving space (14), a transverse bore (13), a second end portion, and an outer periphery formed with a helical corrugated pattern (11);a pair of sleeves (15), each sleeve (15) fixedly mounted on said first end portion (12) of one of a corresponding said rods and each sleeve including a top edge (152) defining a hole (154) and a respective one of said rods (10) and including a top edge (152) defining a hole (154), and a bore (150) aligning with said transverse bore (13);a pair of connecting posts (17), each post (17) including a first end portion slidably extending through said hole (154) of a respective one of said sleeves (15) and a second end portion received in said sleeve (15), said first end portion including linking means;a connecting chain (19) including two end portions each pivotally connected with said linking means of said first end portion of a respective one of said connecting posts (17), wherein said linking means of each of said first end portions includes two side portions separated by a longitudinal slot with a closed bottom and an open top, a transverse bore extending through said side portions and in communication with said longitudinal slot, said transverse bore snugly receiving therein a dowel, whereby said two end portions of said connecting chain (19) are secured over a respective one of the dowels whereafter said dowel is inserted in said transverse bore;two bearing posts (18) each rotatably mounted around a respective one of said two connecting posts (17) and each received in a respective one of said sleeves (15);a pair of positioning pins (16) each extending through said bore (150) and said transverse bore (13) and each having a threaded bore (160), and two positioning screws (161) each threadedly received in said threaded bore (160) of a corresponding one of said positioning pins (16); anda pair of light emitting devices (20), each light emitting device (20) mounted in said receiving space (14) of a respective one of said sleeves (15), and comprising;a battery (24) slidably received in said sleeve (15) and including a first side abutting said second end portion of a respective one of said connecting posts (17) and a second side;a circuit board (21) fixedly mounted on said second side of said battery (24) to move therewith a light emitting component (22) mounted on the circuit board (21);biasing means mounted between said circuit board (21) and said end face (120) of said first end portion of each of said rods (10); anda push button switch (23) fixedly mounted on said circuit board (21) to move therewith by said biasing means and movable between a first position where said push button switch (23) is in contact with said end face (120) of said first portion (12) of a respective one of said rods (10), thereby electrically connecting said battery (24) with said light emitting component (22) via said circuit board (21) such that said light emitting component (22) is activated, and a second position where said push button switch (23) is separate from said end face (120) of said first end portion (12) of said rod (10) such that said light emitting component is deactivated.