Patent ID: 7219577
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hand wheel for initiating a rotational movement in the end of a shaft-shaped or roller-shaped component, said hand wheel having a basic body ( 6 ), and an outer shell ( 9 ) which can be pushed onto the basic body ( 6 ) and which can be arrested on said basic body ( 6 ) by latching elements in the pushed-on state, said outer shell ( 9 ) having openings ( 10 ) distributed over the circumference of said outer shell ( 9 ), said hand wheel further having an elastomeric insert ( 12 ), which is arranged between the basic body ( 6 ) and the outer shell ( 9 ) and forms protuberances ( 11 ) which project through the openings ( 10 ) of the outer shell ( 9 ) and enhance the grip of the hand wheel, characterized in that the insert ( 12 ) has a disk-shaped central part ( 13 ) which covers a central opening ( 14 ) of the outer shell ( 9 ), said central opening being located in the region of the end side of the basic body ( 6 ), said central part ( 13 ) being adjoined by extension arms ( 16 ) which form the protuberances ( 11 ).