Patent ID: 6840148
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: B23D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A scroll sawing machine comprising: a machine frame; a table disposed on said machine frame and adapted for placement of a workpiece to be sawn thereon; a motor disposed under said table, and having an output shaft for delivering a driving force; a saw blade extending through said table, and having upper and lower ends opposite to each other in an upright direction; a blade-driving member including upper and lower driving portions which respectively have distal ends that are coupled respectively with said upper and lower ends of said saw blade, and proximate ends that are disposed respectively opposite to said distal ends, and a linking lever which has upper and lower connecting ends that are connected pivotally and respectively to said proximate ends such that movement of said linking lever in the upright direction results in running movement of said saw blade in the upright direction; a first transmitting shaft disposed under said table adjacent to said output shaft, and driven by the driving force of said output shaft to be rotatable about a first axis; a second transmitting shaft disposed under said table, and rotatable about a second axis parallel to the first axis; a cam member coupled to said second transmitting shaft and said linking lever such that rotation of said second transmitting shaft is transmitted to said linking lever to effectuate the movement of said linking lever in the upright direction so as to initiate the movement of said saw blade in the upright direction; a speed ratio varying device disposed to couple said first transmitting shaft to said second transmitting shaft so as to transmit the driving force of said output shaft to said second transmitting shaft, thereby driving said second transmitting shaft to rotate about the second axis, and including a first pulley having a first fixed disc which is mounted securely on said first transmitting shaft, and a first movable disc which is splined to said first transmitting shaft so as to be movable relative to said first fixed disc along the first axis, said first fixed and movable discs respectively having first belt-engaging surfaces which cooperatively define therebetween a first belt receiving space, a second pulley having a second fixed disc which is mounted securely on said second transmitting shaft, and a second movable disc which is splined to said second transmitting shaft so as to be movable relative to said second fixed disc along the second axis, said second fixed and movable discs respectively having second belt-engaging surfaces which cooperatively define therebetween a second belt receiving space, a control unit mounted on said machine frame, and having an operable member which is disposed to actuate said second movable disc to move along the second axis so as to be close to or remote from said second fixed disc, a biasing member disposed to bias said first movable disc toward said first fixed disc, and a belt trained on said first and second pulleys, and frictionally slidable on said first and second belt-engaging surfaces, said belt having a first lengthwise end which cooperates with said first transmitting shaft to define a first radial distance therebetween, and a second lengthwise end which is opposite to said first lengthwise end and which cooperates with said second transmitting shaft to define a second radial distance therebetween such that, when said second movable disc is actuated by said operable member, said second movable disc is movable along the second axis between a first position, where said second movable disc is close to said second fixed disc so that said second lengthwise end is remote from said second transmitting shaft so as to result in a greater length of the second radial distance, and where said first movable disc is kept apart from said first fixed disc by a tension force which is generated as a result of displacement of said first lengthwise end toward said first transmitting shaft and which acts against biasing action of said biasing member, thereby resulting in a smaller speed ratio of said second transmitting shaft to said first transmitting shaft, and a second position, where said second movable disc is remote from said second fixed disc so that said second lengthwise end is near to said second transmitting shaft so as to result in a smaller length of the second radial distance, and where said first movable disc is held close to said first fixed disc by the biasing action of said biasing member, thereby resulting in a greater speed ratio of said second transmitting shaft to said first transmitting shaft, wherein said control unit further includes a bearing member having a securing race which is rotated with said second movable disc, and a pushed race which is opposite to said securing race along the second axis, a pushing member disposed to be movable along the second axis, and having a pushing end to urge said pushed race with an urging force, or to relieve said pushed race of the urging force so as to place said second movable disc in the first or second positions, respectively, and a coupled end opposite to said pushing end along the second axis, and an actuating member having a fulcrum end pivotally mounted on said machine frame about a pivot axis transverse to the second axis and the upright direction, a weight end opposite to said fulcrum end and coupled to said coupled end such that when said weight end is turned about the pivot axis clockwise or counterclockwise, said coupled end will place said second movable disc in the first position or the second position, and a middle force portion interposed between said fulcrum end and said weight end, said operable member being a threaded bolt which extends alone a third axis parallel to the second axis, said threaded bolt having a threaded segment which engages threadedly said machine frame, and a pushing segment opposite to said threaded segment relative to said force portion such that threaded movement of said threaded bolt relative to said machine frame will bring said pushing segment to displace along the third axis so as to push against said force portion to turn said weight end about the pivot axis, thereby placing said second movable disc in the first position or the second position.