Patent ID: 12234849

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The following embodiments of the present invention are herein described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. These drawings show specific examples of the embodiments of the present invention. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It is to be acknowledged that these embodiments are exemplary implementations and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention in any way. Further modifications to the disclosed embodiments, as well as other embodiments, are also included within the scope of the appended claims.

These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure is thorough and complete, and fully conveys the inventive concept to those skilled in the art. Regarding the drawings, the relative proportions and ratios of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated or diminished in size for the sake of clarity and convenience. Such arbitrary proportions are only illustrative and not limiting in any way. The same reference numbers are used in the drawings and description to refer to the same or like parts. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It is to be acknowledged that, although the terms ‘first’, ‘second’, ‘third’, and so on, may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component. Thus, a first element discussed herein could be termed a second element without altering the description of the present disclosure. As used herein, the term “or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It will be acknowledged that when an element or layer is referred to as being “on,” “connected to” or “coupled to” another element or layer, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or layer, or intervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly on,” “directly connected to” or “directly coupled to” another element or layer, there are no intervening elements or layers present.

In addition, unless explicitly described to the contrary, the words “comprise” and “include”, and variations such as “comprises”, “comprising”, “includes”, or “including”, will be acknowledged to imply the inclusion of stated elements but not the exclusion of any other elements.

Please refer toFIGS.1to4, which are a perspective view, a perspective exploded view, a perspective exploded view when viewed from another direction, and a sectional side view of a pressable locating device of the present invention.FIGS.1to4clearly show a pressable locating device and a driving mechanism of the present invention.

As shown inFIGS.1to4, the locating device includes a shaft base1, and a driving mechanism2assembled with a base part11. The shaft base1includes, in a sequential order, a shaft12, a restraining rod13, and a restraining member14; the shaft12and the restraining rod13are disposed on a central part of the base part11and have different rod diameters, and the restraining member14is disposed on the other side of the restraining rod13opposite to the shaft12.

The driving mechanism2is assembled on the shaft base1, a pressing unit3is movably assembled in a sleeve21. The sleeve21has an accommodation space210formed therein and inwardly recessed, and configured to accommodate the pressing unit3. The sleeve21includes a shaft hole211formed in the accommodation space210and cut through other side thereof, and configured for insertion of the shaft12and the restraining rod13of the shaft base1. The pressing unit3includes an inner sliding channel30disposed on a bottom thereof and configured for the restraining member14and the restraining rod13to movably slide therein, and the inner sliding channel30has at least one through hole301respectively formed on at least one side thereof and outwardly cut therethrough. At least one spherical locating member31is inserted into the at least one through hole301, respectively, and axially moved along the restraining member14in a vertical direction; the locating member31is radially moved in the through hole301to restrain with or depart from the restraining rod13. An elastic part32is disposed between the bottom of the pressing unit3and the accommodation space210in the sleeve21.

The shaft base1includes the base part11disposed on a bottom thereof, and the base part11includes a joint part111disposed on a bottom thereof and configured to fasten with a first locating hole40of a first preset plate4. The shaft base1includes, in a sequential order, the shaft12, the restraining rod13and the restraining member14protruded on a central part of a top of the base part11and having different rod diameters, a rod diameter of the shaft12is greater than that of each of the restraining rod13and the restraining member14, and an outer diameter of the restraining member14is greater than the rod diameter of the restraining rod13. The restraining member14includes a first guiding incline141disposed on a bottom thereof and inclined and extended toward the restraining rod13, and a second guiding incline142formed on other side thereof opposite to the first guiding incline141and extended outwardly and shrunk generally.

The driving mechanism2includes the pressing unit3assembled in the accommodation space210of the sleeve21. The pressing unit3includes a releasing button base33and a pressing base34, a first elastic member321and a second elastic member322of the elastic part32. The releasing button base33includes a sliding space330formed therein and configured for movable insertion of the pressing base34, the bottom edge of sliding space330can be abutted with the first elastic member321, and the releasing button base33includes an exposure hole331disposed on a side of the sliding space330and outwardly cut therethrough, and a guiding incline332formed on other side thereof and inwardly shrunk, and a sliding hole333formed on other side thereof opposite to the sliding space330and having a shrunk hole diameter. The pressing base34includes a pressing member341disposed thereon and exposed out of the exposure hole331of the sliding space330, and a sliding member342linked with a side of the pressing member341and slidably disposed in the sliding space330and the sliding hole333. The bottom of the sliding member342is configured to abut with a side of the second elastic member322. The pressing base34includes an abutting shoulder part343disposed between the pressing member341and the sliding member342and configured to abut with an inner side of the exposure hole331. The pressing unit3includes the inner sliding channel30formed in the pressing base34and configured for the restraining member14and the restraining rod13to slide therein, and the inner sliding channel30includes through holes301respectively formed on at least two opposite sides thereof and laterally cut therethrough outwardly. Spherical locating members31are movably mounted in the through holes301, respectively, and a partial sphere body of each locating member31is exposed out of the through hole301and slidable along the sliding space330, the guiding incline332and the sliding hole333, to radially move into or out of the inner sliding channel30through the through hole301, so as to slide into or out of the restraining rod13along the second guiding incline142and the first guiding incline141of the restraining member14, to form the restraining or separating status between the driving mechanism2and the shaft base1.

The releasing button base33includes a mounting part334disposed on an outer edge of a bottom thereof, and a side of the first elastic member321is mounted into and abutted with the mounting part334. The sleeve21includes a first shoulder part212disposed on a bottom surface of the accommodation space210and configured to abut with the other side of the first elastic member321, an accommodating groove213disposed on a side thereof and having a hole diameter shrunk along the first shoulder part212, a second shoulder part214disposed on an inner edge of the accommodating groove213and configured to abut with the other side of the second elastic member322, and the shaft hole211formed on the second shoulder part214and cut through other side thereof.

The driving mechanism2includes an embedding part22disposed on the bottom of the sleeve21and configured to fasten a second locating hole50of a second preset plate5, and an abutting ring edge23disposed on the other side of the sleeve21opposite to the embedding part22and extended to the accommodation space210. The releasing button base33of the pressing unit3includes an outer shoulder edge335configured to abut with and restrain the abutting ring edge23, so as to prevent the releasing button base33from escaping from the accommodation space210of the sleeve21, and make the pressing unit3vertically movable in the accommodation space210of the sleeve21.

Please refer toFIGS.2to10, which are a perspective exploded view, a perspective exploded view when viewed from another direction, a sectional side view, first to third sectional side views of a press operation, a sectional side view after the press operation, a sectional side view of an unlocking operation, and a sectional side view after the unlocking operation, according to the actual application of the pressable locating device and the driving mechanism of the present invention.

As shown inFIGS.2to10, the base part11of the shaft base1can be fastened with the first locating hole40of the first preset plate4by the joint part111, and the sleeve21of the driving mechanism2can be fastened with the second locating hole50of the second preset plate5by the embedding part22, so that the second preset plate5, the driving mechanism2and the pressing unit3can be moved to above the first preset plate4and the shaft base1at the same time, and the shaft hole211of the sleeve21can be aligned to the restraining member14, the restraining rod13and the shaft12of the shaft base1; next, the restraining member14, the restraining rod13and the shaft12can be inserted into the accommodation space210through the shaft hole211of the sleeve21, and then inserted into the sliding hole333of the releasing button base33and the inner sliding channel30of the pressing base34; as a result, the user can quickly align the second preset plate5to the first preset plate4, and then press the second preset plate5toward the first preset plate4, and then press the pressing member341of the pressing unit3to vertically downwardly move the pressing base34along the sliding space330of the releasing button base33, and downwardly slide the inner sliding channel30of the pressing base34along the restraining member14and the restraining rod13; when the side of the sphere body of the locating members31in the through hole301on two sides of the inner sliding channel30are slid along the second guiding incline142of the restraining member14, other side of the sphere body of the locating members31are slid by abutting the guiding incline332of the releasing button base33, the locating members31can enter the first guiding incline141cross the second guiding incline142; at this time, the user can apply force on the pressing member341to slide the locating member31into the sliding hole333, which has the shrunk hole diameter, along the guiding incline332, so that the locating member31is pushed by the sliding hole333in a radial direction to slide along the first guiding incline141and lateral move to abut with the outer edge of the restraining rod13; at this time, the releasing button base33is pushed by the first elastic member321to move toward the outer side of the accommodation space210of the sleeve21, and the outer shoulder edge335is abutted with the abutting ring edge23of the top of the accommodation space210, the pressing member341of the pressing base34enters the sliding space330through the exposure hole331, so that the locating members31are restrained and located with the restraining rod13and the sliding hole333; at this time, the releasing button base33is abutted against the first elastic member321of the elastic part32, the pressing base34is abutted against the second elastic member322, so as to achieve the purpose of pressing the driving mechanism2to fasten with the shaft base1to locate the second preset plate5on the first preset plate4.

In order to separate the second preset plate5from the first preset plate4, the user can press the top of the releasing button base33to downwardly move the releasing button base33toward the accommodation space210of the sleeve21, and make the sliding hole333of the releasing button base33downwardly slide along the sliding member342and make the guiding incline332of the releasing button base33slide to the outer side of the locating member31; next, the user can then release the force applied on the releasing button base33, and the releasing button base33is pushed by the elastic recovering force of the first elastic member321of the elastic part32, the pressing base34is pushed by the elastic recovering force of the second elastic member322, so as to radially move the locating member31toward outer side along the first guiding incline141of the restraining member14, to slide into the sliding space330along the second guiding incline142and the guiding incline332; at this time, each locating member31is moved away from the restraining rod13and moved to above the restraining member14to make the pressing member341of the pressing base34extend out of the exposure hole331of the releasing button base33, to separate the driving mechanism2from the shaft base1, so as to separate the second preset plate5, the driving mechanism2and the pressing unit3from the shaft base1and the first preset plate4, thereby achieving purpose of conveniently separating the second preset plate5from the first preset plate4.

The present invention disclosed herein has been described by means of specific embodiments. However, numerous modifications, variations and enhancements can be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure set forth in the claims.