US5415099A
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Mechanical ignition sensor
Assignee: Tokai Rika Co Ltd
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Filing: 1994-09-07
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Granted: 1995-05-16
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Expires: 2014-09-07
Abstract
Abstract In a push-type safety lever, a contact surface between a safety lever and a trigger lever is slanted. In a rotation-type safety lever, its circumferential surface is gradually increased in radiuses from an area in which a safety lever does not contact a trigger lever to an area in which it contacts the trigger lever. A mechanical ignition sensor is thereby provided so as to prevent the safety lever and the trigger lever from catching on each other and to reliably operate the safety device.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuho Kitazawa
- 👤 Kenji Matsui
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 19:20
CPC Classifications
F; F42; F42C; F42C1/00; F42C1/02; F42C1/04; B; B60; B60R; B60R22/00; B60R22/34; B60R22/46; B60R22/4628; B60R22/4652
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
379 words
A mechanical ignition sensor, comprising: an ignition pin movably disposed along an axial direction of the ignition pin and moved in the axial direction by an urging force of a firing spring so as to ignite a detonator; an inertial mass body always urged by a bias spring and moved by the inertial force against the urging force of the bias spring when a predetermined load acts on the inertial mass body; a trigger lever disposed between said ignition pin and said inertial mass body and pivotably supported by a supporting shaft in the direction of approaching and moving away from said ignition pin, said trigger lever including an engaging portion which engages said ignition pin, said engaging portion normally engaging said ignition pin and being pressed by said inertial mass body so as to prevent said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, while said engaging portion is pressed by said ignition pin in the direction of moving away from said ignition pin, said ignition pin is held against the urging force of said firing spring at a position which is separated from said detonator, when said inertial mass body is moved, the state in which the rotation of said trigger lever is prevented by said inertial mass body is released so as to rotate said trigger lever in a direction of moving away from said ignition pin and to allow the movement of said ignition pin; and a safety lever which is located so as to correspond to an end portion of said trigger lever on the side opposite said engaging portion with respect to said supporting shaft and which is movably disposed in the axial direction of said ignition pin, said safety lever including an inclined surface which contacts the end portion of said trigger lever and is formed so as to slant with respect to the moving direction of said ignition pin along the axial line, said inclined surface normally engaging the end portion of said trigger lever so as to prevent said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, said safety lever moving along the axial direction of said ignition pin so that said inclined surface is disengaged from said trigger lever and said trigger lever can rotate around said supporting shaft.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
379 words
A mechanical ignition sensor, comprising: an ignition pin movably disposed along an axial direction of the ignition pin and moved in the axial direction by an urging force of a firing spring so as to ignite a detonator; an inertial mass body always urged by a bias spring and moved by the inertial force against the urging force of the bias spring when a predetermined load acts on the inertial mass body; a trigger lever disposed between said ignition pin and said inertial mass body and pivotably supported by a supporting shaft in the direction of approaching and moving away from said ignition pin, said trigger lever including an engaging portion which engages said ignition pin, said engaging portion normally engaging said ignition pin and being pressed by said inertial mass body so as to prevent said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, while said engaging portion is pressed by said ignition pin in the direction of moving away from said ignition pin, said ignition pin is held against the urging force of said firing spring at a position which is separated from said detonator, when said inertial mass body is moved, the state in which the rotation of said trigger lever is prevented by said inertial mass body is released so as to rotate said trigger lever in a direction of moving away from said ignition pin and to allow the movement of said ignition pin; and a safety lever which is located so as to correspond to an end portion of said trigger lever on the side opposite said engaging portion with respect to said supporting shaft and which is movably disposed in the axial direction of said ignition pin, said safety lever including an inclined surface which contacts the end portion of said trigger lever and is formed so as to slant with respect to the moving direction of said ignition pin along the axial line, said inclined surface normally engaging the end portion of said trigger lever so as to prevent said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, said safety lever moving along the axial direction of said ignition pin so that said inclined surface is disengaged from said trigger lever and said trigger lever can rotate around said supporting shaft.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 1, wherein an inclined surface, which corresponds to said inclined surface of said safety lever, is formed on a surface of the end portion of said trigger lever which contacts said inclined surface of said safety lever.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
80 words
A mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 1, wherein said safety lever includes a shaft portion, in which an axial direction of said ignition pin is an axial line, and a plate-shaped engaging portion, which is provided at the end portion of the shaft portion in the direction of said ignition pin, and an inclined surface is formed only on the surface which engages the end portion of said trigger lever among the entire circumference of the plate-shaped engaging portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
A mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface of said safety lever faces the opposite direction of said ignition pin, and an inclined surface is formed at the end portion of said trigger lever in the direction so as to contact the inclined surface of said safety lever.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
67 words
A mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 1, wherein said safety lever includes a shaft portion, in which an axial direction of said ignition pin is an axial line, and a plate-shaped engaging portion, which is provided at the end portion of the shaft portion in the direction of said ignition pin, and an inclined surface is formed on the entire circumference of the plate-shaped engaging portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 5, wherein said engaging portion is formed into a disc-shape and an inclined surface is formed on the entire circumference of said disc-shaped engaging portion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
335 words
A mechanical ignition sensor, comprising: an ignition pin movably disposed along an axial direction of the ignition pin and moved in the axial direction by an urging force of a firing spring so as to ignite a detonator; an inertial mass body always urged by a bias spring and moved by the inertial force against the urging force of the bias spring when a predetermined load acts on the inertial mass body; a trigger lever disposed between said ignition pin and said inertial mass body and pivotably supported by a supporting shaft in the direction of approaching and moving away from said ignition pin, said trigger lever including an engaging portion which engages said ignition pin, said engaging portion normally engaging said ignition pin and being pressed by said inertial mass body so as to prevent said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, while said engaging portion is pressed by said ignition pin in the direction of moving away from said ignition pin, said ignition pin is held against the urging force of said firing spring at a position which is separated from said detonator, when said inertial mass body is moved, the state in which the rotation of said trigger lever is prevented by said inertial mass body is released so as to rotate said trigger lever in a direction of moving away from said ignition pin and to allow the movement of said ignition pin; and a safety lever which is rotatably located so as to correspond to an end portion of said trigger lever on the side opposite said engaging portion with respect to said supporting shaft, a circumferential surface of said safety lever normally limiting movement of the end portion of said trigger lever and preventing said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, and limitation of movement of the end portion of said trigger lever being released by the rotation of said safety lever so as to allow said trigger lever to rotate around said supporting shaft.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
335 words
A mechanical ignition sensor, comprising: an ignition pin movably disposed along an axial direction of the ignition pin and moved in the axial direction by an urging force of a firing spring so as to ignite a detonator; an inertial mass body always urged by a bias spring and moved by the inertial force against the urging force of the bias spring when a predetermined load acts on the inertial mass body; a trigger lever disposed between said ignition pin and said inertial mass body and pivotably supported by a supporting shaft in the direction of approaching and moving away from said ignition pin, said trigger lever including an engaging portion which engages said ignition pin, said engaging portion normally engaging said ignition pin and being pressed by said inertial mass body so as to prevent said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, while said engaging portion is pressed by said ignition pin in the direction of moving away from said ignition pin, said ignition pin is held against the urging force of said firing spring at a position which is separated from said detonator, when said inertial mass body is moved, the state in which the rotation of said trigger lever is prevented by said inertial mass body is released so as to rotate said trigger lever in a direction of moving away from said ignition pin and to allow the movement of said ignition pin; and a safety lever which is rotatably located so as to correspond to an end portion of said trigger lever on the side opposite said engaging portion with respect to said supporting shaft, a circumferential surface of said safety lever normally limiting movement of the end portion of said trigger lever and preventing said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, and limitation of movement of the end portion of said trigger lever being released by the rotation of said safety lever so as to allow said trigger lever to rotate around said supporting shaft.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
62 words
The mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 7, wherein said safety lever includes a shaft portion and a cut-out portion, said shaft portion is formed into a disc-shape in the direction of movement of said ignition pin, and said cut-out portion is formed on the circumferential surface of said safety lever so as to face the end portion of said trigger lever.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
76 words
The mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 7, wherein the circumferential surface of said safety lever normally abuts the end portion of said trigger lever so as to prevent said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, and the state in which the circumferential surface abuts the end portion of said trigger lever is released by the rotation of said safety lever so as to allow said trigger lever to rotate around said supporting shaft.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
76 words
The mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 9, wherein the end portion of said trigger lever is normally mounted on said safety lever so as to prevent said trigger lever from rotating around said supporting shaft, and the state in which the end portion of said trigger lever is mounted on said safety lever is released by the rotation of said safety lever so as to allow said trigger lever to rotate around said supporting shaft.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
65 words
The mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 9, wherein said safety lever is formed so that a rotating circumferential surface of said safety lever, which corresponds to the end portion of said trigger lever, has gradually increased in radiuses from an area in which the circumferential surface does not abut said trigger lever to an area in which the circumferential surface abuts said trigger lever.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 11, wherein said safety lever is formed into an involute shape.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 11, wherein said safety lever is formed into a cycloidal shape.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 11, wherein said safety lever is formed into an oval shape.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
The mechanical ignition sensor according to claim 11, wherein said safety lever is formed into a cam shape.
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