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Granted Patent B2
US 11,391,317 · App. 17/286,768 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Sucktion cup

Inventor: Sheng-Yu Liu (Taipei, TW)
Assignees: FREE-FREE(USA) INC; FREE-FREE INDUSTRIAL CORP
F16B47/00F16B21/09
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Patent No.
US 11,391,317
App. No.
17/286,768
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A suction cup comprises a suction cup member, a press ring, a first housing and an insertion pin. The suction cup member includes an assembly surface and a suction surface. The assembly surface includes a first protrusion having a first cut-out slot formed thereon. The press ring is pressed onto an upper outer edge of the suction cup member. The first housing is pressed onto the press ring and includes a second protrusion for mounting onto the first protrusion. One side of the second protrusion includes a first through hole corresponding to the first cut-out slot to expose the first cut-out slot. The insertion pin partially engages with the first housing and slidably engages with the first through hole and the first cut-out slot to move in the first cut-out slot and to drive the suction cup member to move upward while forming a vacuum space underneath thereof simultaneously.

Claims (17)

1. A suction cup, comprising:

a suction cup member having an assembly surface and a suction surface; the assembly surface having a first protrusion arranged thereon, and one side of the first protrusion having a first cut-out slot formed thereon;

a press ring pressed onto the assembly surface of the suction cup member;

a first housing pressed onto the press ring; the first housing having a second protrusion arranged thereon; the second protrusion mounted onto the first protrusion, and one side of the second protrusion having a first through hole formed thereon respective to the first cut-out slot; and

an insertion casing having a first sliding piece, one end of the first sliding piece formed with an inclination, and the insertion casing partially engaging with the first housing;

wherein the insertion casing uses the first sliding piece with the inclination to slidably move in the first cut-out slot and engage on a top portion of the first housing to lift the first protrusion and to drive the suction cup member to move at the same time in order to allow the suction surface to form a vacuum space.

2. The suction cup according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing further includes a third protrusion arranged thereon.

3. The suction cup according to claim 2 , further comprising a first hook; the first hook is moveably attached onto the third protrusion; one side of the first hook includes a first locking piece arranged thereon and is secured onto a first securement hole formed on the first housing.

4. The suction cup according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing includes a second housing arranged on the top portion thereof.

5. The suction cup according to claim 4 , wherein the second housing includes at least one second locking piece; the at least one second locking piece is inserted into a second securement hole formed on the first housing, and the second housing is mounted onto the second protrusion.

6. The suction cup according to claim 5 , wherein a lower edge of the second housing presses against an upper edge of a first hook.

7. The suction cup according to claim 4 , wherein the first housing includes a second hook arranged on one side thereof; and the first housing, second housing and the second hook are integrally formed as one single structure.

8. The suction cup according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing includes a first positioning piece arranged on a top portion thereof; the first positioning piece comprises a protrusion and a positioning slot; the first sliding piece is slidably arranged at the positioning slot.

9. The suction cup according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing includes at least one second positioning piece arranged on a top portion thereof; the first sliding piece is slidably arranged at one side surface of the at least one second positioning piece.

10. The suction cup according to claim 1 , wherein the first protrusion includes a second cut-out slot formed on another side thereof; the second protrusion includes a second through hole formed on another side thereof corresponding to the second cut-out slot.

11. The suction cup according to claim 10 , wherein the insertion casing comprises a second sliding piece arranged spaced apart from one side of the first sliding piece; the second sliding piece includes one end formed with an inclination and is slidably arranged at the second cut-out slot of the first protrusion as well as engages the top portion of the first housing.

12. The suction cup according to claim 1 , wherein the first protrusion includes two grooves arranged opposite from each other and formed on one side adjacent to the first cut-out slot; the second protrusion includes two engagement hooks formed at an inner side thereof corresponding to the two grooves; the two engagement hooks are configured to engage with the two grooves with each other in order to allow the second protrusion to hold the first protrusion, such that when the first protrusion moves, the two grooves move corresponding to the two engagement hooks while maintaining an engagement therewith.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2021
From: LIU, SHENG-YU
To: FREE-FREE(USA) INC; FREE-FREE INDUSTRIAL CORP
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Continuity (1)
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