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US20090188029A1
US20090188029A1 US12/362,867 US36286709A US2009188029A1 US 20090188029 A1 US20090188029 A1 US 20090188029A1 US 36286709 A US36286709 A US 36286709A US 2009188029 A1 US2009188029 A1 US 2009188029A1
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Jingning TA
Zhiqiang Wu
Oliver Chillwa HO
Qiang Chen
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K13/00—Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A47K13/10—Devices for raising and lowering, e.g. tilting or lifting mechanisms; Collapsible or rotating seats or covers

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  • the present invention provides an opening assembly comprising: a base having a mounting part; a movable member capable of pivoting relative to the base and having a coupling part; an opening device for driving the movable member between a first position and a second position, the opening device having a drive motor, an output axle for driving the movable member and a gear train connecting a shaft of the drive motor to the output axle, the gear train having an output gear arranged to drive the output axis; a gear case for housing the gear train, the gear case being fixed to the base; wherein the output axle is connected to the gear case and the output gear by a live connection; the output axle being insertable into the coupling part of the cover when the coupling part is aligned with the mounting part of the base, the output axle passing through the gear casing, the output gear, the mounting part and the coupling part; and at least one movable baffle plate provided on the gear case to limit axial movement of the output axle with respect to the output gear after the output axle has been inserted
  • the gear train comprises a first gear train set which extends along the axis of the motor shaft and a second gear train set which extends transversely to the axis of the motor shaft; the first gear train set being connected to the motor shaft and the second gear train set comprises the output gear.
  • the embodiments of the present invention allow for the output axle to be freely assembled to the case or disassembled from the case without disassembling the case, allowing the output axle to be inserted in to the case and cover after the opening device is assembled to the base.
  • the opening device of the present invention is suitable for use where the coupling part of the seat or cover needs to be assembled outside as well as inside the opening device.
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a first gear train set, being a part of the device of FIG. 1 ;
  • the first planet gear group 34 , the second planet gear group 38 and the third planet gear group 42 are separately rotatablely fixed to mounting axes 36 a, 40 a and 44 a of the first carrier 36 , the second carrier 40 and the third carrier 44 and are together in mesh with the internal gear 49 .
  • each planet gear group has three planet gears.
  • the first planet gear group 34 meshes with the first sun gear 32 .
  • the sides of the first carrier 36 and the second carrier 40 remote from the motor 10 are provided with a second sun gear 36 b and a third sun gear 40 b respectively and the second sun gear 36 b and the third sun gear 40 b separately mesh with the second planet gear group 38 and the third planet gear group 42 .
  • the opening device of the present invention is suitable for use whether the coupling part of the seat or cover needs to be assembled inside the opening device or needs to be assembled outside the opening device.
  • the second gear train set 50 is a parallel axes gear set which extends in a direction transverse to the axis of the motor shaft 12 , the output axle 70 is spaced from but parallel to of the motor shaft 12 .

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CN2008100653093A CN101496702B (zh) 2008-01-30 2008-01-30 自动翻盖装置及具有所述自动翻盖装置的组合
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