Slide hammer tamper with interchangeable tamper head

摘要

A slide hammer tamper has a slide hammer positioned within a tamper sleeve. The slide hammer is a solid metal component or has a cavity containing a plurality of metal shot. A connector secures the slide hammer to the tamper sleeve, while allowing vertical, slideable motion between the slide hammer and tamper sleeve. The connector also limits the vertical movement of the slide hammer in relation to the tamper sleeve. Rotation between the slide hammer and tamper sleeve is restricted by a tamper bushing/connector configuration within the tamper sleeve. The tamper is adapted for use with different tamper heads, interchangeably connected to the tool. An adjustable handle secured around the tamper sleeve allows the position of the handle to be varied along the tamper sleeve. The tamper tip can be replaced with a new, unworn tip, when necessary.

主权项

1. A slide hammer tamper comprising:
a tamper head having a tamper base, a shaft upwardly extending from the base, the shaft comprising an integral tamper sleeve support extending outwardly from and circumscribing the surface of the shaft; a tamper sleeve positioned around the shaft of the tamper head tool, said sleeve having upper and lower ends, a through channel extending the full length of the sleeve, and a sleeve bushing attached solely by means of a connector within the channel at the lower end of the sleeve, said bushing resting on the sleeve support such that the connector provides the only means for restricting rotational movement between the shaft and the tamper sleeve; and an elongated slide hammer and a tamper tip connected to one end of the slide hammer, the slide hammer being positioned within the tamper sleeve whereby the slide hammer is vertically slideable within the tamper sleeve between an upward position in which the slide hammer is substantially out of the tamper sleeve with only the tip remaining in the tamper sleeve, to a downward position in which the tip contacts the shaft of the tamper head and the bushing contacts the tamper sleeve support.