Patents Examined by Z. R. Balinsky
  • Patent number: 5000630
    Abstract: A bit (12) has a triangular drill portion (14), a frustoconical grinder portion (24), and a cylindrical reamer portion (28). The drill portion (14) has three longitudinal cutting edges (16) that define the angles of its triangular cross section. The grinder portion (24) extends axially inwardly from the drill portion (14) and has a minimum diameter less than and a maximum diameter greater than the maximum diameter of the drill portion (14). The reamer portion (28) is an axial continuation of the grinder portion (24). The outer surfaces of the grinder and reamer portions (24, 28) are plated with diamond grit (30) to enlarge and finish a hole produced by the drill portion (14). The relative diameters allow the grinder portion (24) to gradually engage the sidewall of a hole. The bit (12) is supported and centered in the hole by three point contact between the cutting edges (16) and the hole sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: A. Douglass Riley, Rene F. DeFries
  • Patent number: 4145954
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning hollow bodies, in particular removing scale, incrustations and suchlike deposits from the inner wall of a vessel or a tube. The deposits are removed by a milling or boring operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: Zeevenhooven B.V.
    Inventor: Petrus J. Schilder