Using Vacuum Or Reverse Circulation Patents (Class 173/198)
  • Patent number: 6848749
    Abstract: It is suggested to machine contaminated surfaces, in particular radioactively contaminated concrete surfaces and masonry with pneumatically actuated striking tools. It has been shown that this is an extremely low-dust machining method with which the essentially the particles are struck off in the size order of 0.2 to 2.0 mm. The method may be realized with a device (1) with which in a housing (2) several chambers are arranged over one another. Most preferred at the top a pressurized air feed chamber (10) is fed via a pressurized air connection (3). Therebelow there is located a pressurized air suction chamber (12) which comprises a suction connection (4). At the bottom there is arranged a collecting chamber in which chisel-like hammer bolts (51) are effective. The hammer bolts which are part of the striking tools (5) project out of the housing (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Sina Industrieservice GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: René Amherd
  • Patent number: 6830113
    Abstract: A dust suppression guard includes a shroud defining an enclosed space. The guard also includes a clamp mounted adjacent a first end of the shroud, a reinforcing member attached to a central portion of the shroud, and a boot attached adjacent a second end of the shroud. The dust suppression guard also includes a hose mounted to and extending through the shroud in communication with the enclosed space. A dust suppression system may include a vacuum source having an attached vacuum hose, where the vacuum hose connects to the hose mounted to and extending through the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ohio State Home Services
    Inventors: Carl Moore, Sam Mazzo, Walter Barnette
  • Patent number: 6732814
    Abstract: A rock drilling machine comprising a rotating device (1), a percussion device (2) and a shank (17) where a tool (18) is to be fastened. According to the inventive idea, lubricant used for lubricating the shank is supplied in suitable conduits to pressurize the holes (3a′-3f′) of coupling bolts that join together the different parts of the drilling machine and delivered further in suitable conduits to serve as lubricant on the bearing surfaces between the rock drill and the feed equipment (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Sandvick Tamrock Oy
    Inventors: Jarmo Heinonen, Jorma Mäki
  • Patent number: 6719072
    Abstract: A suction drill unit for the installation of a drill dowel (2) into rock, concrete, masonry and similar materials has an insertion end (3) for insertion into an at least partially rotary and percussive acting hand tool drilling device, with a reduced diameter shank (7) having an open suction passageway (9) extending axially through the shank (7) towards a bit head (8) and a rearward radial communication passage (10) connected thereto for suction-tight communication with a non-rotary suction head (11), wherein the drill bit head (8) is formed with an eccentrically arranged bit head tip (12) for boring of a hole (14) having a diameter (D) greater than that of the drill bit head diameter (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Werner Bongers-Ambrosius, Tim Pröls
  • Patent number: 6712157
    Abstract: A power tool of the type comprises a housing (10), a rotation motor (11), an output shaft (12) carrying and rotating a working implement, and a grease lubricated angle drive (13) coupling the output shaft (12) to the motor (11), wherein the angle drive (13) includes a gear chamber (30) containing lubricating grease, a pinion (16) connected to the motor (11), and a bevel gear (17) secured to the output shaft (12). An immovable wall element (24) located in a close vicinity to the bevel gear (17) forms a grease screen for preventing a great part of the grease volume in the gear chamber (30) from getting into direct contact with the bevel teeth and being hot agitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Atlas Copco Tools AB
    Inventor: Gunnar Christer Hansson
  • Publication number: 20040011543
    Abstract: A dust suppression guard includes a shroud defining an enclosed space. The guard also includes a clamp mounted adjacent a first end of the shroud, a reinforcing member attached to a central portion of the shroud, and a boot attached adjacent a second end of the shroud. The dust suppression guard also includes a hose mounted to and extending through the shroud in communication with the enclosed space. A dust suppression system may include a vacuum source having an attached vacuum hose, where the vacuum hose connects to the hose mounted to and extending through the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: Ohio State Home Services
    Inventors: Carl Moore, Sam Mazzo, Walter Barnette
  • Patent number: 6615930
    Abstract: A suction module for an electrical hand-held power too land including a housing (11) at least partially receivable in the battery-receiving chamber (15) of the power tool (1) in the power tool, electrical conductors (9) for connecting the module housing (11) with a power source (10), battery contacts (16) for electrically connecting the module housing with the power tool (1), an aspirator (13) having a drive motor (14) for producing vacuum and located in the module housing (11), with the aspirator (13) being connectable with a suction head (7) arrangeable in a region of a working tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Werner Bongers-Ambrosius, Franz Popp, David Hruza, Rory Britz, Ralph Neuhäuser
  • Patent number: 6533047
    Abstract: A tool for drilling and/or chiseling for use with a hand-held mechanized tool having a suction device (10) including a housing (11) surrounding the tool (1), with the tool (1) including a tubular shaft (2) and a connection member (3) located opposite a front end of the shaft (2) for connecting the shaft (2) with the housing (11) of the suction device (10) and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the shaft (2), and with the connection member (3) being formed of a core (5) surrounding the shaft (2), and an adapter (6) surrounding the connection member core (5) and having a cross-bore (7) opening into the through-channel (8) formed in the shaft (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Kleine, Hans-Werner Bongers-Ambrosius
  • Publication number: 20010006121
    Abstract: A tool for effecting drilling and/or chiseling and including a tubular shaft (2, 22) having an axially extending through-channel (8, 28) and provided, at one of its axial ends, with a drilling or chiseling head (5), and a connection member (3, 23) connected with another of axial ends of the shaft and provided at its end remote from the shaft (2, 22) with a shank (4, 24), the through-channel (8, 28) being connected with the tool circumference by a cross-bore (7, 27), and the largest cross-sectional surface (A1, A4) of the connection member (3, 23) corresponding at least to 2.5 times of the largest cross-sectional surface of the shank (4, 24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Werner Kleine, Hans-Werner Bongers-Ambrosius
  • Publication number: 20010006122
    Abstract: A tool for effecting drilling and/or chiseling and including a tubular shaft (2) provided, at its one axial end, with a cutting head (5), and a connection member (3) provided at another axial end of the shaft (2) and equipped with a shank (4), with the connection member (3) having a cross-bore (7) opening into the through-channel (8) formed in the shaft (2) and, with the connection member having, along a substantial portion of its axial extent, a diameter (d1) that at most corresponds to 1.6 of a diameter (d2) of the shank (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Werner Kleine, Hans-Werner Bongers-Ambrosius
  • Publication number: 20010006123
    Abstract: A tool for drilling and/or chiseling for use with a hand-held mechanized tool having a suction device (10) including a housing (11) surrounding the tool (1), with the tool (1) including a tubular shaft (2) and a connection member (3) located opposite a front end of the shaft (2) for connecting the shaft (2) with the housing (11) of the suction device (10) and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the shaft (2), and with the connection member (3) being formed of a core (5) surrounding the shaft (2), and an adapter (6) surrounding the connection member core (5) and having a cross-bore (7) opening into the through-channel (8) formed in the shaft (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Werner Kleine, Hans-Werner Bongers-Ambrosius
  • Patent number: 5690183
    Abstract: The present invention is an improved drill head unit in which the lower portion of the drill chuck has a lobed shaped cross section which fits into a corresponding lobed shaped opening in a shaft connected to a spiral bevel gear mounted for rotation about a vertical axis. The lobed shaped cross section replaces the spline drive previously used in such units. An improved and simplified radial elastomeric seal is provided to separate a vacuum pressurized cavity in the housing from a lubricating cavity in the housing, and the seal is replaceable by removing a cartridge in the bottom of the drill head unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: The Sollami Company
    Inventor: Phillip A. Sollami
  • Patent number: 5492183
    Abstract: The present invention is an improved drill head unit in which the lower portion of the drill chuck has a lobed shaped cross section which fits into a corresponding lobed shaped opening in a shaft connected to a spiral bevel gear mounted for rotation about a vertical axis. The lobed shaped cross section replaces the spline drive previously used in such units, and the spiral bevel gears replace the bevel gears previously used. An improved and simplified radial elastomeric seal is provided to separate a vacuum pressurized cavity in the housing from a lubricating cavity in the housing, and a locking mechanism locks against the drill steel such that the drill steel can be withdrawn from a drilled hole by lowering the drill head unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: The Sollami Company
    Inventor: Phillip A. Sollami
  • Patent number: 5398414
    Abstract: An electric hand saw has a stationary sword having a lower side, a reciprocatable saw blade received in the lower side of the sword and having a rear end portion, a machine housing having a transmission outlet in which the rear end portion of the saw blade is received. The machine housing has a longitudinal slot located under the rear end portion of the saw blade. A suction passage is mounted on the lower side of the machine housing and has a sucking-in opening extending from the front end side of the suction passage to the longitudinal slot of the machine housing located under the rear end portion of the saw blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Neubert, Joachim Schadow, Joachim Mueller, Manfred-Otto Staebler, Manfred Dohr, Herbert Faerber, Heinz Warkentin
  • Patent number: 5330013
    Abstract: The present invention is an improved drill head unit in which the lower portion of the drill chuck has a lobed shaped cross section which fits into a corresponding lobed shaped opening in a shaft connected to a spiral bevel gear mounted for rotation about a vertical axis. The lobed shaped cross section replaces the spline drive previously used in such units, and the spiral bevel gears replace the bevel gears previously used. An improved and simplified radial elastomeric seal is provided to separate a vacuum pressurized cavity in the housing from a lubricating cavity in the housing, and a locking mechanism locks against the drill steel such that the drill steel can be withdrawn from a drilled hole by lowering the drill head unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: The Sollami Company
    Inventor: Phillip A. Sollami
  • Patent number: 5199501
    Abstract: A drilling or chiseling tool (1) includes a suction device (2) with a suction head (3), a suction line (4) extending from the suction head to a suction blower wheel (5) and a separating device (6). The suction device (2) is detachably connected with the tool (1). When connecting the suction device (2) to the tool (1), the shaft (9) of the suction blower wheel (5) can be coupled with the drive shaft (8) of a drive motor (7) for the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wilhelm Kluber, Gebhard Gantner, Peter Brix, Max Dietrich