Abstract: A drill bit assembly is formed to drill into an object while reliably conducting a fluid onto a point being drilled and subsequently into the object being drilled includes a sleeve that is bored and threaded and cut flush to substantially mate with the outside surface of a conducting tube. An elbow connector is mounted within the sleeve and receives a fluid from a tube coupled thereto. The drill bit assembly further includes a telescoping conduction tube for conducting fluid about the drill bit as it rotates and into an opening created by the drill bit. The telescoping conduction tube axially slides about the conduction tube and also conducts fluid about the drill bit while slidingly mating with the conduction tube to minimally leak the fluid.

Abstract: A bomb deactivator is formed in a self-contained unit that is able to deactivate a bomb by rendering it inert and then, in one embodiment of the invention, by cutting it into a plurality of pieces with a vertically adjustable band saw. The bomb deactivator includes a push shoe for pushing the bomb through a fingered aperture that securely grips the bomb. Moreover, a drill bit assembly is formed to be actually driven by a pneumatic source towards the secured bomb to push it against the fingered aperture to secure it firmly in place and to drill a hole therein while injecting fluid through a telescoping sleeve. The fluid is injected for a period of minutes according to fluid composition and/or according to length of the bomb. Thereafter, once the bomb is certain to have been rendered inert, in one embodiment of the invention, a band saw is used to cut the bomb into multiple pieces.

Abstract: A bomb deactivator is formed in a self-contained unit that is able to deactivate a bomb by rendering it inert and then, in one embodiment of the invention, by cutting it into a plurality of pieces with a vertically adjustable band saw. The bomb deactivator includes a push shoe for pushing the bomb through a fingered aperture that securely grips the bomb. Moreover, a drill bit assembly is formed to be actually driven by a pneumatic source towards the secured bomb to push it against the fingered aperture to secure it firmly in place and to drill a hole therein while injecting fluid through a telescoping sleeve. The fluid is injected for a period of minutes according to fluid composition and/or according to length of the bomb. Thereafter, once the bomb is certain to have been rendered inert, in one embodiment of the invention, a band saw is used to cut the bomb into multiple pieces.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing struts from pivoting landing gear supports of a plane having retractable landing gear includes a stiffening anchor attached to a distal end of the strut wherein the distal end is the end at which the wheel is attached. The apparatus further includes a press collar that slidingly contains the strut within it. In between the press collar and the stiffening anchor is a hydraulic ram that provides up to twenty thousand pounds of urging pressure. The urging pressure provided by the hydraulic ram is axially translated into the aircraft pivoting landing gear support and into the landing gear strut in an opposite axial direction to remove the strut. The stiffening anchor is formed to fit the strut and to distribute the urging pressure in a way that does not damage the strut.