With Work-engaging Structure Other Than Tool Or Tool-support Patents (Class 408/72R)
  • Patent number: 6142166
    Abstract: A tool and method for plugging a service connection to a gas main in preparation for removal of the service tee removes the perforator, mills the hole in the main to provide a smooth seat for a sealing plug, and inserts a gas-tight sealing plug into the hole. The tool of the invention is operable through a narrow "keyhole" excavation, which decreases the risk to service personnel and significantly reduces costs of repairing the excavation. In the preferred embodiment the tool is loaded with a milling bit and a sealing plug before attachment to the service tee. The tool head is engaged to the service tee in a gas-tight fit to prevent the escape of gas during the procedure, and an adapter plate is pivoted between three working positions to perform the three steps of the service connection plugging method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: The Consumer's Gas Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Pawel Kuzan, Jacek Wiercienski
  • Patent number: 6077000
    Abstract: A template 20 with which pipework may be correctly positioned in a wall for connection to a wall mounted unit, the template comprising first apertures 24 for guiding drills at desired positions of pipes in the wall, and second apertures 22 for screwing the template to a wall, wherein the second apertures 22 are spaced and dimensioned such that the wall mounted unit may be mounted on the wall using the screw holes created by the second apertures 22 and be correctly aligned with pipework positioned according to the first apertures 24, each of the first apertures 24 may comprise a centrally mounted annular member 28 defining an aperture through which a center hole may be drilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Aqualisa Products Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Norman White Gibbons, Tom Spalding
  • Patent number: 6077001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drilling device having a base plate and a positioning plate. The positioning plate bears a tool guide bush and two tool guide mechanisms for producing a principal drilled hole for the main body of a hinge, and two screw holes for the hinge fastening screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Johann Eberhard GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Fetzer
  • Patent number: 6074139
    Abstract: A method of boring a plurality of aligned, mating bolt holes in a pair of separated coupling flanges comprising the steps of:a) providing a template with pre-formed holes matching a desired location for bolt holes in the pair of coupling flanges;b) securing the template to a first of the pair of coupling flanges;c) attaching a boring tool to the template in alignment with one of the bolt holes;d) re-boring one of the bolt holes in the first coupling flange and repeating steps c) and d) for each remaining bolt hole individually in succession;e) removing the boring tool and template from the first coupling flange;f) relocating the template on the second of the pair of coupling flanges; andg) repeating steps b) through e) for the bolt holes in the second coupling flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Gene Gustafson, Dennis John Werner
  • Patent number: 6036409
    Abstract: This invention is a portable pneumatic cutter tool for cutting countersinks into a workpiece 17 having pre-drilled holes 15. When pressure is applied, a piston return cylinder 57 and a feed rate cylinder 79 are also pressurized, which sets a body piston 72 and spindle piston 80 reacts against a spindle bar 82 which holds nose 94 in its outer-most limit position. A pistol grip drill 44 drives a geared belt 34 to cut the countersink after actuation by trigger 45. A flare tube shaft 14 expands a multiple finger and pad arrangement of a collet 12 to provide clamp-up on the back side of workpiece 17. Clamp-up on the front side of workpiece 17 is provided by pneumnatic pressure and solid mechanical stops 16. The countersink cutter 18 advances into workpiece 17, reaching its depth, and returns automatically to its start position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Lawrence D. Rissler
  • Patent number: 6023901
    Abstract: A repair device which is used to restore planarity to concave damage in a drywall board, which is quickly installed by chucking to a reversible power driver in the manner of a drill bit, thus creating its own hole. The device is inserted into the wall cavity, then powered in the reverse direction to actuate in the manner of a jack to push out a damaged drywall piece, which is still hingedly attached by the cardboard facing. Thus united, the cracks are bonded with cement, while the inexpensive device remains inside the wall, acting as a permanent prop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Jensen R&D Corporation
    Inventor: Lars Dean Jensen
  • Patent number: 6000886
    Abstract: An entry board for drilling small holes having a front surface layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy to be disposed at the drilling inlet side and a back surface layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy to be disposed at the drilling outlet side. The back surface layer is adhered or joined by clad rolling to said front surface layer. The hardness of the front surface layer is smaller than that of the back surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Showa Aluminum Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Washio, Koji Miyano, Akio Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5893686
    Abstract: This invention relates to a housing having a shaft with a drill bit for tapping a pressurized fluid pipe. A saddle having a valve is attached to a pipe. A housing having a shaft passing therethrough is threaded to the valve. A drill bit is attached to one end of the shaft and a drill is connected to the other end of the shaft. The housing has a chamber in which the drill bit is retracted before connecting the housing to the valve. With the valve in the open position, the shaft is extended until the drill bit engages the pipe. The drill rotates the drill bit and cuts a hole in the pipe. The housing is sealed such that fluid entering the housing chamber does not escape along the shaft. The shaft and drill bit is then withdrawn into the housing chamber and the valve closed. The housing is then removed from the valve and a branch pipe connected thereto. The valve is then opened to fluidly connect a branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Inventor: Donald R. Weiler
  • Patent number: 5879112
    Abstract: A new water supply line tapping tool for allowing plumbers to tap into a main water supply line. The inventive device includes a main shaft having a first end and a second end. The first end is adapted for coupling with a standard portable electric drill. The main shaft has a threaded hole therein disposed inwardly of the second end. The threaded hole receives a screw therein. The second end has an internally threaded receiving collar disposed thereon. A hole saw is coupled with the receiving collar on the second end of the main shaft. The hole saw has an arbor portion. The arbor portion has an internal end extending inwardly of the second end of the main shaft for being engaged by the screw extending within the threaded hole. A sleeve is slidably disposed on the main shaft for coupling with a saddle valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Inventor: Roy M. Ivey
  • Patent number: 5871310
    Abstract: A device (10) for use in combination with a hole saw (12) of the type including a cylindrical hollow body (14) having a circular lower cutting edge (16), a top mandrel (18) with a shank (20) in engagement with a chuck (22) of a drill (24) and a pilot bit (26) for guiding the hole saw (12) when cutting a new opening in a workpiece (28) having a predrilled opening (30), in which the center of the new opening lies within the predrilled opening (30). The device (10) comprises a dowel plug (32) having a plurality of holes (34) therethrough. The dowel plug (32) is inserted into the predrilled opening (30), so that the pilot bit (26) of the hole saw (12) can be positioned in a rotatable manner into one of the holes (34) in the dowel plug (32) on center or off center with the predrilled opening (30) in the workpiece (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventor: Robert Mortensen
  • Patent number: 5785465
    Abstract: An overlay sheet having a first thin layer of a polymer material joined to a second thin layer of a hard material such as a phenolic, melamine or metal foil. The sheet is applied to a surface of a printed circuit board such that the metal foil is against the board surface, and the first layer is exposed to receive the drill bit. During drilling operations, the drill bit is advanced initially through the softer first layer of the polymer material, immobilizing the tip of the drill bit against lateral movement, then through the harder layer, and finally through the printed circuit board. The harder layer prevents formation of burrs, and the polymer material inhibits drill bit wander.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Systems Division Incorporated
    Inventor: John A. Korbonski
  • Patent number: 5769473
    Abstract: A door restraining assembly for use with a door hingedly connected to a surrounding door frame. At least one pin member includes a cylindrically shaped body and is positioned within a recess drilled into either or both a hinge side and door side of a door. A seating portion extends laterally from the pin member past the door surface. At least one receiving member includes a pin receiving portion and a reduced diameter reinforcing portion and is mounted within a corresponding recess drilled within the door jamb. The recess for the reinforcing portion extends well past the door jamb and through one or more of the vertically extending wall studs of the wall structure surrounding the door frame. According to further embodiments, a restraining assembly is provided on each the hinge side and latch side of the door frame. A method for installing a restraining assembly according to the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Inventor: Martin Sovis
  • Patent number: 5765654
    Abstract: A device, for collecting drilled material and dust produced by a drilling tool, has a flange part (1) with a central axis to be secured to a housing of the drilling tool, and an axially extending container (2) for receiving the drilled material and dust and connected to and extending axially outwardly from the flange part (1) and being compressible in its axial direction towards the flange part. A ring-shaped sealing element (3) is arranged to contact a rotating part of the drilling tool. A radially outwardly extending annular rib on the sealing element is rotatably supported in an annular recess (26) in the flange part (1) and the recess is open towards the axis of the flange part so that no harmful wear can arise in spite of adequate sealing between the sealing element and the rotating part of the drilling tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Helmut Burger
  • Patent number: 5759140
    Abstract: A crankshaft is mounted in a fixture which rotates the crankshaft about its longitudinal axis and which tilts the crankshaft about a horizontal axis to allow machining of holes such as oil holes at various rotational positions and at various tilt angles to the longitudinal axis. Preferably, a cutting tool moves along a horizontal plunging axis Z to machine the depth of the hole and moves along a horizontal X axis to machine holes on or offset from the longitudinal axis. The cutting tool may also be shifted vertically along a Y-axis. Preferably, a pair of crankshafts are mounted side-by-side in the fixture to machine two crankshafts simultaneously. The fixture is mounted for tilting by trunnions. The pair of crankshafts are spun about the longitudinal axes by a motor carried on the tiltable fixture. An automatic tool changer and loading apparatus store cutting tools and associated guide bushings for the cutting tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Ingersoll CM Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: James Egbert
  • Patent number: 5672034
    Abstract: A carpenter's locator for use with a door boring jig, each of which have a straight side that can fit together, the locator thereby locating the boring jig the proper distance from the doorknob hole for boring a security lock or deadbolt lock hole is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Inventor: Melville J. McLean
  • Patent number: 5653561
    Abstract: A swarf boot comprises a flexible and elastic, generally frusta-conical, unitary member for capturing swarf, cuttings, dust and debris from drilling operations. The boot has two open ends, namely a proximal end adapted to receive and hold a drill body, and a distal end adapted to engage a surface to be drilled. In between the two ends, the swarf booth comprises a generally frusta-conical, corrugated body. The drill chuck is received within the interior of the boot. The inside dimension of the boot is substantially larger than the outside diameter of the chuck. Thereby, the boot surrounds but does not come in contact with the drill chuck, allowing the chuck rotate freely while the boot of the invention remains stationary. Optionally, the boot may include a outlet conduit for attachment to a vacuum to remove swarf during drilling operations. The boot may also include a handle on the distal end of the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Inventor: Robert May
  • Patent number: 5649464
    Abstract: A primer pocket reamer for cartridge cases makes three distinct cuts for removing stake rings, chamfering the outer edge of a primer pocket and endmilling the bottom in a single process. This is accomplished by a cutter with three different rotating cutting edges. The cartridge case is brought to the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Inventor: Doyle D. Gracey
  • Patent number: 5586846
    Abstract: The dowel-hole boring device drills dowel receiving holes at a predetermined angle and depth. The device has a body with a first and second end. A first interior channel opens to the first end and a second interior channel, contiguous to the first channel, opening to the second end. The first interior channel has a diameter less than the second interior channel, the reduction in diameter forming a step. A pair of bearings have an interior diameter slightly greater than the shaft and an exterior diameter slightly less that than of the first interior channel. The shaft is configured to prevent rotation within the bearings. The shaft has a drill bit at one end and a recess at the other. The body of the shaft has a receiving groove to receive a securing ring. A spring, over the shaft, maintains the separation between the bearings at a predetermined distance. Locking channels and locking screws come in contact with the bearings locking them in place. The shaft is axially movable within the bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Inventor: Joseph J. Johns
  • Patent number: 5584618
    Abstract: A clamping device includes a housing, removably connected to a drill motor, which has a first end portion adapted to be received within an aperture defined in a drill plate. The first end portion of the housing also defines a number of openings in which respective ones of a plurality of ball bearings are disposed. The clamping device also includes means for forcing each ball bearing outwardly within a respective opening defined in the first end portion of the housing such that portions of the ball bearings are extended outwardly beyond the housing and are urged against the drill plate. Thus, the drill motor can be securely clamped to the drill plate. The clamping device can also include a mandrel defining an internal bore through which the cutting element extends. The mandrel typically has an exterior surface in which a plurality of recesses are defined. Each recess can be aligned with a respective opening defined in the housing and can be adapted to receive a respective ball bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas O. Blankenship, David L. Fritsche, Stanley V. Tiefenbrun
  • Patent number: 5573352
    Abstract: A unitary door routing template for routing hardware mounting apertures in doors is provided which affords expedient placement of the template and the cutting of hardware mounting holes while minimizing expense and hazards to operating personnel. The template comprises two elongated, planar, unobstructed, opposing sides for engaging the front and back sides of a door, the template sides being integrally formed with and extending generally perpendicular to an end plate which engages the door edge. The planar opposing sides are spaced from each other at the end plate by a distance equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of the door and, preferably, gradually converge away from the end plate so that, when placed over the door, they provide a stabilizing grip on the door surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Trimco Finish, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Matadobra
  • Patent number: 5569001
    Abstract: A template used in installing door locks. A side bracket is slidably received by a front bracket and the two brackets are aligned for the door width or thickness of the door to be drilled. The template permits properly related pilot holes to be drilled into the door edge using the side bracket and the door face using the front bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Credo Tool Company
    Inventors: David T. Brutscher, Leroy R. Leet, Sr.
  • Patent number: 5544987
    Abstract: A tool for removing broken threaded fasteners such as seized or damaged Budd nuts mounted on a stud extending from the hub of a dual wheel assembly. The tool includes a base plate which is securable at the Budd nuts adjacent the broken nut by stand-off and fasteners. A cutter is advanceable by a pivotal bar by means of a manually operable adjustment knob. The cutter is rotatable in a busing and has a cutting head with a bore which extends over the damaged nut. Replaceable cutting teeth are carried on the cutting head and when advanced cut through the flange on the damaged Budd nut. The device can be powered by a power tool attachable to the device. A depth guide is provided to assist the mechanic in correctly determining the proper depth of cut. As the cutting head is advanced, the flange portion of the Budd nut is cut away so the inner wheel rim can be removed from the hub and thereafter the remaining shaved Budd nut can be easily removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Inventor: Gregory L. Gipson
  • Patent number: 5533845
    Abstract: A portable milling apparatus is disclosed where said apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises a cutting head, a control mechanism and a power supply where said cutting head generally includes a frame, an axial displacement means, a rotary cylinder and alignment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Inventor: John A. Glover
  • Patent number: 5490747
    Abstract: A multi-purpose arrow shaft assembly tool is provided having several implements capable of being received within a handle. One of the implements is an insert ardor over which point inserts and nock inserts may be placed which the inserts are heated and inserted into the hollow arrow shaft. To aid in preparing the shaft for receipt of the inserts, a facing cutter and a burring tool are also provided. The facing cutter has an arbor which guides the cutting blade of the facing cutter to produce a perpendicular cut relative to the longitudinal axis of the arrow shaft. The burr is housed within the handle so that the interior of the handel serves as a guide when deburring the arrow shaft. A nock adjusting implement is also provided which not only aids in the rotation of a friction fit nock within the nock insert, but also serves to record and transfer the relationship between the groove in the nock and one of the veins so that indexing of one arrow may be transferred to other arrows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Inventor: Louis Rangel
  • Patent number: 5483990
    Abstract: A valve adapted for insertion in a pressurized fluid flow line for blocking and sealing the flow of fluid through the line without disconnecting the line and to maintain the pressure in the upstream end of the line. The valve includes two body portions which may be clamped on the fluid flow line to form a valve body in which is adjustably mounted an elongated tubular outer shaft, and an elongated cylindrical inner shaft that is rotatably mounted through the tubular outer shaft and carries an annular hole cutter and a tubular seal. The inner shaft is rotatable for driving the annular hole cutter through the line and the outer shaft is rotatable for advancing the inner shaft and annular hole cutter and for positioning the tubular seal in the hole cut through the line to block and seal flow through the downstream portion of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Jomar International, Ltd.
    Inventor: Joseph R. Martin
  • Patent number: 5403129
    Abstract: A basic flat table 10 is mounted on parent drill-press through holes 19 and on said table is mounted a pivot-arm stop 11 which swings from its end pivot-arm first-hole 15 at upper right-hand corner location basic table pivot-arm arc center hole 18 to allow distance from facing edge of pivot-arm stop 11 to drill-bit center 20 to vary. Distance is calibrated on a dial 13 printed on table surface 10 and used by operator to match facing edge of pivot-arm 11 to marks on dial 13. Movable end of pivot-arm 11 follows slotted arc 14 through which bolt through pivot-arm second-hole 17 secures location. Sliding stop 12 is mounted on pivot-arm 11 to establish distance from drill-bit to end of workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Inventor: Richard R. Steussy
  • Patent number: 5395187
    Abstract: A device for securely clamping a drill motor to a drill plate in order to drill precisely positioned holes in a workpiece includes an annular mandrel and annular collet concentrically disposed about the cutting element. A first end of the collet includes a plurality of longitudinally extending fingers while the mandrel has a tapered end portion having a larger external diameter than the center cylindrical portion of the mandrel. A pneumatically-actuated piston is also coaxially disposed about the cutting element to extend and retract the mandrel and the collet. Once extended, the longitudinally extending fingers of the collet overlie the center cylindrical portion of the mandrel. Thus, the clamping device may be inserted through an aperture defined in a drill plate. Following its retraction, the longitudinally extending fingers of the collet overlie the tapered end of the mandrel and are correspondingly expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond J. Slesinski, David L. Fritsche, Thomas O. Blankenship
  • Patent number: 5368419
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for arresting structural termite infestation while eliminating the risk of poison exposure to occupants of the structure includes a power tool for drilling holes in wood members of a structure, implanting pellets of termite poison within the drilled holes, and sealing the holes. The tool includes a tubular body portion joined to a storage portion that stores a plurality of packages of pellets of termite poison. A platen assembly is secured to the storage portion and adapted to impinge on a wood member of a structure. The tubular body encloses a reversible drive motor connected through a gear train to rotate and translate the drill assembly reciprocally in a guideway. Cellulose balls impregnated with poison or insecticide or flagellacidal agents are grouped in loads, each load packaged and disposed in the tool parallel to the guideway, with a plug cork is disposed at the proximal end of each load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Inventor: Robert E. Imus
  • Patent number: 5322396
    Abstract: A hand-held clamping drill guide including a pocket hole drill guide and a hand-held clamp. The pocket hole drill guide is rotatably attached to the end of one of two opposed C-shaped arms. The C-shaped arms are movable between an open position and a clamped position by the clamp handles. The clamp face on the other arm is pivotally attached to the end of the arm. The drill guide may be provided with more than one hole for drilling adjacent pocket holes. The clamp may be held and operated by a single hand to secure the pocket hole drill guide against a workpiece for drilling pocket holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Trend-Lines, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul N. Blacker
  • Patent number: 5316037
    Abstract: A valve adapted for insertion in a pressurized fluid flow line for blocking and sealing the flow of fluid through the line without disconnecting the line and to maintain the pressure in the upstream end of the line. The valve includes two body portions which may be clamped on the fluid flow line to form a valve body in which is adjustably mounted a shaft carrying an annular hole cutter and a tubular seal. The shaft is rotatable for driving the annular hole cutter through the line and to position the tubular seal in the hole cut through the line to block and seal flow through the downstream portion of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Jomar International, Ltd.
    Inventor: Joseph R. Martin
  • Patent number: 5312408
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cutting and suctioning the medullary canal of long bones prior to insertion of an endoprosthesis. A cutter is aligned with the medullary canal and the canal is enlarged. Successively larger cutters are used in conjunction with a guide to center each cutter in the medullary canal. A suction is applied to removed bone cutting and other debris resulting from the procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Inventor: Byron L. Brown
  • Patent number: 5302057
    Abstract: The method centers a guide rod, which is inserted in a valve guide of a valve seat to be machined and which serves as a guide rod for a shaping tool. By hand, or with a mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic or electro-mechanical device, the guide rod is centered in the valve guide by means of a pivoting ball which is mounted in a manner such that it can pivot in all directions between two clamping plates and which is held with the possibility of translation between the clamping ring and the bottom of a housing. For this purpose, the pivoting ball is displaced circularly such that the guide rod sweeps all around the valve guide. By means of the follower levers, the shape of the valve guide is determined and, by means of a precise mechanical device, the pivoting ball is placed at the center of the swept shape, where it can be fixed by means of plates and of the clamping ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: SERDI-Societe d'Etudes de Realisation et de Diffusion Industrielles
    Inventor: Ruedi Siegfried
  • Patent number: 5299894
    Abstract: An end effector adapted for attachment to and accurate positioning by a robot is provided for positioning a channel-shaped workpiece at a desired position and drilling an accurately located positioning hole in the workpiece. The end effector includes a conventional speeder unit with a Morris taper that can be grasped by the robot and rotated for transfer of torque to the speeder unit. A top plate is attached to the speeder unit and has a central opening to receive a drill collet extending downward from said speeder unit for drilling the holes in the workpiece. A base plate is connected to the top plate by guide rods which are pressed into bores in the base plate and extend through linear bearings in the top plate for self-parallel movement relative to the top plate. A pair of nuts mounted on the top plate is threadedly engaged with a pair of lead screws connected to the base plate so that vertical movement of the base plate will push the lead screws through the nuts and rotate the lead screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Peter D. McCowin
  • Patent number: 5299896
    Abstract: A gun jig including first and second templates defining first and second end surfaces, a first substantially planar surface extending between the first and second end surfaces, a second substantially planar surface oriented substantially perpendicular to the first planar surface and extending between the first and second end surfaces, a first recessed surface extending between the first and second end surfaces, a first plurality of guide holes extending between the first planar surface and the first recessed surface, a second plurality of guide holes extending between the second planar surface and the first recessed surface, a first connecting surface extending between the first and second end surfaces and joining the first planar surface and the first recessed surface, and a second connecting surface extending between the first and second end surfaces and joining the second planar surface and the first recessed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Inventor: Bernard L. Ferri
  • Patent number: 5281056
    Abstract: An indexing coupling for a drill includes a hollow inner race, a hollow outer race, and a sleeve member. The hollow inner race and hollow outer race are affixed to one another by a plurality of ball members which are positioned by a plurality of detents in the hollow inner race. The balls also extend into holes in the hollow outer race. When the balls are positioned within the holes in the hollow outer race and within the detents in the hollow inner race by the sleeve member, the hollow inner race and the hollow outer race are rigidly connected one with respect to the other. When the sleeve member is moved the ball members become disengaged from the hollow inner race thus allowing indexing of the outer race with respect to the hollow inner race. This indexing of the hollow outer race with respect to the hollow inner race allows selective rotatable indexing of the drill housing with respect to the nose piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Lawson, Jay G. Palmer
  • Patent number: 5275515
    Abstract: An index-locator pin passes through an aligned hole formed through a drill plate and juxtaposed pack-up and is displaced by a power fastener tool. A gauge pin is transversely positioned within the index-locator pin and pushes the pack-up against a drill plate in response to displacement of the index-locator pin. By maintaining the drill plate in clamping relationship against a multi-layer pack-up, a hole pattern in the drill plate may be replicated in the pack-up with high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
    Inventor: J. Arthur Leifsen
  • Patent number: 5256012
    Abstract: A packaging format for fasteners constituted by a strip of interconnected retainers 10. Each retainer comprises a land of material, typically 9.5 .times.9.5 mm (0.374 inch squared) in plan. Each land 12 has a hole 13 therethrough for receiving a fastener, in the form of a screw 14. The tip 16 of the fastener protrudes approximately 5 mm (0.2 inch) beyond the land. Between adjacent retainers a support 18 is located which would, in use, support the tip 16 of the fastener 14 clear of a work surface 20 while allowing visually unobstructed positioning of the tip 16 of the fastener. The strip also includes a locating tab 24 to assist in the accurate location of a tapping drill hole. This invention also extends to a drilling tool to further assist in drilling the tapping hole in conjunction with the tab 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Inventor: Marshall E. Mikels
  • Patent number: 5199831
    Abstract: The infinitely positionable coupling system of the present invention includes a hollow outer race, a hollow inner race, and a locking assembly which permits locking of the hollow inner race to the hollow outer race in an infinite number of positions. The hollow outer race engages a nose piece and the hollow inner race threadably engages the drill housing. Accordingly, the nose piece is infinitely positionable with respect to the drill housing by positioning the hollow inner race with respect to the hollow outer race and allowing the locking assembly to hold them in position one with respect to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Broucksou
  • Patent number: 5163791
    Abstract: A pin locator device for use in positioning a drill relative to an already drilled hole in a workpiece for the purpose of drilling a line of equally interspaced holes in the workpiece is in the form of a spring plunger which can be depressed into the already drilled hole and released when the workpiece is properly situated for the next drilling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Inventor: Ralph Norton
  • Patent number: 5161923
    Abstract: A machine tool is received in a structure that is carried along with the tool and has a sleeve extension which will be received in a tapered element with radially spreadibly tongues having end beads which will lodge behind a shoulder in teplate thereby positioning and clamping the tool; the receiver is additionally urged against the template and the tool by a piston cylinder drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Gerhar Strauss Drucklufttechnik
    Inventor: Helmut Reccius
  • Patent number: 5160230
    Abstract: Disclosed are safety debris collectors for collecting dust and debris, such as concrete particles and dust, rock chips, steel particles, radioactive particles, insulation and other particles and dust when drilling, chipping and using stud guns, drills, piston drive devices and other operating tools used in the construction industry which create working dust or debris and the like. The safety debris catcher does not rotate or move with the operating portion of the tool, it is easily and readily connected to and detached from an operating tool or device, it can be used in confined spaces, such as spaces between beams, braces, and ceilings at different elevations, and it can be used at any angle and effectively collect debris, dust and other particles. A rotating inner disk within the base of the debris catcher forms a rotating inner surface of a chip chamber, urging debris away form the tool into a debris receiving chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Inventor: Laverne F. Cuevas
  • Patent number: 5158406
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a fixture for accurately boring a hole in a workpiece which comprises a base member and a clamping means for mounting the fixture on top of the workpiece. A guide block is mounted in the base member for movement along a path extending across a surface of the workpiece. The guide block has an elongated boring guide hole extending therethrough in a direction towards the workpiece for guidingly receiving a boring bit. A scale or other similar means is affixed to the guide block for accurately locating the boring guide hole at a selectable, predetermiend position relative to the workpiece. One or more set screws or the like are provided on the base member for securing the guide block in place once the boring guide hole has been properly located. A series of detents or holes may also be provide on the guide block to receive the set screws and thereby aid in locating the boring guide hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Inventor: Thomas Ulinskas
  • Patent number: 5154548
    Abstract: This invention relates to fixtures which aid in the drilling of holes for dowels and pegs. In particular, this invention relates to fixtures which aid the user in accurately positioning and guiding a drill or other boring tool into a workpiece and is of special utility in those situations in which the position of matched hole locations in adjoining or adjacent workpieces are critical. A drilling fixture is proposed which incorporates a body member and at least one perpendicular leg member wherein the leg member has a longitudinal stepped slot formed in it to receive a drill guide.The drill guide is fully adjustable along the length of the longitudinal stepped slot and may be locked in the desired location with a locking nut. The drill guide is an externally threaded cylindrical element with a flanged base and a longitudinal bore for receiving a drill bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Inventor: Joseph P. Walsh
  • Patent number: 5142762
    Abstract: During assembly, individual segments (10, 12, 14) comprising a housing (18) designed to encase and support a rotating assembly are positioned on a fixture (16) and releasably joined. The fixture (16) is adapted to engage the annular volumes (20, 22, 24, 26) that locate the radial support means chosen to support the rotating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Dziorny, Christopher McAuliffe
  • Patent number: 5138726
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bidet attachment for mounting on a standard toilet. A nozzle is mounted on the underside of the toilet seat. Water is supplied to the nozzle through a conduit from a water supply pipe. The conduit is connected to the pipe with a T-tap having two halves. The two halves are bolted together and a hole is drilled through the pipe using a special tool. The conduit is secured to the T-tap with a crimping collar that slides over a tapered extension on the T-tap. Water flow rate is controlled by a cam valve. The cam valve can be opened and closed with a control handle to place a selected amount of squeeze on the conduit to allow a selected amount of water to flow through the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Inventor: John G. Campbell
  • Patent number: 5114285
    Abstract: A three-sided drilling template for a door is provided that is formed from a rigid material. The first and second sides of the template are parallel and contact opposite sides of the door. The third side of the template, orthogonal to and bridging the span between the first and second sides of the template, contacts the edge of the door. A plurality of through guide holes are located in each side of the template and mark the centers of mounting holes for the mounting of operating hardware such as door locks and knobs. Markings on the template indicate the specific purpose of each through guide hole, and marked circles concentric with the through guide holes indicate the correct size of the mounting holes. A rectangular extension on the interior surface of the third side fits into a lock face recess previously formed or pre-machined in the edge of the door for accurate alignment of the template to the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Inventor: Michael K. Brydon
  • Patent number: 5092717
    Abstract: The device for producing a drilled hole with an undercut includes a drilling tool having a shank and a drilling head faced with a plurality of diamond chips, a drilling tool-holder structured to hold the drilling tool and a rotatable sleeve having an axial throughgoing passage for the drilling tool and the drilling tool-holder and also having a lateral connecting pipe for a cooling and flushing liquid. So that the drilled hole with the undercut can be made in a single working step using the same drilling tool, the shank of the drilling tool (2) is provided with a stop collar (12) and also a cross-sectionally enlarged portion (17). The shank of the drilling tool (2) tapers uniformly toward the drilling head (11) and also tapers uniformly toward the stop collar (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Artur Fischer
  • Patent number: 5064319
    Abstract: The present invention is a device for locating fastener positions and is more particularly concerned with the aspect of precise location for removal of material by boring or drilling by means of a handheld electric power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Inventor: Colin W. Ericksen
  • Patent number: 5062747
    Abstract: A jig-boring device, comprising an axle barrel which connects with bottom plate and is sheathed with lower gear, fixed support, upper gear and cover plate; a circular bottom plate connected to the bottom of the axle barrel; a lower gear placed on bottom plate sheathing the axle barrel; a fixed mount placed on lower gear sheathing the axle barrel; an upper gear placed on fixed support sheathing the axle barrel; a cover plate placed on upper gear sheathing the axle barrel; a lock nut which screws to the top outer periphery of the axle barrel; two pairs of measuring staffs which connect to two pairs of measuring staff brackets respectively; and two pairs of measuring staff brackets, placed symmetrizing each other on the bottom plate and fixed support respectively, which can measure out the abscissa and vertical coordinate of a desired bore center position about a work object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Inventor: Ming-Tang Chen
  • Patent number: 5056966
    Abstract: A jig for drilling all the dowel and fixture mounting holes for the 32 mm system of cabinet construction consisting of a pair of parallel rails having face and side, a third rail identical to the two parallel rails and attached perpendicularly to the parallel rails, a saddle which straddles the rails and containing a bushing that fits through the saddle and into the holes of the rails, two centering block assembles consisting of a bar with two dowels inserted perpendicularly into one side and a threaded rod inserted perpendicularly in the other side and a threaded knob which is screwed onto the free end of the threaded rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Lee Valley Tools, Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin C. Lee