Opening Coaxial With Tool Patents (Class 408/80)
  • Patent number: 10427223
    Abstract: A device for opening a connection to a lined pipe is disclosed. The device has a body that includes a front end and a rear end and being rotatable about a rotation axis. The device also has a drill head that has multiple cutters for puncturing and enlarging a hole in a liner, and multiple side cutters have at least one cutting edge parallel to the rotation axis. A safety ring is disposed on the body between the drill head and the side cutters. The safety ring has a circular periphery extending beyond the drill head and the side cutters in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10245624
    Abstract: The device is for opening up a branch point of a pipe assembly. The device has a tip part arranged to be rotated, in connection with which there is at least one blade, and spring-loaded discs and protrusions which are separate from the tip part and arranged to remain essentially non-rotating as the tip part is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 9975153
    Abstract: The device is for opening up a branch point of a pipe assembly. The device has a tip part arranged to be rotated, in connection with which there is at least one blade, and spring-loaded discs and protrusions which are separate from the tip part and arranged to remain essentially non-rotating as the tip part is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Oy Ltd.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 9597723
    Abstract: A tube expansion method of mounting a drain tube as tube member by insertion and expansion to a through hole in which opening portions at both ends are obliquely formed, the method including: inserting the drain tube to the through hole so that the end portions protrude from the opening portions at both ends of the through hole; inserting a tube expander into the drain tube to expand the drain tube up to a predetermined inner diameter while moving the tube expander to the other end portion from one end portion of the drain tube; cutting each end portion of the tube member protruding from each opening portion of the through hole along an oblique shape of each opening portion; and welding the cut end portion of the drain tube and the opening portion of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Nakajima, Yoshinori Okamura, Takahisa Hasegawa, Hirokazu Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 8910360
    Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a shaft, a cutter, and a sleeve. The shaft may have a first end, a second end, and an axis extending through the shaft. The cutter may be associated with the shaft and may have a first channel configured to receive the first end of the shaft and a portion of the shaft. The sleeve may be configured to move along the axis within the first channel of the cutter, may have a second channel configured to receive the first end of the shaft and the portion of the shaft, and may be configured to be biased away from the second end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Lee James Keetle
  • Patent number: 8905688
    Abstract: An improved portable boring bar apparatus includes a small hydraulic motor and drive mechanism for rotating a cylindrical boring bar and axially advancing it in the cutting direction. The boring bar is received in a drive housing, and a support arm affixed to the drive housing includes a bearing for rotationally supporting the boring bar, and a mounting tongue that extends radially beyond the drive housing for attachment to a workpiece mounting arm. At set-up, the workpiece mounting arm is temporarily joined to a set-up support arm identical to the drive housing support arm, and the arms so joined are positioned such that the bearing of the set-up support arm is centered relative to a workpiece pilot hole. The workpiece mounting arm is tack-welded to the workpiece, and the drive housing support arm is joined to the workpiece mounting arm in place of the set-up support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Inventor: Chester Eugene Moore
  • Patent number: 8881355
    Abstract: This repair device includes a casing, a slide shaft slidably arranged with respect to the casing, a turn table rotatably arranged with respect to the slide shaft, a cutting mechanism installed on the turn table and including a cutting tool, and an advancing and retracting mechanism that displaces a radius of rotation of the cutting mechanism with respect to rotations of the turn table forward and backward. In a state where the casing is centered and positioned with respect to the pipe, the turn table is rotationally displaced while the slide shaft slides in an axial direction, and the advancing and retracting mechanism displaces the cutting mechanism forward and backward. Accordingly, the cutting tool helically turns along an inner peripheral shape of the pipe to cut an inner periphery of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken Onishi
  • Patent number: 8870171
    Abstract: The present application provides an extraction system for removing a retaining pin from a turbine engine. The extraction system may include a pin extraction fixture and a drill such that the pin extraction fixture positions the drill about the retaining pin. The pin extraction fixture may include a collet and one or more expanders positioned thereabout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Herbold, Paul Kalmar, Randall Corn, James Holmes
  • Patent number: 8827603
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing a fitting from a pipe having a central axis. The apparatus includes a guide member which defines a guide passage and a means for supporting the guide member within at least a portion of the pipe with the longitudinal axis of the guide passage in a coaxial relationship with the central axis of the pipe. The apparatus also includes a rotary hole saw having a cylindrical wall provided with a plurality of cutting teeth on an open end thereof and a central axis of rotation. The cylindrical wall defines a cylindrical chamber. A guide rod is connected to the rotary hole saw such that the guide rod extends through the cylindrical chamber of the hole saw and beyond the open end thereof in coaxial alignment with the central axis of rotation. The guide rod is slidingly receivable in the guide passage of the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Dennis W. Eck
  • Patent number: 8770897
    Abstract: A compact assembly for aligning a coring tool relative to a pipe sidewall. The coring tool includes a hollow, cylindrical hole saw mounted to an arbor that has an elongated pilot shaft centered in the hole saw. The assembly is made up of a base plate that is attachable to the pipe sidewall. In one embodiment, a tubular sleeve is mounted to the base plate and has a bore diameter sized for receiving the pilot shaft as the hole saw is advanced toward and saws through the pipe wall, and the entire assembly is sized to fit inside the hole saw as the hole saw saws through the pipe sidewall. In another embodiment, the base plate is configured for use with pipe sidewalls that include outwardly protruding ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank P. Martin
  • Patent number: 8696268
    Abstract: An apparatus for enlarging an existing hole in an object includes a separate hole saw with a center pilot shaft. A guide tube with a disk attached at one end inserts into the preexisting hole in the object and receives a bridging web with a plurality of tapered radial arms cumulatively forming a cone shape on the other end. The space between the bridging web and the disk is reduced by a threaded fitting to clamp the guide tube on the object within the existing hole. When the cone-shaped web wedges into the pre-existing hole, the guide tube is moved toward the axis of the pre-existing hole. The bore of the guide tube slideably receives the pilot member to guide the hole saw to rotate coaxially relative to the bore when cutting the second hole. A flat web may be used for non-coaxial cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Office Depot, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant John Bell, James Watson
  • Patent number: 8573906
    Abstract: This invention relates to a drill guide apparatus for use in drilling holes in wood and other material in conjunction with spade drills. When deeper holes are required, the invention will also utilize drill extension rods. The embodiment consists of 4 separate guides assembled together which make a hole as parallel and perpendicular as possible to the work piece. One of these guides, the insert guide, acts as a stabilizer that helps keep the drill from drifting and wobbling. The guide shaft lines up with the work piece and starts the parallel course. When the spacer and base plate lay up against the work piece, the spade drill will travel in a perpendicular course. The spade drill and drill extension rod are prior art and are readily available in the market place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventor: James Anthony Gowker
  • Patent number: 8496416
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a housing, a spindle system located in the housing, a tool guide associated with the housing, and a magnetic unit associated with the housing. The spindle system may be capable of rotating a tool about an axis of rotation. The tool guide may be capable of engaging a receptacle at a location on a workpiece. The magnetic unit may be capable of securing the tool guide in the receptacle when the tool guide is engaged with the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Allen H. Fischer, Raymond J. Slesinski
  • Patent number: 8413548
    Abstract: A grasping device comprising a grasping assembly coupled to a shaft adapted to fit into a drill chuck is described. Embodiments of the grasping device are capable of grasping objects such as a screw head, a bolt head, a hex nut, a wing nut, a hook, or other irregularly shaped objects, so that such objects can be turned by an electric drill, lathe, or similar machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Inventors: Debbie Redmond, Charlie Redmond
  • Patent number: 8123441
    Abstract: A method for carrying out deep holes and/or bottle-boring, in particular borings, with a high ratio between final linear depth and hole diameter, higher than 14:1, comprises the steps of: carrying out a reference hole, having axis and diameter linked to the deep hole to be carried out by a predetermined spatial relationship; making a deep hole of a diameter smaller than the hole to be carried out, so that said reference hole and said first deep hole be in spatial communication; and prearranging a guiding and supporting element internal to said reference hole and connecting thereto a tool shaft and a related tool to obtain a contour internal to the deep hole and/or a deep hole of diameter and axis according to said predetermined spatial relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Magnaghi Aeronautica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Pieri
  • Publication number: 20110033255
    Abstract: A gun drill has a cutting blade which attains high cutting efficiency without requiring exact positional accuracy at the time of brazing an associated cutting blade tip onto a cutting head. Thus, the cutting head can be manufactured easily and the cutting blade itself is also easily processed. The cutting blade is configured such that an inner end of a blade edge is spaced apart from a head central axis to form a non-cutting zone in the vicinity of the shaft center, a cutting blade side face at the inner end side constitutes an inclined surface which is inclined from the inner end to the head central axis side, and a uncut core of a work material generated in the non-cutting zone is broken off by press-contact of the inclined cutting blade side face during drilling operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Unitac, Inc.
    Inventor: Takuji Nomura
  • Publication number: 20100284754
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing a fitting from a pipe having a central axis. The apparatus includes a guide member which defines a guide passage and a means for supporting the guide member within at least a portion of the pipe with the longitudinal axis of the guide passage in a coaxial relationship with the central axis of the pipe. The apparatus also includes a rotary hole saw having a cylindrical wall provided with a plurality of cutting teeth on an open end thereof and a central axis of rotation. The cylindrical wall defines a cylindrical chamber. A guide rod is connected to the rotary hole saw such that the guide rod extends through the cylindrical chamber of the hole saw and beyond the open end thereof in coaxial alignment with the central axis of rotation. The guide rod is slidingly receivable in the guide passage of the guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Dennis W. Eck
  • Patent number: 7651303
    Abstract: A conduit reamer for a cutting tool includes a generally cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and a blade coupled to the generally cylindrical body. The blade includes a first blade portion defining a first height of the conduit reamer with respect to the longitudinal axis and a second blade portion defining a second height of the conduit reamer with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the first height is different than the second height. The conduit reamer further includes a shank end having a shank configured to be received and driven by the cutting tool, a bit end opposite the shank end and having a cavity configured to receive a tool bit, and a locking mechanism positioned proximate the bit end and configured to secure the tool bit within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Zick, Michael W. Kirby
  • Patent number: 7513718
    Abstract: An alignment device for hole saw includes a first alignment member having a first end having an outer width slightly less than an inner diameter of the hole saw and serves as an alignment bearing surface therefor and a second end configured with a nose to be received adjacent a hole of a work piece and a draw bar and tightening member therewith for drawing the first alignment member against the work piece in a manner wherein the nose is self centering within the hole and thereby maintaining the first alignment member in a predetermined aligned position with respect to the work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Inventor: Mark Arnold
  • Patent number: 7513977
    Abstract: A drill stem guide and cover system is designed to guide a drill stem used in coke cutting operations. After a cutting tool and drill stem are inserted into a coke drum, covers close, forming a passageway small enough that it prevents the cutting tool on the end of the drill stem from being removed but large enough to allow movement of the drill stem. The drill stem moves within the passageway to allow the cutting tool to be raised and lowered as needed. The closed covers provide protection from the release of pressurized or explosive gases while the coke cutting operation is taking place. The covers can be automated so that an operator can control them from a safe distance, and the covers can be remotely opened for the removal of the drill stem and cutting tool when coke cutting operations are not taking place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corporation
    Inventors: Andre Koerner, Mark Taylor
  • Patent number: 7210881
    Abstract: A stop for use with an electric drill bit, the stop having at least one threaded sleeve for positioning the stop relative to a surface into which the drill bit will extend. The stop may have both an inner and an outer sleeve. The sleeves are mounted coaxially, one inside the other about the drill bit. One of the sleeves, preferably the inner sleeve, provides coarse adjustment of the position of the shoulder relative to the tip of the bit, while the other, preferably the outer sleeve, provides fine adjustment of the position of the shoulder relative to the top of the bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Inventor: Alex M. Greenberg
  • Patent number: 7093360
    Abstract: Boiler tubes are removed from a boiler vessel without damaging the vessel by severing the boiler tube near the exterior periphery of the vessel, and using a piloted rotary cutting tool fixtured with respect to the longitudinal axis of the severed boiler tube to remove all but a very thin shell of the severed tube. The rotary cutting tool is then withdrawn, and the remaining thin shell of the boiler tube is manually peeled away from the periphery of the boiler vessel opening. In a preferred implementation, the rotary cutting tool is annular, and a tapered cylindrical pilot having an outside diameter slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the expanded portion of the boiler tube is retractably mounted within the annulus of the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Inventor: Merrill C. Craig
  • Patent number: 7069829
    Abstract: A portable boring/facing machine using a single drive motor for rotating a boring bar and for either axially translating a cutting head assembly along the bar or radially moving the blade of the cutting head assembly using a lead screw. The machine utilizing two mounting brackets is attachable to the workpiece for alignment with the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Inventors: Donato L. Ricci, Martin A. Gardzinski
  • Patent number: 7008149
    Abstract: A new and improved tool kit and method of using the tool kit for use in making a substantially perpendicular indented surface around an existing threaded bolt hole in a workpiece is disclosed. The kit comprises a guide rod and a grinder drill bit. The guide rod has a threaded distal end that is able to be threadedly fitted within the threaded bolt hole of the workpiece. The guide rod also has a cylindrical proximate end which has a first diameter. The grinder drill bit has a shank adapted to be coupled to a shank lock of an electrical drill. The grinder drill bit also has an elongated hollow cylinder attached to the shank, in which the elongated hollow cylinder has a centrally disposed orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Bernard G. Rhoades
  • Patent number: 6994002
    Abstract: An end prep tool is mounted in substantial alignment with a theoretical center of a pipe and used to prepare an end of a pipe, for example, by boring and/or cutting the end of the pipe. A tool centering and mounting system comprises a clamp cage and a tool mounting member having an inner cylindrical surface. A centering tool is mounted to the tool mounting member and used to adjust the tool mounting member until substantially aligned with the theoretical center of the pipe. The end prep tool comprises a tool feed assembly that moves a cutting tool radially with respect to the axis of rotation and axially according to a predefined cutting profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Esco Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Moruzzi
  • Patent number: 6929430
    Abstract: A method and tool are disclosed for removing a plastic water closet flange from the waste pipe to which it is attached so that a new flange may be chemically bonded to the existing waste pipe. A preferred embodiment of the water closet flange removal tool includes an axial shaft, a cylindrical guide body attached to a lower end of the shaft, the guide body having an outer diameter slightly less than the inner diameter of the waste pipe so that it is slidably insertable therein, and a cylindrical-walled cutter, having an inside diameter slightly greater than the outer diameter of the waste pipe, mounted above the guide body. For a preferred embodiment of the tool, both the guide body and the cylindrical-walled cutter are coaxially mounted on the shaft. The cylindrical-walled cutter is open at the lower end thereof so that it can slide over the waste pipe as the flange is cut therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Inventor: Christopher Joe Dever
  • Publication number: 20040179907
    Abstract: A reaming tool for a flexible tubing has cutting blades mounted in a spaced-apart relationship with a base of a shaft that is inserted into an end of the tubing. The blades cut a bevel on an outer periphery of the tubing so that an aluminum layer of a composite tubing is cut back from the end of the tubing to inhibit bi-metal corrosion when a tubing joint is formed using a tubing connector made of copper or brass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventor: James MacDuff
  • Patent number: 6514020
    Abstract: A guide device for pilot hole drill bits for use with hardware items having countersunk screw holes, wherein the device provides a drill bit holder which is reciprocably mounted in a body member on a drill axis and which is formed with an abutment end portion, wherein axial position adjustment structure is provided for allowing the end portion to contact the angled wall surfaces of a countersunk screw hole on a plane which is oriented normal to the axis of a screw hole and the drill axis, wherein the body member lies flat on the upper surface of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventors: John J. Bandeian, III, John J. Bandeian, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6511267
    Abstract: A tool for removing a tubular member having a threaded exterior, such as a pipe fitting, from a threaded bore. The tool includes a pilot section for guiding the tool into an interior of the tubular member, a shank section adapted for connection to a drill chuck, and a central body for engaging the tubular member. The central body has a cross section transverse the longitudinal axis that is generally circular and that tapers in diameter from the shank section toward the pilot section along an entire length of the central body. At least one flute extends along a helical path on an exterior surface of the central body. The pilot section guides the central body into the interior of the tubular member to grind away the tubular member without damaging the threaded bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Inventor: Daryl L. Slaughter
  • Publication number: 20020197120
    Abstract: A hole-finishing hole finishing tool includes a pilot cone within which a quarter round section is free to be displaced in an axial direction. The quarter round section is resiliently biased away from a workpiece. When the tip of the pilot cone is inserted into a hole in a workpiece and force is applied, the quarter round section having a cutting element at its tip is displaced forward into contact with the perimeter of the hole, whereby chamfering is performed. The use of a single lip quarter-round cutting edge permits the tool to be used on small holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: David P. Newmark
  • Publication number: 20020168236
    Abstract: A tool for removing a tubular member having a threaded exterior, such as a pipe fitting, from a threaded bore. The tool includes a pilot section for guiding the tool into an interior of the tubular member, a shank section adapted for connection to a drill chuck, and a central body for engaging the tubular member. The central body has a cross section transverse the longitudinal axis that is generally circular and that tapers in diameter from the shank section toward the pilot section along an entire length of the central body. At least one flute extends along a helical path on an exterior surface of the central body. The pilot section guides the central body into the interior of the tubular member to grind away the tubular member without damaging the threaded bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: Daryl L. Slaughter
  • Patent number: 6409437
    Abstract: A cone shaped hole saw centering device for locating a hole saw where a hole larger than the pilot bit of the hole saw already exists. The device is simple with no attachment or adjustment necessary. It would locate a hole saw on any size hole from the inside diameter of the hole saw to the outside diameter of the pilot bit with or without the pilot bit being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Inventor: William Davis Metzger
  • Patent number: 6368032
    Abstract: A chamfer cutter for machining a counter sink in a threaded hole of a work piece is composed of a housing and a tool rest. The housing has a tapering part at a bottom thereof and a chamber at a top thereof. A first channel is defined at an outer periphery of the housing. The tool rest is received in the chamber and has an annular slot defined at an upper portion thereof and a second channel longitudinally defined at an outer periphery. A first screw extends through a first threaded aperture in the housing. A tool blade is received in the first and second channels and fastened by second screws extending through second threaded apertures in the tool rest. A third screw extends through a third threaded aperture in an upper surface of the tool rest and in aligned with the second channel. A fourth screw extends through a fourth threaded aperture longitudinally defined through the tool rest. A blind hole is defined at a bottom surface of the tool rest and a resilient member is provided in the blind hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Nien-Chien Chen
  • Patent number: 6309145
    Abstract: A portable machine tool for removing stub ends of heat exchange tubes from a heat exchanger header or other plate structure and preparing the tube opening in the header for butt-welding a new tube at the opening. The tool includes a mandrel that may be locked within the tube opening and a plurality of stabilizing legs extending between the mandrel and the header for stabilizing the mandrel during machine tool operation. A cutting head is mounted concentrically on the mandrel and is advanced into engagement with the stub end of a heat exchange tube and it's respective opening to remove the stub end and prepare the opening for welding the new tube thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Tri Tool Inc.
    Inventors: Clement Tremblay, Jerald VanderPol
  • Patent number: 6305885
    Abstract: A hole enlargement apparatus which uses a simple spring biased disc to center a larger hole cutter in the existing hole and a disc retention means to ensure that the disc does not fall unretrievably into the enlarged hole. The apparatus is used in conjunction with a conventional large hole cutter of the type having a toothed cylindrical cup, a hub axially secured in a bottom portion of the cup, and a pilot bit axially and removably secured through the hub and cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Inventor: Leo Linthicum
  • Publication number: 20010018012
    Abstract: The machining head for machining valve seats comprises a driving system, a housing, a carriage feed assembly, a cutting tip mounted on the carriage, and a counterweight assembly. The driving system rotates a machining head on a spindle axis, and further provides independent vertical translation of each of a driving arbor and a spindle, both of which are independent of the rotation of the spindle. The carriage has both forward and backward feed capability for moving the cutting tip radially inward or outward as it cuts. Vertical movement of the arbor is converted into force for moving the carriage by a cantilever pivoting around a fixed point. The counterweight assembly, linked to the arbor by a second cantilever, counterbalances the shift in weight caused by the movement of the carriage in order to maintain dynamic balancing as the machining head rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Brice Harmand, Pierre Harmand
  • Patent number: 6206618
    Abstract: A rotary pipe cutting apparatus for removing sections of broken pipe from the bore of an outer pipe. The invention includes a cylindrical body with a longitudinal slot that is angularly offset from the rotational axis of the body and which is tapered in depth and width from top to bottom. A blade is included on the body adjacent the slot and the lower end of the body, with the blade having cutting edges which extend both downward and radially outward from the body. A guide member which centers the apparatus is included on the lower end of the body which includes resilient rounded projections. A stopping member is included on the upper end of the body. A shank on the upper end of the body allows attachment of the apparatus to a rotary power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Inventor: William Ramsey
  • Patent number: 6206616
    Abstract: A tool and method for cutting a circular opening and retaining the cut portion. The tool comprises a shaft having at least one cutting thread and at least one tapping thread, or at least one cutting thread and at least one male screw thread, or only at least one tapping thread, or only at least one male screw thread, or a cutting tip and at least one tapping thread, or a cutting tip and at least one male screw thread, and a cutting member having at least one cutting bit radially displaced from the shaft. The shaft and the cutting member have a mutual rotational axis. An alternative tool has a spaced distance on the shaft between the cutting member and the at least one cutting thread and at least one tapping thread, or the at least one cutting thread and at least one male screw thread, or the at least one tapping thread, or the at least one male screw thread, or the cutting tip and at least one tapping thread, or the cutting tip and at least one male screw thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Garrett E. J. Smith, Randall T. Hooper
  • Patent number: 6192567
    Abstract: A process for repairing a defective opening in an automotive transmission housing includes the steps of (a) providing a drilling jig sized to fit closely within the servo bore chamber, the drilling jig having an alignment aperture concentric with the opening when fitted within the chamber, (b) inserting into the opening a bushing which closely fits within the opening, the bushing having a central reamer guide bore with a diameter larger than the original bore diameter, (c) inserting and rotating a reamer in the reamer guide bore thereby enlarging the diameter of the opening, (d) providing and inserting a repair bushing into the enlarged opening, the repair bushing having a central opening with a diameter equal to the original diameter and having an external diameter equal to the diameter of the enlarged reamed opening. An adhesive may be used to fix the repar bushing in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Inventor: Robert A. Newville
  • Patent number: 6171032
    Abstract: A cutting tool [10] for use in forming circular and non-circular holes in a workpiece [16] includes a boring shaft [12] that is rotatable about an axis [15] and a boring head [14] that is secured to the boring shaft [12]. A cutting blade [46] extends beneath the bottom surface of the boring head [14] and is spaced apart from the axis [15]. A slug pin [58] extends from the bottom surface of the boring body to pierce and retain the slug after it has been cut to prevent it from falling into the workpiece [16].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Leo Forche, Thomas Elwwod Moore, Vern Charles Osenbaugh, Erich James Vorenkamp
  • Patent number: 6099213
    Abstract: An automatic boring device is provided that comprises a tool housing having attached to it two opposing handles with switches mounted thereon for selective engagement of pneumatic controls that activate a clamping device, rotation of a chuck of a pneumatic drill, and downward movement of the drill. The pneumatic drill is removable and the depth of the downward boring stroke is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: K-Line Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James Kammeraad, Randall D. Hilbrand, R. Clayton McKeon
  • Patent number: 5954462
    Abstract: A spot facing mechanism employs a self centering chuck, a stationary mandrel and housing. Axial feed controls are also stationary when the apparatus is operational. Incremental radial feeding of the tool head is provided, with the degree of feed being adjustable between zero feed and maximum feed. Radial feed rate adjustment controls remain stationary while the apparatus is operating, enabling adjustment of feed rate without having to stop the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Arlan W. Way, Terence M. McCarver
  • Patent number: 5947655
    Abstract: A rotary pipe cutting apparatus for removing sections of broken pipe from the bore of an outer pipe. The invention includes a cylindrical body with a longitudinal slot that is angularly offset from the rotational axis of the body and which is tapered in depth and width from top to bottom. A blade is included on the body adjacent the slot and the lower end of the body, with the blade having cutting edges which extend both downward and radially outward from the body. A detachable and interchangeable guide member is included on the lower end of the body, and a stopping member is included on the upper end of the body. A shank on the upper end of the body allows attachment of the apparatus to a rotary power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventor: William L. Ramsey
  • Patent number: 5944458
    Abstract: A method and apparatus (50) for forming counterbores (30) (32) in a selected cylinder borehole (12) in an engine block (11) by aligning and securing the column (51) of a boring machine (50) relative to both the longitudinal axis (20) of a given cylinder borehole (12) and the center (21) of the engine crankshaft (70) and then lowering the boring machine spindle (54) into the selected cylinder borehole (12) to form the counterbores (30) and (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Inventor: John W. Dorris, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5888032
    Abstract: A paddle fitting tool for drilling a hole through a wing spar inserted into a paddle fitting where the paddle fitting has a top fork with a hole and a bottom fork also having a hole approximately aligned with the hole in the top fork. The paddle fitting tool couples a drill to a nut runner using a saddle. The nut runner is operable to clamp the paddle fitting to securably hold the paddle fitting and wing spar stationary during drilling. The drill is operable to hold a drill bit and to drill a hole in the wing spar. The saddle couples the nut runner to the drill such that the hole drilled through the wing spar is approximately concentric with the hole in the top fork and the hole in the bottom fork of the paddle fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Sam C. Jensen
  • Patent number: 5846034
    Abstract: In a petroleum coking drum, a drill stem guide latches internally to a structure adjacent the drum opening, rather than externally to a flange about the drum opening. In preferred embodiments, the latching mechanism is spring loaded, and operated automatically as a function of raising and lowering the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Fluor Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel A. Martin, Leslie P. Antalffy, Michael B. Knowles, William R. Sines
  • Patent number: 5836725
    Abstract: A method and machine for repairing overhead cam engine cylinder heads and the like. The method includes the steps of removing the caps from the bases of the bearing towers or housings, removing material from the legs of the caps to reduce their height, replacing the caps on the bases, and boring the resulting bearings to produce bearings of the proper diameter. The machine includes a device for machining a bearing cap and a device for boring the bearings. The device for boring the bearings has a boring bar that is supported only at opposite ends of the cylinder head. The bar does not sag or chatter because it is made of an extremely hard and dense material such as a dense tungsten alloy or a ceramic-coated metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Harmand Family Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Brice Harmand
  • Patent number: 5820314
    Abstract: A tool for preparing broken stud bolts or the like for extraction by screw extractors has a guide for centering a center punch and/or a drill on a broken face of a stud. The guide is a nut and a shaft assembly. The nut has a central bore therethrough having a first portion threaded to mate with the stud threads and a second portion bored to just slide over the stud threads. The shaft assembly has a cylindrical shaft having a first end and a second end and an axial bore therethrough. The shaft includes a first externally threaded portion extending from the shaft first end of threads similar to those of the broken stud and an expandable sleeve attached to the shaft second end such that threading movement of the nut toward the shaft second end axially compresses the sleeve whereby the sleeve expands radially outward. The second end of the shaft has a conical end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Inventor: David A. Dunbar
  • Patent number: 5820315
    Abstract: A shaft sized to fit conventional hole saw mandrels has two set screw flats and a retaining head. A cylindrical roller is mounted on the shaft against the retaining head, and a cylindrical spacer is mounted by set screws on the shaft above the roller. The roller is sized to fit the diameter of holes typically desired to be enlarged. The shaft, roller and spacer assembly is mounted in the mandrel of a conventional hole saw using the second set screw flat so that the roller extends beyond the cutting edge of the saw. The roller is inserted into the existing hole and guides the hole saw as the hole saw is turned by a drill or other means. In an alternate embodiment, the roller has side flats, allowing the device to enlarge oblong holes having parallel sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Inventor: Bobby J. Collard
  • Patent number: 5788429
    Abstract: A shaver for cartridge case necks indexes on the shoulder of the case and permits a rotating cutter assembly to shave the neck of cartridge cases at optimum cutting angles by round cutters while a pilot end from the same shaft rotating the cutter assembly supports the case neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventor: Doyle D. Gracey