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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357605 | Pilot drill with coupon retainer and hot tapping machine using the same Pilot drill with coupon retainer and hot tapping machine using the same that positively retains a coupon cut out by a hole saw. The pilot drill bit has a shank having a driving end for attachment to a drill driver and a cutting end having a cutting edge thereon, the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7264426 | Apparatus and methods for servo-controlled manufacturing operations Apparatus and methods for servo-controlled manufacturing operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a base member, a drive platform spaced apart from the base member by a separation distance, and a plurality of guide members extending between... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7226252 | Hand-held drill leverage unit A hand held drill leverage unit for supporting, positioning, and leveraging a drill. The leverage unit has a main lever arm pivotally supported by a fulcrum unit. A drill end of the lever arm supports the drill, while an opposing, longer, handle end of the lever all... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220084 | Power drill attachment and method for using the attachment In order to facilitate and make more ergonomic the drilling of a multitude of holes in workpieces, particularly in the assembly of large scale components, such as an aircraft body, the power drill is docked to a support by an attachment which engages and locks onto ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214007 | Composite track, column and other supports, including for machinery A drill assembly, for example for drilling or coring concrete, has a drill column formed from a composite material. A track for a wall saw or for supporting other structures for movement along the track is formed from a composite material. A composite column, rail o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198438 | Drilling system with stationary work table A drilling system includes a stationary base table for supporting a work piece under process at a fixed position at a drilling spindle station. A drilling spindle carries and applies rotational force to a drilling tool. A compound overhead guiding system carries the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7128502 | Drilling guide assembly A drilling guide assembly for drilling a bore into a pipe includes a first plate and a second plate. Each of a first panel and a second panel has a perimeter edge with a bottom edge and a top edge. The panels are attached to the first and second plates such that the... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7070366 | Drill stand for a core drilling machine A drill stand for a core drilling machine (1) for driving an annular core bit (2) rotatable about a rotational axis (A) has a base plate formed of a post plate (3) and a vacuum plate (6) securable with each other with a possibility of dis... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056070 | Jewelry setting/presetting tool A jewelry setting/presetting tool for drilling countersink basins in jewelry and setting stones therein. The jewelry setting/presetting tool includes a bracket assembly including a board-like mounting bracket having an opening being disposed therethrough from a tops... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052216 | Work saver for an electric drill A T-bracket having a pair of spaced apart arms support a housing containing a sprocket wheel and a shaft to turn the sprocket. A handle attached to one end of the shaft turns the sprocket to tighten a chain turning on the sprocket teeth. A flexible wire rod is welde... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7001121 | Method of trimming bore liners A trimmer is provided for trimming a newly-installed sleeve liner after the liner is positioned in a cylinder bore of a combustion engine component. The trimmer includes a trimming cutter adapted to shave off a protruding end of the newly-installed sleeve liner, and... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6974284 | Cutter driving apparatus in boring machine A cutter driving apparatus has a spindle, a base, and a transmission shaft. The spindle has a cutter attached thereto. The base moves along the axis of the spindle. The spindle moves integrally with the base along the axis of the spindle. The base has a pair of supp... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6922933 | Primer removal tool A primer removal tool comprising a starter tap, a holder for the starter tap, one or more setscrews passing through the holder and against the starter tap for securing the starter tap in the holder, a handle, a spacer bushing connected to the center of the handle, a... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902201 | Device and method for mounting a saddle hub on a pipe and corresponding tap The invention concerns a method whereby after the saddle hub (3) has been placed on the pipe (2a, 2b, 2c), the open and deformable ring (4) is closed back on the pipe, the screw (5) is folded down and th... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6761513 | Advanced aerospace drill motor A method of drilling and a drill motor are provided for use with a stationary template attached to a material to be drilled. The drill motor has a frame having a handgrip and surrounding a movable carriage or motor assembly. The motor assembly contains an air-powere... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6692201 | Portable drill press The portable drill press has a rack bar with a brace attached at one end. A pinion slide assembly is slidably engaged with the rack bar such that the pinion is in rotational engagement with a rack. The pinion slide assembly may be retained on the rack bar... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6626615 | Chuck for chucking a small bit and table drill with the same A chuck for holding a small bit and used with a table drill is provided for drilling a millipore. The chuck includes a holding jaw having four holders; a jaw-positioning guiding body with a square hole at the front portion for positioning the holding jaw;... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6575673 | Advanced aerospace drill motor A method of drilling and a drill motor are provided for use with a stationary template attached to a material to be drilled. The drill motor has a frame having a handgrip and surrounding a movable carriage or motor assembly. The motor assembly contains an... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6309145 | Portable machine tool for conditioning header tube openings for butt-welding tubes 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 lo... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6309148 | Column positioning device for a drill press A column positioning device for a drill press includes a base having a post and a positioning pin respectively extending from a top of the base. The post is received in a hollow column on which a motor is connected. The column has two positioning passages... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6099213 | Automatic boring device 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 pneumati... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6036409 | Blind hole self-collet countersink 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 7... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6007278 | Device for machining an interior surface of a tubular object Disclosed is a device for use in machining an interior surface of a tubular object which comprises a pair of rails that can be longitudinally instad through the interior section of the tubular object. Braces join the rail for fixing the rails to the tub... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5984594 | Drill rig and method of use for forming holes in drill resistant materials A drill rig for drilling access holes in drill resistant materials, such as those used to construct safes or other secure containers. The drill rig includes a drill bit holding and advancing mechanism having enclosed threaded members for allowing incremen... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5885036 | Hand held drill press and method of use A hand held drill press (20) is shown for a drill motor (30) having a clamping collar (44) and a drill bit (26). The drill motor is mounted in a movable jaw (56) which is moved along a slide bar (52) toward a fixed jaw (54) by squeezing a trigger (58) aga... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5879112 | Water supply line tapping tool 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.... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5829474 | Tubing piercing and tapping apparatus An apparatus for piercing a hole in a tube centered on a tube axis has a plurality of housing parts one which is formed with a throughgoing threaded passage centered on a passage axis and both of which are secured the housing parts around the tube with th... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5713702 | Adaptors for a drill stand An adaptor mounting a drill stand on an I-beam comprises a base plate which is clamped to a flange of the beam by clamping arrangements. A table of the drill stand is then bolted to cross-members slidably mounted on the base plate. In another arrangement,... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5704739 | Portable drill press Holes are drilled into work pieces which are inconvenient to be mounted in a conventional machine shop drill press. Walking of the drill bit is controlled by an alignment guide 40 placed at the surface of the work piece which axially stabilizes the drill ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5662441 | Small scale milling machine A small scale milling machine including a machine base having an upright rotary wheel, a rotary column sleeve fixedly secured to the rotary wheel, a retractable support fixedly secured to the inside of the rotary column sleeve to hold a vertical mounting ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5660508 | Portable radial drill press A portable radial drill press including a base member that has a columnar support with a balance retention member. The columnar support has a first axial bore and a back side with a slit. Included is a traveling block has a rear support with a second axia... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5584618 | Pneumatically actuated drill motor and an associated method and apparatus for clamping the drill motor to a drill plate 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 r... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5544987 | Removal tool for broken or seized inner budd nuts 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 an... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5413440 | Unit for milling and drilling A milling and drilling unit utilizes a stiff arm and a articulated arm, both arms being supported on an upright post and each being fitted with a clamping member that is capable of engaging bodies of substantial cross-sectional variation. The arms can be ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5409328 | Drilling machine for railroad rail A drilling machine for a railroad rail, in which the railroad rail is clamped crosswise with respect to a main body case by a catch frame and a clamp arm, includes a cutter advanced perpendicularly with respect to the middle part of the rail by turning th... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5374143 | Air feed peck drive configuration An airfeed peck drill includes a substantially cylindrical drill quill contained within a cylinder in a housing. On the rear end of the drill quill is located an offset piston, the offset piston provides force for the entry and exit of the drill quill int... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5361851 | Tool reach extender A tool reach extender is usable with a variety of different hand tools, and has grip handle portion fitting into a saddle member slidably adjustable on a guide structure at one end of the reach extender. The guide structure front end is connected to a cra... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5352070 | Supplemental apparatus for a hand-held power drill Supplemental apparatus for a hand-held power drill that uses the rotational movement of the drill for both rotating a drill bit and advancing the drill bit into the work piece. In one form the illustrated apparatus comprises a separate attachment that inc... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5348428 | Underfloor drilling jig and frame An underfloor drilling jig comprises a fixed outer frame 28 and an inner frame which slides within. A standard electric drill 10 is clamped to this inner frame in a vertical position with an angled gear-box 11 attached below. An adjustable lever assembly ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5322397 | Apparatus for supporting a drill in an elevated position A supporting apparatus for supporting a drill in an elevated position, the drill including a drill chuck having an axis of rotation, the drill being supported by the supporting apparatus such that the axis of rotation of the drill chuck is orientated subs... | 06/21/1994 |
