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Class 408/58 - And means to move gaseous fluid by application of vacuum


Subclass of Class 408 - Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool
Definition: Device wherein the means for causing a substance to flow
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 09/02/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7419341Machining mechanical parts with a hollow cylindrical tool
The present invention relates to a device for machining mechanical parts by means of a hollow cylindrical tool presenting a distal end with a free edge that is shaped to perform machining when said tool is rotated about its axis. In accordance with the invention, th...
09/02/2008
7386911Apparatus for dislodging and removing contaminants from a surface of a machine tool
An apparatus for dislodging and removing contaminants from a surface of a machine tool. The apparatus includes an arbor, a vacuum source, a tube, and a cleaning member disposed proximate a distal end of the tube. The cleaning member contacts a surface of the machine...
06/17/2008
7371034Drilling attachment
A drilling attachment for use in wet and dry drilling operations includes a housing having first and second fluid conduits, and a drive shaft mounted within the housing and having fluid transmitting first and second end portions in fluid communication with a respect...
05/13/2008
7337523Methods and apparatus for an annular core cutter
An annular core cutting apparatus includes a cutting head including a generally cylindrical sidewall having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a cutting edge, and wherein the sidewall includes a plurality of openings having at least one sharpene...
03/04/2008
7325273Suction device
A suction device (2) for a hand-held power tool and which is releasably connected with the power tool, includes a suction blower wheel (20) for producing a suction air stream in a suction path (S) and located in the device housing (10), a rollin...
02/05/2008
7281886Suction device
A suction device that is used with a power drilling tool for aspirating material removable during operation of the drilling tool, and which includes a suction head (20) displaceable relative to the drilling tool (2) in a direction opposite a drilling d...
10/16/2007
7182150Cordless hand held power tool with powered accessory
An accessory system, such as a dust collection system (40) of a hand held power tool, such as a drilling and/or hammering tool comprising, the tool, an accessory unit (40) comprising a separate motor for powering the unit and releasably mountable on th...
02/27/2007
7168894Assembly for removing chips from a cutting work area of a cutting tool
An assembly for removing chips from a cutting tool working area on a workpiece, including a support structure for supporting a first end of an axially expandable and collapsible tubular member; a cross-piece for supporting a second end of the tubular member; at leas...
01/30/2007
7029479System and method for joint resurface repair
The present invention provides tools and methods for mapping and measuring the articular surface of a joint (or of any bony surface) and for fabricating a prosthetic device based on this recorded data. In one embodiment, once the defect of the chondral surface has b...
04/18/2006
7017680Hand held drilling and/or hammering tool with dust collection unit
An electrically powered tool having a dust collection unit powered by a motor, which unit can be releasably fitted to the tool includes a plug arrangement and a cooperating socket arrangement, one of which is formed on the tool and the other of which is formed on th...
03/28/2006
6926478Spindle device of machine tool
A spindle device of a machine tool capable of stably injecting atomized cutting fluid from the tip of a tool device 13 when a variation in fluidity of the atomized cutting fluid occurs temporarily in atomized cutting fluid passages e1, e2 or the...
08/09/2005
6905294Main shaft device for machine tools
The wasting of cutting fluid mists and contamination of a machining environment with cutting fluid mists are prevented by feeding optimum amounts of cutting fluid mists in a variety of machining operations. A main shaft device for machine tools, comprising a tool ho...
06/14/2005
6899496Main shaft device for machine tools
A main shaft device for machine tools designed to prevent the wasting of cutting fluid mists and contamination of a machining environment with cutting fluid mists by feeding optimum amounts of cutting fluid mists in a variety of machining operations, comprising a mi...
05/31/2005
6830113Dust suppression guard
A dust suppression guard includes a shroud defining an enclosed space. The guard also includes a clamp mounted adjacent a first end of the shroud, a reinforcing member attached to a central portion of the shroud, and a boot attached adjacent a second end of the shro...
12/14/2004
6783309Automatic cutting liquid supply apparatus
An automatic cutting liquid supply apparatus which automatically supplies a cutting liquid to each tool of a machine tool in accordance with predetermined optimal cutting liquid supply conditions that include variations over time during operation. The optimal supply...
08/31/2004
6672809Tool holder and cooling apparatus therefor
The holder body of a tool holder includes one or more first fluid passages and one or more second fluid passages, wherein the first and second fluid passages are communicated to each other inside the holder body and open to the outer surface of the holder...
01/06/2004
6615930Suction module
A suction module for an electrical hand-held power too land including a housing (11) at least partially receivable in the battery-receiving chamber (15) of the power tool (1) in the power tool, electrical conductors (9) for connecting the module housing (...
09/09/2003
6086292Adapter for connecting a drill with a source of vacuum
A drilling apparatus capable of removing drill chips from a workpiece under vacuum. The drilling apparatus includes an elongated drill having a body and a shank. The body has an axial through hole to receive drill chips. The shank has a plurality of radia...
07/11/2000
5947661Cutting chip air-stream removing device for a mechanical tool
An air-suction chip removing device for use in continuously removing chips produced by a cutting tool such as a drill when a work is processed by a machine tool to another place without inflicting any damage onto the work. This device is characterized in ...
09/07/1999
5842924Thread repairing tool
A tool for repairing damaged threads within a bore. A generally cylindrically shaped tool body includes a threaded section at its bottom end, and an axial bore extending from a point adjacent the bottom end of the tool body to an upper terminal point in a...
12/01/1998
5787772Trim cutter method and apparatus for blow molded articles
A head trimmer machine for cutting off excess material from a cylindrical portion of a blow molded bottle includes a fixture, a spindle rotatably mounted in the fixture, a cutting head attached to the spindle for rotation therewith, a cutter mounted to th...
08/04/1998
5772367Suction/blower attachment for power tools
An attachment for a rotating tool bit provides air flow in the vicinity of the work area without the need for separate vacuum or compressed air supplies. The device is mounted on the shaft of the rotating tool bit and provided with a plurality of vanes wh...
06/30/1998
5505570Device on hand power tool for driving tools
A device on power tools for driving impact and/or drilling tools has a tool having a tool shaft provided with at least two drive grooves open toward a shaft end and at least one locking trough closed toward the shaft end, in which correspondingly a driver...
04/09/1996
5312408Apparatus and method of cutting and suctioning the medullary canal of long bones prior to insertion of an endoprosthesis
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 ...
05/17/1994
5253961Coupling for drilling machine with dust extractor
Drilling device with force transmission from a hollow-cylindrical drive member to a tubular shank equipped with a drill bit wherein the drive member (3) is rotatably mounted in a housing (41), with the housing (41) being provided with a port (42) for a su...
10/19/1993
5113951Apparatus for driving a drilling or percussion tool
This invention relates to a device for driving a drilling or percussion tool having a spindle that rotates with respect to a housing. One end of the spindle is adapted to fasten to a tool piece and the other end is connected to an oscillating percussion b...
05/19/1992
4946322Method and apparatus for confining and collecting dust and particles produced by machine tools
A method and apparatus for collecting dust and particles produced in machining a workpiece. The method and apparatus uses a shroud formed by a pair of frusta-conical walls spaced apart from each other to define an annular air passage therebetween. The shr...
08/07/1990
4921375Antiscattering device for the collection of waste material produced in the course of drilling, milling and similar operations, to be fitted on the relevant machine tools
An antiscattering device for the collection of waste material (dust, shavings) produced in the course of drilling, milling and similar operations, to be fitted in the most appropriate way on machine tools and basically made up of a bellows shaped bell (e....
05/01/1990
4911253Core and water collector
Core water and mud collector tool for use by a carrotting drill during the piercing of a concrete floor, said tool being connected as an adaptor between the motor shaft and the shoulder of the circular carrotting drill. Circulating through said tool is a ...
03/27/1990
4596717Preparing a piece of wood for impregnation
A piece of wood is prepared for impregnation by causing it in steps to be perforated by a plurality of needles which are moved back and forth with the workpiece, and either rotate individually or are subject to additional oscillatory or impact-producing a...
06/24/1986
4555833Mechanical plug drill
A device for removing plugs from plugged tubes in a steam generator including a frame having a substantially flat plate, with a hollow drill bit mounted thereon and movable generally perpendicularly with respect thereto from a storage position to an opera...
12/03/1985
4361957Pneumatic hand tool with vacuum debris removal
To remove, by suction, chips and debris arising in operation of a hand-cutting tool, for example a sheet-metal nibbling tool, a saber saw, or the like, an ejection nozzle is surrounded by a preferably plastic body defining, internally a Venturi, and exter...
12/07/1982
4320761Surgical device for excision of tissue
A surgical device for excision of tissue, the device being particularly suitable for removal of cataracts from the eye, includes a rotating stylus, a source of fluid for washing away excised tissue and a vacuum tube for removal of slurry consisting of exc...
03/23/1982
4244669Cutter head for cutting templates from cardboards, plastics, and the like
A cutter head for cutting templates from cardboards, plastics, and the like, which includes a high speed rotatable cutting stylus, and a holding-down device for holding down the material from which the templates are to be cut out. The holding-down device ...
01/13/1981
4209069Drills with chip collectors
A drill is disclosed having a shroud structure extending about a chuck and drill bit at the forward end of the tool, to receive cuttings produced by the bit, and having a receptacle preferably carried at the rear end of the drill and to which the cuttings...
06/24/1980
4168753Tool for introducing self-tapping dowels
A tool for introducing self-tapping dowels in a structure by a drilling process which is accompanied by the generation of large-size drillings, has a shaft connectable with a drive, a dowel holder connectable with the shaft and having a receiving bore whi...
09/25/1979
4036308Apparatus for removing the drillings from the drilling site of a drill
In the process and apparatus for removing the drillings from the drilling te of a drill described, removal is effected through a conduit, extending along the axis of a drill and possibly an adapter for a drilling machine, by a vacuum provided by a compres...
07/19/1977
 
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