Drilling alignment tool

Claim 1

A removable drilling and tapping centering tool for use with a drill having a drive shaft with a chuck and a bit mounted in the chuck, including: (a) a tubular handle grip having upper and lower portions and a grip surface; (b) a drive shaft bearing sleeve associated with said upper portion for supporting said drive shaft; (c) a drive shaft bearing sleeve associated with said lower portion for supporting said drive shaft; (d) said bearing sleeves being spaced from each other and axially aligned on the longitudinal axis of said tubular handle grip; (e) said lower portion of said handle grip adjacent said lower bearing sleeve including an outwardly extending member projecting radially beyond said grip surface a substantial distance and having an outer periphery; (f) a downwardly projecting thin walled alignment sleeve for encompassing said chuck connected and adjacent said outer periphery and extending downwardly a substantial distance therefrom and having a bottom edge portion; (g) said alignment sleeve having work engaging means in said bottom edge portion having diametrically opposed substantially similar work receiving means; (h) said alignment sleeve having its longitudinal axis coaxial with said handle grip longitudinal axis; (i) said bearing sleeves having means for slideably moving said drive shaft on said handle grip longitudinal axis; (j) the internal diameter of said alignment sleeve being substantially greater than the external diameter of said tubular handle grip for shrouding said chuck while maintaining said chuck in a spaced relationship with the thin wall of said alignment sleeve, and; (k) said diametrically opposed work receiving means including means adapted for receiving various sizes of curved surface work pieces as well as various sizes of flat surface work pieces, and wherein said diametrically opposed work receiving means each include a first pair of substantially horizontal flat cooperating work positioning shoulders for receiving various sizes of flat surface work pieces and a second pair of angularly converging cooperating work positioning shoulders for receiving various sizes of curved surface work pieces.