Arbor for rotary cutting tool

Claim 1

An arbor for a rotary cutting tool comprising: (a) an elongated cylindrical shank having a rear end constructed for attachment to the drive spindle of a drive motor, and having a bore formed axially therethrough- (b) a support bracket with means for fixedly securing the bracket to a mounting member; (c) a carrier sleeve guide bushing rotatably mounted in said support bracket and slidably receiving and supporting said shank for axial sliding movements therethrough; (d) retainer means carried on said support bracket and engaging said carrier sleeve guide bushing to hold it in place axially while allowing it to rotate; (e) a piston having a rear end and a front end, slidably mounted in the bore in said shank, toward the front end of the shank, and having an axial bore extending axially inward from the front of the piston; (f) means releasably securing said piston to said carrier sleeve guide bushing; (g) an annular hole cutting tool releasably secured in the front end of said shank, and having an axial bore formed therethrough and communicating with the bore in said shank; (h) a pilot member slidably mounted in the axial bore in said cutting tool and having a rear end and a front end; (i) a plunger means movably mounted in the bore in said arbor shank and having one end thereof in abutting engagement with the rear end of said pilot member; (j) spring means mounted in the axial bore in the piston and engaging the plunger means for biasing the pilot member front end to a position projecting outwardly of the cutting tool; and, (k) means for limiting the axial movement of said shank relative to said carrier sleeve guide bushing during a hole cutting operation.