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US4674927A
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Telescoping nose piece
Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp
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Filing: 1984-12-14
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Granted: 1987-06-23
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Expires: 2004-12-14
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a nose piece for a power drill and hand drill with certain modifications made to nose piece and using telescopic bushing having a drill motor, a drill spindle and a drill bit attached to the spindle, the nose piece being capable of macro longitudinal adjustment with respect to the length of the drill bit and rotational adjustment of its position with respect to the drill motor and the work piece.
Inventors
- 👤 Sudershan K. Khurana
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 01:59
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23B; B23B51/00; B23B51/12; B23B51/126; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T408/00; Y10T408/44; Y10T408/55; Y10T408/564; Y10T408/96; Y10T408/98; Y10T409/00; Y10T409/30; Y10T409/30392
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
281 words
A nose peice for a power drill, said drill having a drill motor, a drill spindle and a drill bit attached to said drill spindle comprising: (a) a first housing for enclosing both said drill bit and said drill spindle; (b) means for attaching and securing in a fixed position said first housing to said drill motor; (c) an extensible second housing, nested within said first housing in a complementary, concentric, and rotatable relationship thereto, for creating a macro variable relationship both in the longitudinal and rotational positions between said extensible second housing with respect to both said first housing and said drill bit at predetermined, selected, fixed positions; (d) coolant means for cooling a workpiece with coolant while work is being performed thereon; and (e) exiting means for permitting the removal of chips, dust and excess coolant from said Y workpiece through both said first housing and said extensible second housing; (f) means for adjusting the longitudinal and rotational positions of said extensible second housing with respect to both said first housing and said drill bit, said means including a first linear array of indicia extending along said extensible second housing to form a set of graduations parallel to the longitudinal axis of said extensible second housing and said first housing, at least one complementary indicia positioned on said first housing for alignment with an indicia from said linear array so that the relative positions of said extensible second housing and said drill bit can be determined and fixed in relation to said workpiece; and (g) means for securing said extensible second housing in said predetermined, selected, fixed positions with respect to both said first housing and said drill bit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
281 words
A nose peice for a power drill, said drill having a drill motor, a drill spindle and a drill bit attached to said drill spindle comprising: (a) a first housing for enclosing both said drill bit and said drill spindle; (b) means for attaching and securing in a fixed position said first housing to said drill motor; (c) an extensible second housing, nested within said first housing in a complementary, concentric, and rotatable relationship thereto, for creating a macro variable relationship both in the longitudinal and rotational positions between said extensible second housing with respect to both said first housing and said drill bit at predetermined, selected, fixed positions; (d) coolant means for cooling a workpiece with coolant while work is being performed thereon; and (e) exiting means for permitting the removal of chips, dust and excess coolant from said Y workpiece through both said first housing and said extensible second housing; (f) means for adjusting the longitudinal and rotational positions of said extensible second housing with respect to both said first housing and said drill bit, said means including a first linear array of indicia extending along said extensible second housing to form a set of graduations parallel to the longitudinal axis of said extensible second housing and said first housing, at least one complementary indicia positioned on said first housing for alignment with an indicia from said linear array so that the relative positions of said extensible second housing and said drill bit can be determined and fixed in relation to said workpiece; and (g) means for securing said extensible second housing in said predetermined, selected, fixed positions with respect to both said first housing and said drill bit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
77 words
The nose piece of claim 1, wherein said means for adjusting said longitudinal and rotational positions of said extensible second housing further comprises a second linear array of indicia offset from said first linear array and extending along said extensible second housing to form a second set of graduations parallel to the longitudinal axis of said housings wherein the indicia which comprise said second linear array bisect the corresponding graduations which form said first set of graduations.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
75 words
The nose piece of claim 1, wherein said means for adjusting said longitudinal and rotational positions of said extensible second housing comprises n linear arrays containing m indicia, where n and m are whole number integers, said arrays extending parallel along the exterior of said extensible second housing to form n sets of graduations parallel to the long axis of said housings so that the overall length of said nose piece can be accurately determined.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
89 words
The nose piece of claim 1, wherein said means for securing said extensible second housing in said predetermined, selected fixed positions comprises a first hole extending from the outer surface of said first housing to the inner surface thereof and adapted to receive and bring a keeper into contact with the exterior surface of said extensible second housing so that when said keeper engages said extensible second housing, said extensible second housing is retained in a fixed position with respect to both said first housing and said drill bit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The nose piece of claim 4 wherein said keeper comprises a flush socket head screw.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The nose piece of claim 4 further comprising means for covering said keeper and protecting said keeper from accidental movement so that only intentional movement of said extensible second housing is possible.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
The nose piece of claim 6 wherein said covering means comprises an annular groove in the outer surface of said first housing and including that portion of said outer surface through which said hole and said keeper extend and a snap ring nesting in said annular groove so that said hole and said keeper are covered.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
54 words
The nose piece of claim 4 wherein said means for securing said extensible second housing in said predetermined, selected fixed positions further comprises at least one additional hole extending from the outer surface of said first housing to the inner surface thereof said additional hole being offset longitudinally and rotationally from said first hole.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
The nose piece of claim 1 wherein said coolant means comprises a coolant entry port positioned on said extensible second housing so that coolant can be injected into said nose piece and made to flow around said drill bit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
The nose piece of claim 1 wherein said exiting means comprises at least one chip window cut in the respective sides of both said first housing and said extensible second housing so that chips, dust and excess coolant can be removed from the workpiece.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The nose piece of claim 1 wherein said extensible second housing further includes drill bushing means and means for mounting said bushing means within said extensible second housing.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The nose piece of claim 11 wherein said bushing means comprises a reducer bushing and a complementary lock bushing, the dimensions of which are determined by the diameter of the drill bit being used.
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