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WOOD-DRILL ADAPTER SYSTEMS
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the
present
invention(s). It is not an admission that any of the information provided
herein is prior art, or
material, to the presently described or claimed inventions, or that any
publication or
document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of coring/drilling and
more specifically
relates to wood-drill adapter systems.
2. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
A core drill is a specific drill-device designed to remove material leaving a
distinct cylinder
shaped hole or void, the operation sometimes referred to as coring and/or
drilling. In some
instances, the vacated material removed may be left in the form of a cylinder.
In other
instances the vacated material may be chipped or scraped out and therefore
destroyed. Core
drills may be used for a wide variety of materials such as concrete, rock,
earth, wood, plastic,
masonry or other materials with mixed results. However, typical core drills
are best suited
and most commonly used for hard materials (rock, masonry, concrete, etc.).
Commonly a core drill may be used for concrete. When coring concrete, the
power source of
the drilling operation generally comes from an electric or pneumatic drill
which is mounted
securely to a frame. The motor assembly is generally affixed to the frame on a
track such
that the operator may manipulate the motor assembly and the attached cutting
head up and
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down in a linear fashion. The frame arrangement allows the individual who is
performing the
coring to have a stable base such that the core is smooth and uniform with
parallel and clean
hole (e.g., precise, accurate, smooth, etc.). Having a stable base also
improves safety over
hand-held methods of drilling and coring.
One such limitation with the common core drill setup is that the setup is
limited to concrete,
masonry or other hard surfaces as the core drill itself is not suited for
softer materials such as
wood. Drilling and/or coring of wood typically utilizes a hole saw or self
feeding bit to
remove material such that the hole left is cylindrical in shape. A drill-press
may be employed
to provide in instances where the wood to be drilled is small enough to be
held or carried by
an individual to provide a clean hole, however in instances where the wood is
permanently or
semi-permanently affixed to a structure a drill-press cannot be used. It would
be
advantageous to have the safety and stability of a core drill used for
concrete with the
capability to drill and/or core wooden materials, similar to a drill-press in
a novel form.
Therefore a suitable solution is desired.
Several attempts have been made to solve the above-mentioned problems such as
those found
in U.S. and Foreign Pat. and Pub. Nos. US 3,162,066 to Morey et al.; US
3,464,655 to
Schuman; US 3,977,480 to Hilding; US 6,908,264 to Gundy; US 7,134,815 to
Steer; US
2005/0161263 to Takano et al.; US 2008/0179105 to Duncan; US 2013/0163933 to
Richt et
al.; CN 2,118,157 to Rubach; and WO 201124604 to Stiebitz. This art is
representative of
coring/drilling. However, none of the above inventions and patents, taken
either singly or in
combination, is seen to describe the invention as claimed.
Preferably, a wood-drill adapter system should provide a user with the ability
to use a
concrete coring drill to drill clean, smooth, and precise holes in a wooden
surface and, yet
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would operate reliably and be manufactured at a modest expense. Thus, a need
exists for a
reliable wood-drill adapter system to avoid the above-mentioned problems.
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BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known coring/drilling
art, the present
invention provides a novel wood-drill adapter system. The general purpose of
the present
invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail is to
provide a device that
allows a user to drill holes in wooden surfaces with the use of a core drill
intended for
concrete coring such that the device allows for clean and precise hole
drilling in wood.
Disclosed herein, in a preferred embodiment, is a wood-drill adapter system
comprising a
wood-drill adapter assembly. Preferably, the wood-drill adapter assembly
comprises a core-
bit-blank, an adapter-insert, and a set-screw in functional combination. The
core-bit-blank
may comprise a hollow-tubular body, and a cap in functional combination, where
the hollow-
tubular-body may include a hole and the cap may include a cap-plate, and a
threaded-coupler.
The wood-drill adapter assembly is useful for allowing a user to use a coring-
rotary-tool
typically used for concrete drilling/coring to drill a circular-opening in a
wooden-material
using the wood-boring tool.
The adapter-insert may comprise an upper-disc, a tubular-body, a lower-disc,
and a set-
screw-receiver functional combination. The upper-disc may comprise and be
defined by an
upper-face, a lower-face, an outer-circumference, and an upper-aperture in
functional
combination. Preferably, the upper-disc comprises a passage to allow the user
to insert a
punch to remove the wood-boring tool if the wood-boring tool should become
broken and/or
alternately stuck. The lower-disc may comprise an upper-surface, a lower-
surface, an
external-circumference, and an internal-circumference, all in functional
combination. The
tubular-body may comprise an outside-circumference, an inside-circumference,
an upper-rim,
and a lower-rim in functional combination.
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Relationally speaking, the adapter-insert may be affixed within the hollow-
tubular body in an
end opposite the cap; the lower-face of the upper-disc may be fixedly arranged
to the upper-
rim of the tubular-body; the outside-circumference of the tubular-body may be
fixedly
arranged adjacent to the internal-circumference of the lower-disc; and the set-
screw-receiver
may be affixed to said outside-circumference of the tubular-body.
In the preferred embodiment, the upper-disc may be fixedly arranged to the
upper-rim of the
tubular-body via a welding process and, similarly, the tubular-body may be
fixedly arranged
adjacent to the internal-circumference of the lower-disc via a welding
process. Preferably,
the set-screw-receiver may be affixed to the outside-circumference of the
tubular-body via a
similar (or suitably equivalent) welding process.
The set-screw-receiver of the adapter-insert and the hole of the hollow-
tubular body may be
aligned and arranged to allow the user to insert the set-screw to secure a
wood-boring tool
into the wood-drill adapter assembly. The threaded-coupler of the cap of the
hollow-tubular
body may be structured and arranged to accept a drive-shank such that the user
may thread
the drive shank into the threaded-coupler such that the wood-drill adapter
assembly is able to
be rotated by the coring-rotary-tool. In the preferred embodiment, the coring-
rotary-tool may
comprise a concrete-coring drill, and the core-bit-blank may comprise a
standard concrete-
coring bit typical to the art.
Additionally, the preferred embodiment may include the set-screw-receiver and
the set-screw
each including standard 5/16" ¨ 24 threads. The preferred embodiment of hollow-
tubular
body may be approximately 13-inches in length to allow the user to use the
wood-drill
adapter assembly in a standard concrete coring device, without a need to
modify the concrete
coring device. The inside-circumference of the tubular-body and the internal-
circumference
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of the lower-disc preferably may each be 7/16-inches in diameter to accept a
standard wood-
boring tool typically found in the art. The wood-drill adapter assembly is
preferably
constructed from steel for durability and longevity during use.
Further described herein, in preferred embodiment, is a method of use for a
wood-drill
adapter system, the method including the steps of: providing a wood-drill
adapter assembly,
providing a wood-boring tool, providing a coring-rotary-tool, affixing the
wood-drill adapter
assembly to the coring-rotary-tool, affixing the wood-boring tool to the wood-
drill adapter
assembly, placing the coring-rotary-tool adjacent to a material to be
drilled/cored,
commencing drilling/coring the material to be drilled/cored, ceasing
drilling/coring the
material to be drilled/cored, removing the wood-boring tool from the wood-
drill adapter
assembly, and removing the wood-drill adapter assembly from the coring-rotary-
tool. Also
disclosed herein is a kit, the kit including (at least) the wood-drill adapter
assembly, the
coring-rotary-tool, the wood-boring tool, and a set of user instructions.
The present invention holds significant improvements and serves as a wood-
drill adapter
system. For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects,
advantages, and novel
features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood
that not
necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one
particular
embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried
out in a
manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as
taught herein
without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested
herein. The
features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly
pointed out and
distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and
other features,
aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood
with
reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification
illustrate embodiments
and method(s) of use for the present invention, wood-drill adapter system,
constructed and
operative according to the teachings of the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view illustrating a wood-drill adapter system
during an 'in-use'
condition showing a user performing a coring/drilling operation using the wood-
drill adapter
system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the wood-drill adapter assembly of
the wood-drill
adapter system including a coring-rotary tool according to an embodiment of
the present
invention of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an exploded-perspective view illustrating wood-drill adapter
assembly including a
coring-rotary tool according to an embodiment of the present invention of
FIGS. 1-2.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the adapter-insert assembly
comprising an upper-
disc, a tubular-body, lower-disc, and a set-screw-receiver according to an
embodiment of the
present invention of FIGS. 1-3.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of use for the wood-drill adapter
system according
to an embodiment of the present invention of FIGS. 1-4.
FIG. 6A-6B are perspective view of tools useful with invention adapters.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a concrete-coring drill.
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FIG. 8 is a plan view of an end view of a punch.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described
in
conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like
elements.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to
coring/drilling and more
particularly to a wood-drill adapter system as used to improve the
coring/drilling of wooden
materials using a concrete coring-rotary-tool typically used for concrete
drilling/coring to
drill a circular-opening in a wooden-material using a wood-boring tool.
Generally speaking, a
wood-drill adapter system comprises a wood-drill adapter assembly, with the
wood-drill
adapter assembly comprising a core-bit-blank, an adapter-insert, and a set-
screw in functional
combination.
Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference there is shown in FIG. 1,
wood-drill
adapter system 100 during an 'in-use' condition 150 with user 140 operating
coring-rotary-
tool 146 (typically used for concrete drilling/coring) to drill a circular-
opening in wooden
material 148 using wood-boring tool 142.
Referring now to FIGS. 2-4, the wood-drill adapter system 100 may comprise
wood-drill
adapter assembly 110, where wood-drill adapter assembly 110 may comprise core-
bit-blank
112, adapter-insert 124, and set-screw 174 in functional combination. Core-bit-
blank 112
may comprise hollow-tubular body 114 and cap 118 in functional combination.
Hollow-
tubular-body 114 may include hole 116, and cap 118 may comprise cap-plate 120
and
threaded-coupler 122, all in functional combination.
Threaded-coupler 122 of cap 118 of hollow-tubular body 114 may be structured
and arranged
to accept drive-shank 144 such that user 140 may thread drive-shank 144 into
threaded-
coupler 122 such that wood-drill adapter assembly 110 may be able to be
rotated by coring-
rotary-tool 146. Adapter-insert 124 may comprise upper-disc 126, tubular-body
152, lower-
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disc 162, and set-screw-receiver 172 functional combination. Adapter-insert
124 may be
affixed within hollow-tubular body 114 in an end opposite cap 118.
Upper-disc 126 may comprise and be defined by upper-face 128, lower-face 130,
outer-
circumference 132, and upper-aperture 134 in functional combination; and lower-
disc 162
may comprise upper-surface 164, lower-surface 166, external-circumference 168,
and
internal-circumference 170, all in functional combination. In some embodiments
internal-
circumference 170 may be round, and in other embodiments internal-
circumference 170 may
be other shapes to accept (e.g., square, hexagonal, octagon, triangle, etc.)
to accept wood-
boring tool 142 of different types. Upper-disc 126 may further comprise a
passage (not
shown) to allow user 140 to insert a punch 143 (or similar device) to remove
wood-boring
tool 142 if wood-boring tool 142 should become broken and/or stuck. Tubular-
body 152 may
comprise outside-circumference 154, inside-circumference 156, upper-rim 158,
and lower-
rim 160 in functional combination.
Relationally speaking, lower-face 130 of upper-disc 126 may be fixedly
arranged to upper-
rim 158 of tubular-body 152; upper-disc 126 may be fixedly arranged to upper-
rim 158 of
tubular-body 152 via a welding process, or may be fixedly arranged by being
machined from
a single piece of material. Similarly, outside-circumference 154 of tubular-
body 152 may be
fixedly arranged adjacent to internal-circumference 170 of lower-disc 162;
where tubular-
body 152 may fixedly arranged adjacent to internal-circumference 170 of lower-
disc via a
welding process, or may be fixedly arranged by being machined from a single
piece of
material.
Set-screw-receiver 172 of adapter-insert 124 and hole 116 of hollow-tubular
body 114 may
be aligned and arranged to allow user 140 to insert set-screw 174 to secure
wood-boring tool
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142 into wood-drill adapter assembly 110. Set-screw-receiver 172 may be
affixed to outside-
circumference 154 of tubular-body 152 via a welding process or by being
machined from a
single piece of material.
Some embodiments of hollow-tubular body 114 may be approximately 13-inches in
length to
allow user to use wood-drill adapter assembly 110 in a standard concrete
coring device.
Inside-circumference 156 of tubular-body 152 and internal-circumference 170 of
lower-disc
162 may each be 7/16-inches in diameter to accept a standard size of wood-
boring tool 142.
Set-screw-receiver 172 and set-screw 174 each may each comprise standard 5/16"
¨ 24
threads, other thread pitches and sizes may be used dependent upon available
materials and
user preferences.
In certain embodiments, wood-boring tool 142 may comprise a hole-saw 142A;
other
embodiments may include a self-feed-drill-bit or other similar cutting tools.
Preferably,
coring-rotary-tool 146 comprises a concrete-coring drill 146A and core-bit-
blank 112
comprises a standard concrete-coring bit 146B cut to the desired length.
Alternate
embodiments may include other types of coring-rotary-tool 146 and other types
of core-bit-
blank 112. Wood-drill adapter assembly 110 may be constructed from steel for
durability
and longevity during use, or other suitable materials depending upon the
specific application,
job requirements, and user preferences.
Wood-drill adapter system 100 may be sold as kit 199 (as shown in FIG. 1)
comprising the
following parts: at least one wood-drill adapter assembly 110 at least one
coring-rotary-tool
146; at least one wood-boring tool 142; and at least one set of user
instructions 138. The kit
has instructions such that functional relationships are detailed in relation
to the structure of
the invention (such that the invention can be used, maintained, or the like in
a preferred
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manner). Wood-drill adapter system 100 may be manufactured and provided for
sale in a
wide variety of sizes and shapes for a wide assortment of applications. Upon
reading this
specification, it should be appreciated that, under appropriate circumstances,
considering
such issues as design preference, user preferences, marketing preferences,
cost, structural
requirements, available materials, technological advances, etc., other kit
contents or
arrangements such as, for example, including more or less components,
customized parts,
different adapter combinations, parts may be sold separately, etc., may be
sufficient.
Referring now to FIG. 5 showing flowchart 550 illustrating method of use 500
for wood-drill
adapter system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention of
FIGS. 1-4. As
shown, method of use 500 may comprise the steps of: step one 501, providing
wood-drill
adapter assembly 100; step two 502, providing a wood-boring tool 142; step
three 503,
providing a coring-rotary-tool 146; step four 504, affixing wood-drill adapter
assembly 110
to coring-rotary-tool 146; step five 505, affixing wood-boring tool 142 to
wood-drill adapter
assembly 110; step six 506, placing coring-rotary-tool 146 adjacent to
material 148 to be
drilled/cored: step seven 507, commencing drilling/coring material 148 to be
drilled/cored;
step eight 508, ceasing drilling/coring material 148 to be drilled; step nine
509, removing
wood-boring tool 142 from wood-drill adapter assembly 110; and step ten 510,
removing
wood-drill adapter assembly 110 from coring-rotary-tool 146.
It should be noted that step nine 509 and step ten 510 are an optional steps
and may not be
implemented in all cases. Optional steps of method of use 500 are illustrated
using dotted
lines in FIG. 5 so as to distinguish them from the other steps of method of
use 500.
It should be noted that the steps described in the method of use can be
carried out in many
different orders according to user preference. The use of "step of" should not
be interpreted
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as "step for", in the claims herein and is not intended to invoke the
provisions of 35 U.S.C.
112, 6. Upon reading this specification, it should be appreciated that,
under appropriate
circumstances, considering such issues as design preference, user preferences,
marketing
preferences, cost, structural requirements, available materials, technological
advances, etc.,
other methods of use arrangements such as, for example, different orders
within above-
mentioned list, elimination or addition of certain steps, including or
excluding certain
maintenance steps, etc., may be sufficient.
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous
modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to
achieve
substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced
within the spirit and
scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to
enable the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the
scientist, engineers
and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms
or phraseology, to
determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the
technical
disclosure of the application.
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