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OwnerKeith Glasgow, Sorin G. Teodorescu +4inventors
InventorsKeith Glasgow, Sorin G. Teodorescu, John S. Prejean, Eric C. Sullivan, Paul E. Pastusek, Tu Tien Trinh
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A spindle assembly for supporting a drill bit for repair. The spindle assembly includes a plurality of stepped segments of ever-decreasing diameter above a base, each segment sized to be received in a bore of a service cap inserted in the shank of a bit to be repaired. An end-cap for carrying an electronics module includes an end-cap body comprising a bore of similar diameter to the service cap bore diameter, but having one or more lugs protruding radially thereinto to prevent a spindle segment from entering the end cap bore so that the drill bit cannot be supported on the spindle.
A support apparatus for drill bits having a shank thereon defining a bore, the apparatus comprising:
A system for determining if a drill bit having a shank includes an electronics module in a shank bore, the system comprising:
A method of determining if a drill bit contains a member in a shank having a bore therethrough, the method comprising;
An end-cap for disposition in a shank of a drill bit, the end-cap comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.