Facing accessory for a portable boring apparatus
AssigneeUsinage Filiatrault Inc.
InventorsStephane Filiatrault, Guy Filiatrault, Paul Fortin
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Abstract
There is described a facing accessory for a portable boring apparatus, the accessory comprising: a shaft mounting portion for mounting to a longitudinal shaft of the portable boring apparatus extending along a longitudinal axis; a tool holder secured to the shaft mounting portion and adapted to receive a facing tool thereon, the tool holder comprising at least a telescopic arm for enabling movement of the facing tool towards and away from the shaft mounting portion along a radial axis relative to the longitudinal shaft; and an actuator operatively connected to the second section of the telescopic section for translating the second section relative to the first section along the radial axis.
Claims23
A facing accessory for a portable boring apparatus, the accessory comprising:
- a shaft mounting portion for mounting to a longitudinal shaft of the portable boring apparatus extending along a longitudinal axis;
- a tool holder secured to the shaft mounting portion and adapted to receive a facing tool thereon, the tool holder comprising at least a telescopic arm for enabling movement of the facing tool towards and away from the shaft mounting portion along a radial axis relative to the longitudinal shaft, the telescopic arm comprising at least:
- a first section secured to the shaft mounting portion and extending radially away from the shaft mounting portion;
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- a second section extending along the radial axis and slidably connected to the first section to allow a translation of the second section relative to the first section along the radial axis, the facing tool being securable to the second section;
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- an actuator operatively connected to the second section of the telescopic section for translating the second section relative to the first section along the radial axis.
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A facing accessory for a portable boring apparatus, the accessory comprising:
- a shaft mounting portion for mounting to a longitudinal shaft of the portable boring apparatus;
- a tool holder secured to the shaft mounting portion and adapted to receive a facing tool thereon, the tool holder comprising a translation stage for translating the facing tool towards and away from the shaft mounting portion along a radial axis relative to the longitudinal shaft;
- an actuator operatively connected to the translation stage for translating the facing tool along the radial axis;
- a wireless communication unit for receiving a command from a remote controller;
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- a control unit operatively connected to the wireless communication unit and the actuator, and configured to control the actuator according to the received command, the actuator, the wireless communication unit and the control unit being connectable to an internal power source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.