Eyeletting attachment for drill presses
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsLeonard G. Terral, Ephraim Regelson, William E. Sake, Ronald J. Matusiak, William L. Rea
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Abstract
A conventional drill press is provided with an eyeletting attachment to ele connector-type eyelets to be mounted in an electronic circuit board. The eyeletting attachment includes a pair of readily attachable tool holders; a movable upper holder attachable to the drill press quill, and a fixed lower tool holder attachable to the drill press stand, between which the workpiece is positioned and worked.
Claims7
An eyeletting attachment for a conventional drill press having a horizontal base, a column, a vertically adjustable head supported on said column, and a manually actuated, vertically movable quill mounted in said head, the attachment comprising:
- upper and lower tool holder assemblies;
- said upper tool holder assembly having means for detachably securing to the lower end of said quill;
- means on said upper tool holder assembly for vertically supporting one of a pair of ram eyeletting tools;
- said lower tool holder assembly comprising a base member having means for anchoring to the base of said drill press in a vertically aligned position with the upper tool holder assembly;
- means mounted on said base member for vertically supporting the other ram eyeletting tool of said pair of tools;
- whereby the quill of the drill press may be manually lowered to peen an eyelet to its supporting plate between the ends of the eyeletting ram tools.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.