US 4,623,287 AGranted

Drilling machine especially for drilling glass

AssigneeFlachglas Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsRudolf Eckhardt, Hans-Christoph Neuendorf, Horst Freilingsdorf

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Abstract

Drill apparatus, especially for drilling glass, with hydraulic and/or mechanically advancing, driven drill spindle, wherein the drill spindle is secured in a spindle carrier and is equipped at the end which is facing towards the workpiece with a drill, as well as being equipped with a countersink or the like drill which generally surrounds the drill, whereby the drill and the countersink drill are axially adjustable with respect to one another, in accordance with the preceding wear. The drill is connected in a drill carrier by way of adjustment threads. An automatic adjustment device is provided for the drill in the drill spindle, which adjustment device includes a mechanical, forward and reverse step motion device with a screw-type guide, and a hydraulic cylinder/piston actuating assembly for the step motion device. The hydraulic cylinder/piston actuating assembly can be supplied with hydraulic pressure medium through the drill spindle carrier and additional passages. An adjustment torque is imparted via the step motion device to the drill, whereby the drill is adjusted in its position in the adjustment threads.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A drill apparatus, especially for drilling glass, said apparatus comprising:

a drill spindle carrier;
a rotatably driven drill spindle operatively connected to said carrier so as to be advanced toward a workpiece;
a first drill connected to said drill spindle at a working end thereof;
a sinker drill operatively connected to said first spindle and surrounding said first drill, said first drill and said sinker drill being axially adjustable with respect to one another to compensate for accelerated wear of said first drill relative to said sinker drill;
a drill receiver on said spindle and connected to said first drill by means of adjustment threads;
and
an adjustment device for said first drill, said adjustment device including:
a mechanical, forward and reverse stepping mechanism;
a hydraulic cylinder/piston actuating assembly for actuating said mechanism;
and
means for supplying to said hydraulic cylinder/piston actuating assembly a hydraulic pressure medium and including at least one passage in said drill spindle carrier and at least one circular passage in said drill spindle, said mechanism being constructed and arranged to impart an effective amount of adjustment torque to said first drill such that said first drill is axially advanced by said adjustment threads, said mechanism including a control sleeve rotatably and axially guided in said drill spindle along a helical path, said control sleeve at its end face directed towards said drill having a plurality of sawteeth, a coupling having a corresponding plurality of teeth cooperating with the teeth of said control sleeve, a plunger having a multi-sided member for operatively connecting it therewith to said coupling for transfer of adjustment torque to said first drill, and a reset spring between said coupling and said plunger.

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In a drill apparatus, especially for drilling glass, with hydraulic and/or mechanically advancing, driven drill spindle, or boring or drilling machines, wherein the drill spindle is secured in a drill spindle carrier, and is equipped at an end directed towards the workpiece with a first drill, as well as being equipped with a countersink drill which surrounds the first drill, whereby the first drill and countersink drill are axially adjustable with respect to one another in accordance with the accelerated wear of the first drill so as to compensate for the wear of at least one of the drills, the improvement wherein:

automatic adjustment device is provided for the first drill (3) in the drill spindle (1), which adjustment device includes a mechanical forward and reverse stepping device (7) with guide helix (8), and a hydraulic cylinder/piston actuating assembly (9) for this stepping device (7), and to the hydraulic cylinder/piston actuating assembly (9) a hydraulic pressure medium is supplied through passages in the drill spindle carrier (2) and a circular passage (10), and by means of the stepping device (7) an adjustment torque is imparted to the drill (3), whereby the first drill (3) is adjusted in its position by adjustment threads (5) between the first drill and the spindle, the stepping device (7) being provided with a control sleeve (11) which is guided in the drill spindle (1), which is guided by the helix (8) said sleeve having an end face directed towards the drill (3) and provided with sawteeth (12), a coupling (14) being connectable to the control sleeve (11) by way of corresponding sawteeth, the coupling (14) being connected to a plunger (15) by means of a multi-sided member (16) which transfers the adjustment torque to the drill (3), and a reset spring (17) provided between the coupling (14) and the plunger (15).

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