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US 9,782,838 B2Granted
Height adjusting swivel drill block
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorAaron J. Pedersen
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Abstract
A drill block and a method for drilling a hole through a workpiece using the drill block. The drill block may include a mounting leg for mounting the drill block, a drilling support leg having a round hole therethrough operable to receive a drill bit during a drilling operation, and a height variability leg interposed between the mounting leg and the drilling support leg, wherein the height variability leg is adjustable to select a vertical height of the drilling support leg relative to the mounting leg.
Claims20
A drill block, comprising:
- a mounting leg for mounting the drill block;
- a drilling support leg having a round hole therethrough operable to receive a drill bit during a drilling operation;
- a height variability leg interposed between the mounting leg and the drilling support leg, wherein the height variability leg is adjustable to select a vertical height of the drilling support leg relative to the mounting leg;
- a first swivel leg attached to the mounting leg and the height variability leg, wherein the first swivel leg is adjustable to select a first horizontal placement of the drilling support leg;
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- a second swivel leg attached to the height variability leg and the drilling support leg, wherein the second swivel leg is adjustable to select a second horizontal placement of the drilling support leg.
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A drill block, comprising:
- a mounting leg for mounting the drill block to a surface;
- a drilling support leg having a hole therethrough operable to receive a drill bit during drilling of a structure to be drilled;
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- a height variability leg interposed between the mounting leg and the drilling support leg, wherein the height variability leg is adjustable to select a height of the drilling support leg relative to the mounting leg, and is thereby adjustable to adjust a distance of the drilling support leg relative to the surface, while the drill block is attached to the surface.
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A drill block, comprising:
- a mounting leg configurable for mounting the drill block to a horizontal surface;
- a drilling support leg having a hole therethrough operable to receive a drill bit during a drilling operation;
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- a height variability leg interposed between the mounting leg and the drilling support leg, wherein the height variability leg is adjustable to select a vertical height of the drilling support leg relative to the mounting leg and relative to the horizontal surface while the drill block is attached to the horizontal surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.