Drill, particulary drilling screw

• US 5,749,689 A
• Filed: 12/26/1996
• Issued: 05/12/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ejot Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Radionics, Inc. (Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: EJOT Verbindung Stechnik GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Konig, Gottfried
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Neill R.
• Application Number:
  US08/704,769
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 411/29, 411/30, 411/31, 411/383, 411/387, 408/231, 408/232, 408/713
• US Class Current: 411/387.4
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 25/0084 characterised by geometric details of the tip
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 25/0094 the screw being assembled or manufactured from several components, e.g. a tip out of a first material welded to shaft of a second material
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 25/103 by means of a drilling screw-point, i.e. with a cutting and material removing action
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/9098 with means to retain Tool to support

Abstract

The invention relates to a drill with a drilling shank, particularly with a screw shank comprising a self-tapping thread, and with a fork-shaped hard-material plate-shaped drilling tip disposed opposite the driving end of the shank, said drilling tip being inserted into a holder in the shank, said holder comprising two grooves, disposed diametrically with respect to each other in the shank, for accommodating prongs of the drilling tip. The shank terminates bluntly in an essentially radial end surface from which the grooves extend towards the driving end in such a manner that exclusively the prongs of the drilling tip, pressed axially into the grooves, both hold the drilling tip self-lockingly on the shank and also transmit the torque from the shank to the drilling tip.

Claims

1. Drill with a drilling shank (1), particularly with a screw shank (19, 40) comprising a self-tapping thread (18), and with a fork-shaped hard-material drilling tip (10, 26, 32, 39, 41, 53) disposed opposite the driving end (2) of the shank (1, 19, 40), said drilling tip (10, 26, 32, 39, 41, 53) being inserted into a holder in the shank (1, 19, 40), said holder comprising two grooves (3, 4;

45,

     46), disposed diametrically with respect to each other in the shank (1, 19,

     40), for accommodating prongs (13, 14;

27, 28;

42, 43;

49,

     50) of the drilling tip (10, 26, 32, 39, 41,

     53), the width of said drilling tip (10, 26, 32, 39, 41,

     53) corresponding to the diameter of the drilling shank (1), characterized in that the shank (1, 19,

     40) terminates bluntly in an essentially radially flat end surface (5) from which the grooves (3, 4;

45,

     46) extend towards the driving end (2) in such a manner that exclusively the two prongs (13, 14;

27, 28;

42, 43;

49,

     50) of the drilling tip (10, 26, 32, 39, 41,

     53), pressed axially into the grooves (3, 4;

45,

     46) and snugly seated therein, hold the drilling tip (10, 26, 32, 39, 41,

     53) self-lockingly on the shank (1, 19,

     40), the torque being transmitted from the shank (1, 19,

     40) via the walls of the grooves (3, 4;

45,

     46) to the two prongs (13, 14;

27, 28;

42, 43;

49,

     50).

2. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the roots (6, 7) of the grooves (3, 4) extend parallel to each other in the region in which they accommodate the prongs (13, 14) (FIGS. 1-7).

3. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the grooves (3, 4) extend obliquely to the axis of the shank towards the driving end (2) with increasing distance between their roots (24, 25) such that the prongs (27, 28), pressed into the grooves (3, 4), are self-lockingly held in the grooves (3, 4) owing to the expansion force exerted on the prongs (27, 28) by the oblique position of the roots (24, 25) (FIGS. 9-12).

4. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the width of the grooves (3, 4) is such that the prongs (13, 14) are jammed in place by the walls of the grooves (3, 4).

5. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the prongs (13, 14) are in preloaded contact with the roots (6, 7) of the grooves (3, 4).

6. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the width of the grooves (3, 4) increases radially outwards and the prongs have a cross section adapted to the shape of the grooves (FIG. 8).

7. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the width of the grooves (3, 4) decreases towards the driving end (2) and the prongs (27, 28) have a cross section adapted to the shape of the grooves (FIG. 15).

8. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the radial contact of the prongs (42, 43) with the roots or walls of the grooves (45, 46) is restricted to the initial region of the prongs (42, 43) in the vicinity of the end surface (5) of the shank (40) (FIG. 16).

9. Drill with screw shank, the thread of which is cold-worked, particularly rolled, according to claim 1, characterized in that the grooves (45, 46) and the prongs (42, 43) extend into the thread (44) of the screw shank (40), where the longitudinal profile of the prongs (42, 43) follows the thread (44) (FIGS. 16, 17).

10. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the prongs (49, 50) are provided, on their sides facing the roots of the grooves, with recesses (51, 52) into which is forced the material displaced during the cold-working of the screw shank (40) (FIG. 18).

11. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that, in order to absorb an axial drilling force, a stop (37, 38) is disposed in a groove (3, 4) (FIG. 14).

12. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the prongs (27, 28) join together in a throat (33), said throat (33) forming a stop (36) against the end surface (21) of the shank (1, 19) in order to absorb an axial drilling force (FIG. 13).

13. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the throat (31) is rounded in form (FIGS. 10, 12).

14. Drill according to claim 1, characterized in that the prongs (27, 28) join together in a throat (31), said throat (31) maintaining a distance from the end surface (5) of the shank (1, 19) when the drilling tip (26) is inserted (FIGS. 9-12).

15. Drill according to claim 12, characterized in that the width of the throat (20, 31) is smaller than the width of a prong (13, 14;

27, 28;

42, 43;

49,

     50) in the region of the throat.