Hammer drill attachment

• US 7,096,972 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2002
• Issued: 08/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Efrem Orozco Jr
• Original Assignee: Efrem Orozco Jr
• Inventors: Orozco, Efrem Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Louis K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lopez, Michelle
• Application Number:
  US10/244,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20040050568A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,442 Days
• Field of Search: 173/48, 173/90, 173/101, 173/114, 173/122, 173/132, 173/128, 173/171, 173/100, 175/293, 175/414, 175/320, 279/19.6, 279/19.7, 279/19.3, 279/19.5, 279/19.2, 302/77
• US Class Current: 173/171
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 11/102 the rotating axis of the cam member being coaxial with the axis of the tool
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 17/005 Attachments or adapters placed between tool and hammer
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 2211/064 Axial cams, e.g. two camming surfaces coaxial with drill spindle
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 2216/0046 Preventing rotation

Abstract

Power tools of the type under consideration include hammer drills, for example, which are electric or battery powered and includes two modes of operation: a rotation mode and a rotation-hammer mode. A manually operable selector lever enables the hammer drill to be selectively operated in one of the two modes by disengaging and engaging a hammer mechanism. In rotation-hammer mode, the drive shaft of the hammer drill rotates a tool element about a rotational axis and oscillates the tool element along a rotational axis. An attachment mountable within the chuck of a hammer drill prevents a tool element from rotating when the hammer drill is operating in rotation-hammer mode. The hammer drill attachment transfers hammer action, but not rotation, to the tool element. The hammer drill attachment enables dual function power tools to be operated in a hammer only mode to perform a function, for example, chiseling.

Claims

1. A hammer drill attachment comprising:

a hammer drill, a tool element, and a chuck;

a cylindrical body having a first opening extending to a second opening forming an inner portion;

a rim positioned at said second opening of said body and extending substantially within said inner portion;

said tool element having a shank and a working end, wherein said shank is positioned within said first opening of said body and extending substantially within said inner portion;

a cylindrical drill member with a base end and a shaft, wherein said base end has a substantially larger cylindrical diameter than said shaft;

said base end is positioned within said second opening of said body and extending substantially within said inner portion, said shaft is positioned within said chuck of said hammer drill;

said drill member longitudinally oscillates along a rotational axis through said inner portion from a first position and a second position, wherein said base end of said drill member momentarily and directly abuts said shank of said tool element at said second position and said base end of said drill member momentarily abuts said rim at said first position, wherein said rim retains said base end within said inner portion for preventing rotation of said tool element with respect to said body when said hammer drill is operating in a rotation-hammer mode.

2. The system for preventing rotation to a tool element in the chuck of a hammer drill of claim 1 wherein said tool element is a chisel.

3. The system for preventing rotation to a tool element in the chuck of a hammer drill of claim 1 wherein said shank of said tool element is positioned within said first opening of said body by Allen screws.

4. The system for preventing rotation to a tool element in the chuck of a hammer drill of claim 1 wherein said shank of said tool element is positioned within said first opening of said body by a quick-connection configuration.

5. The system for preventing rotation to a tool element in the chuck of a hammer drill of claim 1 wherein said shaft of said drill member is positioned within said chuck of said hammer drill by a quick-connection configuration.