Patent Application
20190143492
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The disclosure and prior art relates to power tool devices and more particularly pertains to a new power tool device for facilitating the switch between a drilling tool and a screw driver tool.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a power drill that has a chuck. A receiver is removably coupled to the chuck. The receiver has an open end that extends into a cavity of the receiver. A bit is included that has a first section, a second section and a middle section that is positioned between the first and second sections. The first, second and middle sections form a unitary structure. The first section has a first end positioned opposite of the middle section and the second section has a second end positioned opposite of the middle section. The first section comprises a drill bit and the second section comprising a screw driver. The bit is removably extended into the receiver such that a selected one of the first or second sections extends outwardly away from the receiver.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A bit 26 is included that has a first section 28, a second section 30 and a middle section 32 that is positioned between the first section 28 and the second section 30. The first, second and middle sections 28, 30, 32 form a unitary structure. The first section 28 has a first end 34 positioned opposite of the middle section 32 and the second section 30 has a second end 36 positioned opposite of the middle section 32. The first section 28 comprises a drill bit and the second section 30 comprises a screw driver. The screw driver may be any screw driver such as a Phillip's-head or a flat head, but should not be limited to such. The bit 26 is removably extended into the receiver such that a selected one of the first section 28 or second section 30 extends outwardly away from the receiver 16. The bit 26 is elongated between the first section 28 and the second section 30. The middle section 32 of the bit 26 has an outer surface 38 that comprises a plurality of planar surfaces 40 to facilitate engagement with the chuck 14.
A plurality of detents 42 is mounted on the bit 26. Each of the detents 42 removably extends into one of the wells 24 to releasably retain the bit 26 in the receiver 16. Each of the detents 42 is positioned in the middle section 32. The detents 42 may each comprise a ball or similar projection being biased outwardly from bit 42 by a biasing member such as a spring shown in
In use, a drill bit or a screw driver is selected and a corresponding on of the first and second sections 28, 30 defines a selected tool. The bit 26 is removably positioned into the cavity 20 of the receiver 16 such that the selected tool extends outwardly from the receiver 16. The detents 42 releasably retain the bit 26 in the receiver 16 such that the bit 26 rotates when the power drill 12 is powered.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
