Patent Application
20220023957
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The disclosure relates to tooling assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new tooling assembly for drilling, snipping, notching, and crimping sheet metal.
The prior art relates to tooling assemblies. Prior art tooling assemblies may comprise powered cutting or crimping tools, and hand tools for crimping and shearing.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing, which defines an interior space. A motor and a drive linkage are engaged to the housing and are positioned in the interior space. The drive linkage is operationally engaged to the motor. A battery is selectively engageable to the first section so that the battery is operationally engaged to the motor. A fixed chuck is engaged to the housing and is operationally engaged to the drive linkage. A tool is selectively engageable to the fixed chuck and is configured for tooling sheet metal. The motor is positioned to actuate the tool via the drive linkage and the shaft so that the tool is configured to effect tooling of the sheet metal.
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 pivot 24 is operationally engaged to the first section 20 and the second section 22 so that the second section 22 is selectively pivotable relative to the first section 20. A button 26 is engaged to the first section 20 proximate to the second section 22 and is selectively engageable to the pivot 24 to fixedly position the second section 22 relative to the first section 20. The button 26 is spring-loaded so that the button 26 is configured to be depressed to disengage the button 26 from the pivot 24 so that the second section 22 is pivotable relative to the first section 20.
A battery 28 is selectively engageable to the housing 12 so that the battery 28 is operationally engaged to the motor 16. The battery 28 may be engageable to the first section 20, as shown in
A trigger 30 is engaged to the housing 12 and is operationally engaged to the motor 16 and the battery 28. The trigger 30 is configured to be selectively depressed to engage the battery 28 to the motor 16 to supply power thereto. A switch 32 is engaged to the housing 12 and is operationally engaged to the motor 16. The switch 32 is configured to be selectively switched to select between forward and reverse rotation of the motor 16.
A fixed chuck 34 is engaged to the housing 12 and is operationally engaged to the drive linkage 18. A tool 36 is selectively engageable to the fixed chuck 34 and is configured for tooling sheet metal. The motor 16 is positioned to actuate the tool 36 via the drive linkage 18 and the shaft so that the tool 36 is configured to effect tooling of the sheet metal.
The tool 36 is one of a plurality of tools 36, as shown in
The plurality of tools 36 may comprise an adjustable chucking device 38, a crimping device 40, a snipping device 42, a notching device 44, and a release head 46. The adjustable chucking device 38 is configured to engage a respective one of a plurality of bits (not shown). The present invention anticipates the plurality of tools 36 comprising other metal working implements, such as, but not limited to, sanding discs, grinding discs, and the like.
The crimping device 40 comprises a rotation translator 48, which is configured to translate rotation of the fixed chuck 34 into counter rotation of a pair of crimper rods 50 so that the crimping device 40 is configured to crimp the sheet metal.
The snipping device 42 also comprises a rotation translator 48, which is configured to translate rotation of the fixed chuck 34 into counter movement of a pair of shears 52 so that the snipping device 42 is configured to snip the sheet metal.
The notching device 44 also comprises a rotation translator 48, which is configured to translate rotation of the fixed chuck 34 into counter movement of a pair of notching arms 54 so that the notching device 44 is configured to notch the sheet metal.
The release head 46 is selectively engageable to the fixed chuck 34 and is configured to selectively engage a hexagonal shaft of an implement (not shown), thereby rendering the assembly 10 compatible with additional implements for tooling sheet metal.
The fixed chuck 34 comprises a square shaft 56 and a pin 58, which is engaged to and which extends perpendicularly from the square shaft 56. The pin 58 is spring loaded so that the pin 58 is selectively depressible into a recess 60 extending into the square shaft 56. A knob 62 is engaged to the tool. The knob 62 is spring loaded and is configured to be selectively depressed so that the knob 62 pushes the pin 58 into the recess 60, allowing the tool 36 to be removed from the fixed chuck 34.
A torque selector 64 is rotationally engaged to the housing 12 and is operationally engaged to the motor 16 and the drive linkage 18. The torque selector 64 is configured to be rotated to select a torque to be applied by the motor 16 to the drive linkage 18.
In use, a tool 36 from the plurality of tools 36 appropriate to a desired sheet metal tooling need is selected and attached to the fixed chuck 34. An appropriate angle of the second section 22 to the first section 20 of the housing 12 is obtained by first depressing the button 26 and then pivoting the second section 22 relative to the first section 20. Upon release of the button 26, the second section 22 is fixedly positioned relative to the first section 20. The trigger 30 is depressed to actuate the motor 16, causing the drive linkage 18 to rotate the fixed chuck 34 so that the tool 36 is configured to effect the desired tooling of the sheet metal.
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 elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
