公开(公告)号：US11602795B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-14

申请号：US16737660

申请日：2020-01-08

Applicant: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffery Weatherill ,  Gabe West

IPC: B23B41/00 ,  B23B45/00 ,  B23Q5/32 ,  E01B31/06 ,  B23B45/02

Abstract: A rail drill drive train can include a common drive end between a single drive motor and a common gear. A speed train end can extend from the common gear to rotate the drill spindle. A feed train end can independently extend from the common gear to advance and retract the drill spindle. The speed train end can include a sprag gear so that, without unmeshing any gears, the drill spindle is not unnecessarily rotated in the reverse direction when the drive motor is reversed to retract the drill spindle. A rail drill control circuit and related sensors can enable automatic operation throughout the complete drilling cycle without any manual input from the user other than starting the cycle. Such a fully automatic drilling cycle can minimize overall cycle time to preserve battery life and can free the user to perform other tasks between drill moving and clamping operations.

公开(公告)号：US20230211423A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18175776

申请日：2023-02-28

Applicant: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffery WEATHERILL ,  Gabe West

IPC: B23B45/00 ,  B23B41/00 ,  B23Q5/32 ,  E01B31/06

CPC classification number: B23B45/008 ,  B23B41/006 ,  B23Q5/326 ,  E01B31/06 ,  B23B45/02

Abstract: A rail drill drive train can include a common drive end between a single drive motor and a common gear. A speed train end can extend from the common gear to rotate the drill spindle. A feed train end can independently extend from the common gear to advance and retract the drill spindle. The speed train end can include a sprag gear so that, without unmeshing any gears, the drill spindle is not unnecessarily rotated in the reverse direction when the drive motor is reversed to retract the drill spindle. A rail drill control circuit and related sensors can enable automatic operation throughout the complete drilling cycle without any manual input from the user other than starting the cycle. Such a fully automatic drilling cycle can minimize overall cycle time to preserve battery life and can free the user to perform other tasks between drill moving and clamping operations.