Positioning aid for a core drilling machine

Abstract

A positioning aid is disclosed for a core drilling machine, having a core drill for creating a hollow-cylindrical drill hole. The positioning aid includes a light source for creating a centring pattern on a workpiece. The positioning aid is fastened in a releasable and centered manner to the core drilling machine. The positioning aid may include a laser pointer, which is releasably fastened to a centring pin.

Claims

1. A positioning aid for a core drilling machine having a drill chuck for receiving a core drill for creating a hollow-cylindrical drill hole, comprising a light source for creating a centring pattern on a workpiece, said light source comprising a housing having a recess being configured for centred attachment to an outer surface of a centring pin being adapted for attachment within said drill chuck of said core drilling machine, and a switch for switching said light source on and off, wherein said light source is configured for generating a light field for the lighting of a working area and a centring pattern for the centring, and wherein said switch is configured for separately switching said centring pattern and said light field.

2. The positioning aid of claim 1, wherein said light source comprises a laser pointer for creating said centring pattern.

3. The positioning aid of claim 1, wherein said light source is permanently connected to said centring pin.

4. The positioning aid of claim 3, wherein said recess is configured for releasably attaching onto said outer surface of said centring pin.

5. The positioning aid of claim 1, wherein said light source is configured to be automatically switched on when mounted onto said centring pin.

6. The positioning aid of claim 1, wherein said light source is configured for generating a light field for the lighting of a working area and a centring pattern for the centring.

7. The positioning aid of claim 6, wherein said centring pattern comprises a first illumination, and wherein said light field comprises a second illumination, said first illumination being brighter than said second illumination.

8. The positioning aid of claim 1, further comprising a fastening device for securing to said core drilling machine when not in use.

9. The positioning aid of claim 8, wherein said fastening device is configured as a magnet.

10. The positioning aid of claim 1, wherein said centring pattern comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of a laser point, a reticle, and a circle.

11. A positioning aid for a core drilling machine with a core drill for creating a hollow-cylindrical drill hole, comprising a light source for creating a centring pattern on a workpiece, said light source being configured for releasable, centred fastening to a centring pin configured for attachment within a drill chuck of said core drilling machine, wherein said light source is configured for generating a light field for the lighting of a working area and a centring pattern for the centring, and wherein a switch is provided for separately switching said centring pattern and said light field.

12. The positioning aid of claim 11, wherein said light source is configured for generating a light field for the lighting of a working area and a centring pattern for the centring.

13. The positioning aid of claim 12, wherein said centring pattern comprises a first illumination, and wherein said light field comprises a second illumination, said first illumination being brighter than said second illumination.

14. A positioning aid for a core drilling machine with a core drill for creating a hollow-cylindrical drill hole, comprising: a light source for creating a centring pattern on a workpiece, said light source comprising a housing having a recess being configured for centred attachment to an outer surface of a centring pin for said core drilling machine, and a switch for switching said light source on and off, wherein said light source is configured for generating a light field for the lighting of a working area and a centring pattern for the centring, and wherein said switch is configured for separately switching said centring pattern and said light field.

15. The positioning aid of claim 14, wherein said light source comprises a laser pointer for creating said centring pattern.

16. The positioning aid of claim 14, wherein said light source is permanently connected to said centring pin.

17. The positioning aid of claim 16, wherein said recess is configured for releasably attaching onto said outer surface of said centring pin.

18. The positioning aid of claim 14, wherein said light source is configured to be automatically switched on when mounted onto said centring pin.

19. The positioning aid of claim 14, wherein said light source is configured for generating a light field for the lighting of a working area and a centring pattern for the centring.

20. The positioning aid of claim 19, wherein said centring pattern comprises a first illumination, and wherein said light field comprises a second illumination, said first illumination being brighter than said second illumination.

21. The positioning aid of claim 14, further comprising a fastening device for securing to said core drilling machine when not in use.

22. The positioning aid of claim 21, wherein said fastening device is configured as a magnet.

23. The positioning aid of claim 14, wherein said centring pattern comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of a laser point, a reticle, and a circle.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Further features and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description of preferred illustrative embodiments with reference to the drawing, wherein:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a side view of a core drilling machine according to the invention with positioning aid;

(3) FIG. 2 shows an enlarged partial view of the core drilling machine in the region of the drill chuck with inserted core drill and additionally inserted positioning aid, which is represented partially in section;

(4) FIG. 3 shows a slightly modified embodiment of a positioning aid having at one end a receiving fixture which corresponds to the respective receiving fixture of a drill bit and thus allows a fastening in exchange for a drill bit;

(5) FIG. 4 shows a top view of a lighting pattern when the light source is switched on.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(6) FIG. 1 shows a core drilling machine 10 according to the invention comprising a positioning aid 24.

(7) The core drilling machine 10 which is known fundamentally in the prior art has a stand 12 comprising a magnetic foot 14 for releasable fastening on a ferromagnetic workpiece 26. Provided on the stand 12 is a guide 16, along which runs a slide 17 on which a drilling unit 18 is held.

(8) By actuation of a rotary cross feed 19, the drilling unit 18 can be manually repositioned along the guide 16 in the direction of the workpiece 26 in the course of the drilling, or an automatic feed can be used.

(9) On the drilling unit 18 is provided a drill chuck 20, in which a drilling tool 22 for the core drilling machine can be clamped by means of a rapid-action fastening. For the release, i.e. for the removal of the drilling tool 22, the particular actuating ring of the drill chuck 20, in the representation according to FIG. 1, has merely to be pulled downwards, whereby the drilling tool 22 is freed and can be pulled out.

(10) In addition, a positioning aid 24 for creating a light pattern can be fitted centrally into the drill chuck 20.

(11) As can be seen in greater detail from FIG. 2, the positioning aid, denoted in its entirety by 24, has a commercially available centring pin 30, which is insertable by its end releasably into the drill chuck 20 in a known manner. Onto the outer end of the centring pin 30 is mounted a light source 25 in the form of a laser pointer. The light source 25 is configured to create a centring pattern on the workpiece 26, as is indicated by the dotted line 34 in FIG. 2.

(12) The centring pattern 34 created on the surface of the workpiece 26 is represented by way of example in FIG. 4 in top view. The centring pattern 34 can have a central laser point 52, a reticle 48 and/or one or more circles 50, in order to allow easy centring.

(13) In addition, for the illumination of the work site, a light field 36 can be provided, which light field, in the positioning and centring, facilitates an accurate orientation, for instance in dark surroundings. The light field 36, which extends over a considerable area, preferably has a lower brightness than the centring pattern 34, which is formed significantly brighter.

(14) Thus the core drilling machine 10, for centring with the support of the light field 36, can be displaced even in dark surroundings to the point where, if the centring pattern 34 is utilized, an exact positioning on the workpiece 26 is achieved.

(15) Following the positioning of the core drilling machine 10, the positioning aid 24 is pulled off the centring pin 30, so that the drilling operation can be commenced. The centring pin 30 remains in the drill chuck 20 during the core drilling and serves as an ejector for the core created in the core hole drilling.

(16) FIG. 3 shows a modification of the positioning aid, which is denoted in its entirety by 24a.

(17) A centring pin has here been dispensed with. Instead, the positioning aid 24a has at its machine end a receiving fixture 32, which corresponds to the drill bit holder of a drilling tool 22.

(18) The positioning aid 24a can thus be inserted, in exchange for a drilling tool 22, into the drill chuck 20.

(19) As a result, an increased precision in the centring of the positioning aid 24a on the core drilling machine 10 is obtained.

(20) A certain drawback consists in the fact that the positioning aid cannot easily be pulled off the centring pin, but rather must be exchanged for the drilling tool 22.

(21) In FIG. 2, on one side of the positioning aid 24 is further indicated a mounting 38, which serves to secure it to the core drilling machine 10 when it is not in use. The mounting can here be constituted, for example, merely by a plane surface made of a ferromagnetic material, which surface cooperates with an associated magnet on the core drilling machine 10.

(22) In FIG. 1, such a magnet is denoted by way of example by 28.

(23) Obviously, any other fastening types for securement to the core drilling machine 10 during non-usage are of course possible. Thus the magnet could also, for example, be configured on the mounting 38 of the positioning aid 24, or a pocket or some other suitable mounting, for instance with clip fastening, could, for example, be provided on the core drilling machine 10.

(24) On the other side of the positioning aid 24a, opposite to the mounting 38, a switching device is denoted by 40, which switching device can be configured with one or two switches 42, 44, for instance in order to allow a joint switching of light field 36 and centring pattern 34, or a separate switching of light field 36 and centring pattern 34.

(25) Furthermore, a battery, which can be constituted, for example, by a button cell, is denoted in dashed representation by 46.

(26) At the lower end of the positioning aid 24a, the centring pattern in the form of a laser beam is denoted by 34, and the outer periphery of the light field 36, which serves to light the work site in adverse light conditions, is denoted by the two laterally dashed lines.

(27) With the aid of the light field 36, the core drilling machine, during the positioning operation, can initially be positioned roughly in the region of the work site and then be precisely oriented with the aid of the centring pattern.

(28) Following the positioning and definitive securement of the core drilling machine 10, the positioning aid 24a is pulled out by release of the drill chuck 20 and the drilling tool 22 subsequently inserted.