Alignment gauge for drilling equipment
The alignment gauge with a trapezoidal main gauge plate and step-like alignment steps addresses the challenge of accurate hole positioning in lightweight channel materials, providing efficient and precise drilling without frequent adjustments.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2025004403U
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-12-22
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-06
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-12-22
AI Technical Summary
Existing drilling tools struggle with accurate positioning and alignment when drilling holes in lightweight channel materials, and existing alignment methods are cumbersome and require frequent adjustments.
An alignment gauge with a trapezoidal main gauge plate and step-like alignment steps allows for easy and accurate hole alignment by positioning the long member at desired steps on the gauge, facilitating precise hole drilling.
The alignment gauge enables convenient and reliable hole alignment, allowing for accurate drilling at desired positions without the need for repeated adjustments, enhancing drilling efficiency.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] This invention belongs to the technical field of alignment gauges for drilling machines, and more specifically, to an alignment gauge, which is a jig that can easily and accurately align holes when drilling holes for passing overhead bolts or the like in concave parts (so-called C-channels) of long parts such as duct channels or raceways using a drilling machine. [Background technology]
[0002] In relation to a drilling tool for a long member, for example, Patent Document 1 listed below discloses a hydraulic drilling tool for boring holes in a lightweight channel material, which includes a hydraulic tool body having an oil tank, a hydraulic pump mechanism, and an internal hydraulic circuit, and a cylinder head and a piston that moves back and forth at the front, and a drilling mechanism detachably attached to the hydraulic tool body, the drilling mechanism comprising a punch having a flange at its base that is attached to the piston, and a head that is attached to the cylinder head and holds a pipe-shaped die that faces the punch, the head having a U-shaped recess at its side that can accommodate the lightweight channel material with its opening side facing forward, the die being screwed to the front so as to be movable back and forth, the die being able to hold the bottom surface of the lightweight channel material between the die and the head wall, and a return spring being embedded in the base end surface of the head that abuts against the flange and urges the punch, which moves forward, in a return direction (see claim 1, FIG. 2, etc. of Patent Document 1).
[0003] Furthermore, Non-Patent Document 1 below discloses a ductor punching tool that aligns a long member using an L-shaped stopper for size adjustment. That is, the center of the desired hole to be drilled in the long member is positioned at the center of the punch, the distance from that center position to the tip end face of the long member is measured using a tape measure, and once the desired position is set, the L-shaped stopper is fixed. Thereafter, the tip end face of the long member is brought into contact with the L-shaped stopper fixed in the above manner, and the handle (lever) of the punching device is pressed down to punch a hole in the long member with the punch. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]
[0004] [Patent Document 1] Utility Model Registration No. 3019678 [Non-patent literature]
[0005] [Non-Patent Document 1] https: / / www.youtube.com / watch?v=UyBNDboLeLETitle: "Electrical Work Handy Tools Negros Duct Drilling Tool MAKD" Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0006] The hydraulic drilling tool described in Patent Document 1 can be carried around when drilling holes, but it still has the disadvantage that it cannot be set to an accurate drilling position when drilling holes in lightweight channel materials. Furthermore, the ductor drilling tool of Non-Patent Document 1 requires the user to position the center of the hole to be drilled in the long member at the center of the punch and then measure the distance from that center to the tip end surface of the long member, which is a cumbersome process. Moreover, once the desired position is determined, the L-shaped stopper is fixed in place, but the L-shaped stopper is unstable and requires adjustment each time, which is time-consuming and is considered a problem that needs to be solved.
[0007] Therefore, the object of this invention was made in consideration of the above circumstances, and is to provide an alignment gauge for a drilling device that can be attached to the drilling device and can easily and accurately align holes when drilling holes in long members (concave members) to pass ceiling bolts or the like through them at accurate positions. [Means for solving the problem]
[0008] As a means for solving the above problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a gauge attached to a hole drilling device 1 that drills holes 20 at desired positions in a long member 2, and capable of freely aligning the positions of the holes 20 drilled in the long member 2, It consists of a polygonal main gauge plate 3 and an attachment piece 4. The mounting piece 4 provided on one side 35 of the main gauge plate 3 is attached to the drilling device 1, A through hole 36 is drilled in the center of the main gauge plate 3, through which the punch 10 of the hole punching device 1 can pass. The leading edge 32 and the trailing edge 33 of the main gauge plate 1 are formed as step-like alignment step portions 30 having a plurality of steps 31 that allow free alignment of the holes 20 to be drilled in the elongated member 2, The tip end surface 21 of the long member 2 is positioned up to the step 31 at a desired position of the positioning step portion 3, and in this state, the long member 2 is positioned and fixed, and the punch 10 of the hole-making device 1 is passed through the through hole 36 of the main body gauge plate 3 to freely make a hole at the desired position c of the long member 2. The alignment gauge for a drilling device is characterized by:
[0009] The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that the polygonal main gauge plate 3 is trapezoidal in shape, The mounting piece 4 is provided on a lower bottom portion 35 that forms one side of the trapezoidal main gauge plate 3, The positioning step portions 3 formed on the leading edge 32 and the trailing edge 33 of the trapezoidal main body gauge plate 3 are formed as a plurality of steps 31 that gradually incline in a step-like manner from an upper base 34 that forms the other side of the trapezoidal main body gauge plate 3 to the lower base 35. The alignment gauge for a hole drilling device according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
[0010] The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the lengths of the steps 31 of the step-like alignment step portion 30 to the tips thereof are set to the respective distances from the center of the through hole 36; The alignment gauge for a hole drilling device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that:
[0011] The invention described in claim 4 is characterized in that each step 31 of the step-like alignment step portion 30 is formed at a pitch of a predetermined interval toward the direction of the leading edge 32 or the direction of the trailing edge 33, The alignment gauge for a hole drilling device according to claim 3 is characterized in that:
[0012] The invention described in claim 5 is characterized in that the predetermined intervals between the steps 31 of the step-like alignment step portion 30 are 5 mm pitches, The alignment gauge for a hole drilling device according to claim 4 is characterized in that:
[0013] The device described in claim 6 is characterized in that the numbers a of 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 are displayed in the vicinity of each step 31 formed at 5 mm intervals on the main gauge plate 3, from the upper base 34 to the lower base 35. The alignment gauge for a hole drilling device according to claim 5 is characterized in that:
[0014] The device described in claim 7 is that a cross line 37 is provided on the outer periphery of the through hole 36 of the main gauge plate 30, extending in the vertical and horizontal directions in a cross shape passing through the center of the through hole 36, The alignment gauge for a hole drilling device according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
[0015] The device described in claim 8 is characterized in that the alignment step portion 30 of the main gauge plate 3 is formed only on the leading edge 32 or only on the trailing edge 33, instead of being formed on the leading edge 32 and the trailing edge 33; The alignment gauge for a hole drilling device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that:
[0016] The invention described in claim 9 is that the elongated member 2 is a duct channel or raceway of a metal concave member; The alignment gauge for a hole drilling device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: [Effects of the Invention]
[0017] According to the alignment gauge for a hole drilling device of the present invention, the front and rear edges of the main gauge plate are formed with a stepped alignment step section having multiple steps that allow for free alignment of holes to be drilled in a long member (concave member).This makes it highly convenient and flexible, as holes can be easily and reliably aligned simply by aligning the front end surface of the long member up to the step at the desired position of the alignment step section. Then, with the holes aligned in this way, the long member can be positioned and fixed, and the punch of the hole-making device can be passed through the through-hole in the main gauge plate to make a hole accurately at the desired position in the long member. [Brief explanation of the drawings]
[0018] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which an alignment gauge for a drilling device of the present invention is attached to a drilling device with a portion thereof omitted.
[0019] [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an alignment gauge.
[0020] [Figure 3] FIG. 2 is a plan view of an alignment gauge.
[0021] [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a bottom view of FIG. 3.
[0022] [Figure 5] FIG. 4 is a rear view of FIG. 3.
[0023] [Figure 6] FIG. 4 is a right side view of FIG. 3.
[0024] [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an alignment gauge with cross lines.
[0025] [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is a perspective view of FIG.
[0026] [Figure 9] 1 is a plan view showing the initial setting state for drilling a hole in an elongated member using an alignment gauge attached to the drilling device. FIG.
[0027] [Figure 10] 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a long member is set in the correct position for drilling a hole at a predetermined position in the long member using an alignment gauge attached to the drilling device, as viewed from above. FIG.
[0028] [Figure 11] 11 is a perspective view showing a state in which the elongated member is set in the appropriate position in FIG. 10. FIG.
[0029] [Figure 12] FIG. 12 is an overall perspective view of the punching device shown in FIG. 11.
[0030] [Figure 13] 13 is an overall perspective view showing a state in which the handle is pressed down from the state shown in FIG. 12 to open a hole at a predetermined position in the elongated member. FIG.
[0031] [Figure 14] FIG. 10 is an enlarged partial perspective view of a long member with holes drilled in appropriate positions. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0032] A preferred embodiment of the alignment gauge for a drilling device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in Figures 11 and 12, this alignment gauge for the hole drilling device is attached to the hole drilling device 1 (Figure 1) to drill a hole 20 through which a suspension bolt or the like will pass at a predetermined position c in the long member 2 (Figure 14), and is a gauge that acts as a jig to accurately align the hole 20 to be drilled in the long member 2 (see Figure 10). Here, the long member 2 is a member such as a duct channel or raceway, commonly known as a C-channel or C-chan, and is a metal concave member such as a light channel steel whose cross-sectional shape has downward openings on both sides continuing from both ends of the upper surface, or a lip channel steel whose tip of the downward opening is slightly bent inward, as shown in Figure 14.
[0033] The hole punching device 1 is a manual device that punches a hole 20 at a desired position c in a long member 2. As shown in Figures 12 and 13, a base 12 connected to a long support member 13 is placed on the floor. A main body 14 equipped with a punch 10 for punching a hole 20 in the long member 2 and a receiving rod 11 for receiving the punch 14 are erected on the base 12. A handle 15 is attached to the main body 14, and the punch 10, which moves up and down via a link mechanism, is attached to the lower base end of the handle 15. Therefore, since the alignment gauge is attached to the main body 14 of the hole punching device 1, the tip surface 21 of one end of the long member 2 is fixed once the hole punching position is determined using the alignment gauge described below, and then the handle 15 is pressed down, causing the punch 10 to move downward and punch a hole 20 in the long member 2 between the tip surface 21 and the receiving rod 11.
[0034] The present alignment gauge shown in FIGS. 1 to 8 is as follows. This alignment gauge is a press-molded product of steel plate, and is composed of a main gauge plate 3, a plate-like body about 3 mm thick that is trapezoidal when viewed from above, and an L-shaped bent mounting piece 4. The main gauge plate 3 is not limited to a trapezoidal shape as in this embodiment, and may have any of various polygonal shapes. The mounting piece 4 has a vertical piece 41 that is approximately 37 mm wide and extends horizontally by approximately 16 mm, and is bent downward, at the center of the lower base 35 that forms one side of the trapezoidal main body gauge plate 3. The vertical piece 41 shown in Figure 5 has a mounting hole 40 drilled therein, and the mounting piece 4 is firmly fixed to the inside surface of the main body 14 of the drilling device 1 using this mounting hole 40 with bolts, so that the main body gauge plate 3 is attached to the drilling device 1 while maintaining a horizontal position.
[0035] The main gauge plate 3 has an overall trapezoidal shape, with a lower base 35 forming one end edge measuring approximately 97 mm, an upper base 34 forming the other end edge measuring approximately 37 mm, and a width dimension corresponding to the height from the upper base 34 to the lower base 35 measuring approximately 37 mm. In the center is a through hole 36 drilled with a diameter of approximately 23 mm so that the punch 10 of the hole punching device 1 can pass through. The leading edge 32 and the trailing edge 33, which slope stepwise from the front and rear ends of the upper bottom 34 to the front and rear ends of the lower bottom 35, respectively, are formed into a stepped alignment step portion 30 having multiple steps 31 that allow for free alignment of the holes 20 to be drilled in the elongated member 2 described above.
[0036] The alignment step 30 will be described (see FIGS. 2 and 3, etc.). The step portion 30 is formed as a plurality of steps 31 that are gradually inclined at 45° from an upper base portion 34 that forms the other side of the trapezoidal main body gauge plate 3 to a lower base portion 35 . The length from the through hole 36 of the alignment step portion 30 to the tip of each step 31 is set to the respective distance from the center of the through hole 36, as shown in Fig. 10. In this embodiment, the respective distances from the center of the through hole 36 are in the range of 20 mm to 50 mm, with a 5 mm pitch therebetween. In other words, the steps 31 of the step portion 30 are formed at a predetermined pitch toward the leading edge 32 and toward the rear edge 33, but in this embodiment, the predetermined pitch between the steps 31 is set to a 5 mm pitch, and the leading edge 32 and the rear edge 33 are each formed into a stair-like step 31. This is because, in normal use, holes 20 such as duct channels and raceways are frequently drilled in elongated members 2, adjusting the distance by 5 mm, in a range of 20 mm to 50 mm from the tip end surface 21 of the elongated member 2. Therefore, the length from the through hole 36 to the tip of each step 31 of the alignment step portion 30 and the pitch are not limited to those described above, and can be set to various lengths as necessary.
[0037] In addition, numbers a such as "20," "25," "30," "35," "40," "45," and "50" are displayed near each step 31 formed at 5 mm intervals on the main gauge plate 3, from the upper base 34 to the lower base 35. This serves as a guide when aligning the tip surface 21 of the long member 2 to the step 31 at the desired position on the alignment step portion 3, thereby improving the efficiency of the drilling work. In summary, the positioning step portions 30 are provided symmetrically in the left-right direction (symmetrical in the front-rear direction) with the through-hole 36 as the center, as shown in the example illustrated in FIG.
[0038] 7 and 8, an embodiment in which cross lines 37 are provided is also adopted. That is, cross lines 37 are provided on the outer periphery of the through-hole 36 on the top surface of the main gauge plate 30, extending in a cross shape in the vertical and horizontal directions and passing through the center of the through-hole 36. The center of this cross line 37 is located at the center position of the punch 10 (see symbol c), facilitating the setting work of fixing the elongated member 2 in the appropriate position (FIG. 10).
[0039] As described above, the alignment step portion 30 is formed on both the leading edge 32 and the trailing edge 33. This is because, in addition to the embodiment in which the long member 2 is inserted from left to right as shown in Figure 11, it is also possible to adopt an embodiment in which the long member 2 is inserted from right to left, which is not shown. However, it is also possible to adopt an embodiment in which the alignment step portion 30 of the main gauge plate 3 is formed only on the leading edge 32, or conversely, formed only on the trailing edge 33 (not shown).
[0040] Therefore, with the above-described alignment gauge, the leading end surface 21 of the elongated member 2 can be easily aligned by aligning it with the step 31 at a desired position on the alignment step 3 (FIGS. 9 to 11). For example, if the desired position of the hole 20 in the elongated member 2 is located at a desired distance b=40 mm from the leading end surface 21, as shown in FIG. 10, the leading end surface 21 of the elongated member 2 is aligned with the step 31 marked with the number a, labeled "40," on the alignment step 30, and the elongated member 2 is then positioned and fixed in place. Then, the handle 15 of the hole punching device 1 is simply pressed down, and the punch 10 is passed through the through hole 36 in the main gauge plate 3 (FIGS. 12 and 13). This allows the punching operation to accurately and reliably punch a hole 20 of, for example, φ=10 mm at the predetermined position c in the elongated member 2 (FIG. 14).
[0041] The above has been explained based on an embodiment, but it should be emphasized that the present invention is not limited to the illustrated examples, and includes the range of design modifications and application variations that would normally be made by a person skilled in the art, provided that they do not deviate from the technical concept. [Explanation of symbols]
[0042] 1. Hole punching device 10 punches 11 Receiving rod 12 Base 13 Support member 14 Main body 15 Handle 2 Long member (metallic concave member) 20 holes 21 Tip surface 3 Main gauge plate 30 Alignment step 31 Steps 32 Tip edge 33 Back edge 34 Other side (top bottom) 35 One edge (bottom) 36 through holes 37 Cross Line 4 Mounting piece 40 mounting holes 41 Vertical piece a number b Expected Interval c. Location
Claims
1. A gauge attached to a drilling device that drills holes at desired positions in an elongated member, and capable of freely aligning the holes drilled in the elongated member, It consists of a polygonal main gauge plate and an attachment piece. The mounting piece provided on one side of the main gauge plate is attached to the drilling device, a through-hole through which a punch of the hole-making device can pass is drilled at the center of the main body gauge plate; the leading edge and the trailing edge of the main gauge plate are formed with a stepped alignment step portion having a plurality of steps that allow free alignment of the hole to be drilled in the elongated member, the tip end surface of the elongated member is positioned up to the step at a desired position of the positioning step portion, the elongated member is positioned and fixed in this state, and the punch of the hole-making device is passed through the through-hole of the main body gauge plate so that a hole can be made at a desired position of the elongated member; An alignment gauge for a drilling device, comprising:
2. the polygonal body gauge plate is trapezoidal in shape; The mounting piece is provided on a lower bottom portion that forms one side of the trapezoidal main gauge plate, the alignment step portions formed on the leading edge and the trailing edge of the trapezoidal main body gauge plate are formed as a plurality of steps that gradually incline in a step-like manner from the upper bottom portion that forms the other side of the trapezoidal main body gauge plate to the lower bottom portion; 2. An alignment gauge for a drilling device according to claim 1, characterized in that:
3. a length of each step of the step-like alignment step portion to a tip thereof is set to a distance from the center of the through hole; 3. An alignment gauge for a drilling device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that:
4. the steps of the step-like alignment step portion are formed at a predetermined pitch in the direction of the leading edge or the trailing edge; 4. An alignment gauge for a drilling device according to claim 3, characterized in that:
5. the predetermined interval between the steps of the step-like alignment step portion is 5 mm; 5. An alignment gauge for a drilling device according to claim 4, characterized in that:
6. The numbers 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 are displayed in the vicinity of each step formed at 5 mm intervals on the main gauge plate, from the upper base to the lower base.
6. An alignment gauge for a drilling device according to claim 5, characterized in that:
7. a cross line extending vertically and horizontally in a cross shape passing through the center of the through hole of the main gauge plate at the outer periphery of the through hole; 2. An alignment gauge for a drilling device according to claim 1, characterized in that:
8. the alignment step portion of the main body gauge plate is formed only on the leading edge or only on the trailing edge instead of being formed on the leading edge and the trailing edge; 3. An alignment gauge for a drilling device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that:
9. the elongated member is a duct channel or raceway of a metallic concave member; 2. An alignment gauge for a drilling device according to claim 1, characterized in that:
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hydraulic drilling tool
JP3019678U