IP Library Granted Patent US 8,025,467
Granted Patent B2
US 8,025,467 · App. 12/071,793 · Granted Sep 27, 2011

Countersinking-carrier nozzle

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Patent No.
US 8,025,467
App. No.
12/071,793
Granted
Sep 27, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A countersinking-carrier nozzle has a flat front surface with a central hole via which emerges a countersinking drill, such that said flat front surface establishes a limit to the penetration depth of the countersinking nozzle. The nozzle includes a flexible retainer for the nozzle front surface so that it swivels when making contact with a curved countersinking surface, adapting itself tangentially to it while the headstock presses against the countersinking surface. The flexible retainer is defined by a ball-and-socket joint including a curvo-concave retaining receptacle, with the possibility of swivelling, with a complementary curvo-convex portion provided in the rear part of the flat front surface. This portion projects with respect to the receptacle to allow it to swivel when pressed against the countersinking surface, at which moment the complementary curvo-convex portion of the rear part of the front surface swivels in the receptacle of the headstock.

Claims (12)

1. A countersinking-carrier nozzle, which comprises a flat front surface ( 4 ) endowed with a central hole ( 9 ) through which emerges a countersinking drill ( 3 ) in order to establish a depth limit of countersinking when the flat front surface ( 4 ) presses against the countersinking surface ( 13 ); and includes flexible means of retention of the flat front surface ( 4 ) so that it swivels when contacting with a curved countersinking surface ( 13 ) and adapts itself and presses against it tangentially while the pressure is maintained;

wherein the flexible means are defined by a ball-and-socket joint ( 2 ) comprising a curvo-concave retention receptacle ( 8 ), with possibility of swivelling, a complementary curvo-convex portion provided in the rear part of the flat front surface ( 4 ), which projects from the receptacle ( 8 ); all this in order to avoid displacement of said complementary curvo-convex portion and of said flat front surface ( 4 ) when the latter abruptly makes contact with the curved surface ( 13 );

wherein the receptacle ( 8 ) is retained in a headstock ( 1 ), with possibility of swivelling, the rear complementary portion of the flat front surface ( 4 ) being provided in one piece ( 8 ) mounted to the headstock ( 1 ); and

wherein the receptacle piece ( 8 ) is secured to the headstock ( 1 ) by pins ( 7 ) which run through holes made in the headstock ( 1 ) and in the piece constituting the receptacle ( 8 ).

2. A countersinking-carrier nozzle, which comprises a flat front surface ( 4 ) endowed with a central hole ( 9 ) through which emerges a countersinking drill ( 3 ) in order to establish a depth limit of countersinking when the flat front surface ( 4 ) presses against the countersinking surface ( 13 ); and includes flexible means of retention of the flat front surface ( 4 ) so that it swivels when contacting with a curved countersinking surface ( 13 ) and adapts itself and presses against it tangentially while the pressure is maintained;

wherein the flexible means are defined by a ball-and-socket joint ( 2 ) comprising a curvo-concave retention receptacle ( 8 ), with possibility of swivelling, a complementary curvo-convex portion provided in the rear part of the flat front surface ( 4 ), which projects from the receptacle ( 8 ); all this in order to avoid displacement of said complementary curvo-convex portion and of said flat front surface ( 4 ) when the latter abruptly makes contact with the curved surface ( 13 ); and

wherein the nozzle is applied in a headstock ( 1 ) governed by a numerical control machine which includes means of longitudinal displacement of the headstock in the forward and backward direction and means of detection of the moment in which the flat front surface presses against the countersinking surface in order to cause the headstock to withdraw.

3. A countersinking-carrier nozzle, which comprises a flat front surface ( 4 ) endowed with a central hole ( 9 ) through which emerges a countersinking drill ( 3 ) in order to establish a depth limit of countersinking when the flat front surface ( 4 ) presses against the countersinking surface ( 13 ); and includes flexible means of retention of the flat front surface ( 4 ) so that it swivels when contacting with a curved countersinking surface ( 13 ) and adapts itself and presses against it tangentially while the pressure is maintained;

wherein the flexible means are defined by a ball-and-socket joint ( 2 ) comprising a curvo-concave retention receptacle ( 8 ), with possibility of swivelling, a complementary curvo-convex portion provided in the rear part of the flat front surface ( 4 ), which projects from the receptacle ( 8 ); all this in order to avoid displacement of said complementary curvo-convex portion and of said flat front surface ( 4 ) when the latter abruptly makes contact with the curved surface ( 13 );

wherein the receptacle ( 8 ) is retained in a headstock ( 1 ), with possibility of swivelling, the rear complementary portion of the flat front surface ( 4 ) being provided in one piece ( 8 ) mounted to the headstock ( 1 ); and

wherein the nozzle is applied in the headstock ( 1 ), and the headstock ( 1 ) is governed by a numerical control machine which includes means of longitudinal displacement of the headstock in the forward and backward direction and means of detection of the moment in which the flat front surface presses against the countersinking surface in order to cause the headstock to withdraw.

4. COUNTERSINKING-CARRIER NOZZLE, according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle is applied in a headstock ( 1 ) governed by a numerical control machine which includes means of longitudinal displacement of the headstock in the forward and backward direction and means of detection of the moment in which the flat front surface presses against the countersinking surface in order to cause the headstock to withdraw.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 26, 2010
From: AIRBUS ESPANA, S.L.
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
Reel/Frame 023861/0978 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2008
From: ASTORGA RAMIREZ, JUAN RAMON; BARRIOS FLORES, MANUEL; PEINADO AGUAYO, PALOMA
To: AIRBUS ESPANA, S.L.
Reel/Frame 021129/0014 →