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Granted Patent B2
US 11,420,276 · App. 16/722,579 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Filing and fastener driving bit assembly

Inventor: Nigel T. G. Ralph (North York, CA)
B23D71/005B25B15/004B25B21/007
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,420,276
App. No.
16/722,579
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filing and fastener driving bit assembly for deburring the end of a pipe includes a shaft that has a first end and a second end. A first section of the shaft that is positioned adjacent to the first end is hexagonally shaped. The first section is insertable into a chuck of a rotary tool to couple the shaft to the rotary tool. A second section of the shaft that is positioned between the first section and a second end of the shaft is textured. The second section is used to file an edge of a tubular substrate, such as Electrical Metallic Tubing, as the shaft is rotated by the rotary tool. A screwdriver tip that is coupled to the second end of the shaft is insertable into a complementary head of a fastener, positioning a user to utilize the rotary tool to drive the fastener.

Claims (25)

1. A filing and fastener driving bit assembly comprising:

a shaft having a first end, a first section of the shaft adjacent to the first end being hexagonally shaped wherein the first section is configured for inserting into a chuck of a rotary tool for coupling the shaft to the rotary tool, a second section of the shaft positioned between the first section and a second end of the shaft, the second section of the shaft having a textured surface extending continuously around the shaft wherein the second section is configured for filing an edge of a tubular substrate as the shaft is rotated by the rotary tool, the shaft comprising a third section positioned between the second section and the second end of the shaft, the third section being smooth, the shaft comprising a fourth section positioned between the second section and the first section of the shaft, the fourth section being smooth, the fourth section comprising a first segment extending from the first section and a second segment extending from the first segment to the second section;

a taper positioned between the first segment and the second segment such that the second segment is circumferentially smaller than the first segment, the second segment being substantially circumferentially equivalent to the second section and the third section; and

a screwdriver tip coupled to the second end of the shaft wherein the screwdriver tip is configured inserting into a complementary head of a fastener positioning a user for utilizing the rotary tool for driving the fastener.

2. The filing and fastener driving bit assembly of claim 1 , wherein:

the first segment has a diametrical measurement of between 3.0 and 6.0 millimeters; and

the second segment has a diametrical measurement of between 3.5 and 4.5 millimeters.

3. The filing and fastener driving bit assembly of claim 2 , wherein:

the first segment has a diametrical measurement of 4.8 millimeters; and

the second segment has a diametrical measurement of 4.0 millimeters.

4. The filing and fastener driving bit assembly of claim 1 , wherein the screwdriver tip is at least one of square type, slot head type, cross-slotted type, and hexagonal type.

5. The filing and fastener driving bit assembly of claim 1 , further including a guard coupled to and positioned between the screwdriver tip and the second end of the shaft wherein the guard is configured for contacting the tubular substrate as the second section of the shaft is rotated against the edge of the tubular substrate for minimizing contact of the screwdriver tip with the tubular substrate.

6. The filing and fastener driving bit assembly of claim 5 , wherein the guard is substantially spherically shaped.

7. The filing and fastener driving bit assembly of claim 6 , wherein the guard has a circumference equivalent in size to a circumference of the first segment of the fourth section of the shaft.

8. The filing and fastener driving bit assembly of claim 5 , wherein:

the screwdriver tip is square type; and

at least one of the guard, the third section, and the fourth section is colored red such that the at least one of the guard, the third section, and the fourth section provides a visual indication of the screwdriver tip being a pre-determined size associated with being colored red.

9. The filing and fastener driving bit assembly of claim 5 , wherein

the screwdriver tip is square type; and

at least one of the guard, the third section, and the fourth section is colored black such that the at least one of the guard, the third section, and the fourth section provides a visual indication of the screwdriver tip being a pre-determined size associated with being colored black.

10. A filing and fastener driving bit assembly comprising:

a shaft having a first end, a first section of the shaft adjacent to the first end being hexagonally shaped wherein the first section is configured for inserting into a chuck of a rotary tool for coupling the shaft to the rotary tool, a second section of the shaft positioned between the first section and a second end of the shaft, the second section of the shaft having a textured surface extending continuously around the shaft wherein the second section is configured for filing an edge of a tubular substrate as the shaft is rotated by the rotary tool, the shaft comprising a third section positioned between the second section and the second end of the shaft, the third section being smooth, the shaft comprising a fourth section positioned between the second section and the first section of the shaft, the fourth section being smooth, the fourth section comprising a first segment extending from the first section and a second segment extending from the first segment to the second section;

a taper positioned between the first segment and the second segment such that the second segment is circumferentially smaller than the first segment, the second segment being substantially circumferentially equivalent to the second section and the third section, the first segment having a diametrical measurement of between 3.0 and 6.0 millimeters, the second segment having a diametrical measurement of between 3.5 and 4.5 millimeters, the first segment having a diametrical measurement of 4.8 millimeters, the second segment having a diametrical measurement of 4.0 millimeters;

a screwdriver tip coupled to the second end of the shaft wherein the screwdriver tip is configured inserting into a complementary head of a fastener positioning a user for utilizing the rotary tool for driving the fastener, the screwdriver tip being at least one of square type, slot head type, cross-slotted type, and hexagonal type, the screwdriver tip being square type; and

a guard coupled to and positioned between the screwdriver tip and the second end of the shaft wherein the guard is configured for contacting the tubular substrate as the second section of the shaft is rotated against the edge of the tubular substrate for minimizing contact of the screwdriver tip with the tubular substrate, the guard being substantially spherically shaped, the guard has a circumference equivalent in size to a circumference of the first segment of the fourth section of the shaft, at least one of the guard, the third section, and the fourth section being colored red such that the at least one of the guard, the third section, and the fourth section provides a visual indication of the screwdriver tip being a pre-determined size associated with being colored red.

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