CA1156069A - Undercutting tool - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A rotary expansion tool for undercutting walls of a pre-existing cylindrical hole in which it is a snug fit, the tool having a hollow shaft with opposed longitudinal slots through its sides near its inner end; a push rod extending from a tool-drive coupling at the outer end of the shaft, non-rotatably into the shaft and terminating at a clevis near the opposed slots; the tool having cutter means attached by a pivot pin to the shaft and pivotable about the pin so that the cutter means can extend one of its longitudinal edges transversely outwardly through one slot to contact the walls of the hole, and can extend its opposite longitudinal edge into the other slot to stablize the cutter; the clevis surrounding the cutter means and cooperating with diagonal slots therein to rotate the cutter means outwardly of the tool when the push rod is cutter axially inwardly of the tool; and means for locating the position in the hole of the undercut with reference to the mouth of the hole.

Description

1 1560~g UNI)E:T~CUTTING TOOL

- FIELD OF INVENq'ION
This invention relates to tools fox unclercut~incJ
the wall~ of a pr~-exls tinCJ hole ~t a locatio~l which is remote ~rorn ths mouth of the hole but short of lts other end.

- BACKGROUND and PRIOR ART -The present tool was developed for maXing a conical undercut in the ~7alls oE a pre-formed hol~, which hole then re-celves an expandin~ anchor bolt which is designed to expand i~o and ~ubstarltlally fill th~ conical undercut. Thi~ ~tructure is particularly us~ul in settincJ holts i.nto an existincJ ¢oncxete, stone, vr other masonry structure where the hols i5 drilled after the ~tructure is built, as di~tinguished ~rom a wall having bolts embedded therein ~efore the concrete set~. The undercutting of the hole greatly increases the reliability of the anchor bolt, as compared with an anchor bolt ~et into a hole having onl~ cylin-drical walls and relyin~ on friction to prevont withclrawal o~ the bolt ~t~r i~ ha~ boen expanded.
'rhq prior art ~how~ many patonts ~or ~ool~ used to undorcut holes. For lnstance U.S.~. patent~ 2,225,165 to Dunlap and 2,401,515 to Schutta et al show un~erxeamer~ ha~incJ wid~
blade~ plvoted to the body o~ tho tool and exten~ible thereErom wh~n ~h~ to~ pu~had ~nto a hole so that a pln move~ 1~ a dia~on~l ~lot in ~ach cu~ke.r.
U..~ pa~n~s ~,~33,97~ ~ Babk~, 3,021,~73 to Cog~dill ~nd 3,025,72~ ~o ~eu~ how ~lmilar ~ol~ ln whic~ ~he 1 ~5606~
cutter e]ements are pivoted midway of their lengths so -tha-t the o~ter portion of the cutter rotates outwardly around -the pivot when the inner portion is ca~med oppositely. These patents also show live abutments adjustable to locate the undercutting at a desired distance inside the hole, and further show spring returns operative to retract the cutters when axial thrust is released from the tool by the operatGr.

- THE INVENTION -The tool which is the subject o~ this invention comprises a hollow cylindrical shaft which is longer than the preformed hole which the tool mus-t undercut, the shaEt having -two longitudinally extending, diametrically opposed, guide slots spaced back Erom its inner end. One or two cutters are pivotally mounted inside the shaft so that each can rotate about the pivot and extend its cutting edge outwardly through one guide slot and extend its opposite edge into the opposite guide slot. A
push rod is located in the bore of the hollow shaft and can slide longitudinally therein through a short distance which is determined by the length of a limit slot through the shaft.
A pin transfixes the push rod and ex-tends into the limit slot so as to make the shaft ro-tate whenever -the push rod is rotated, the push rod having a tool-drive coupling at the outer end thereo which is remote from -the cut-ters and extends ~rom the shaft. The other end oE the push rod is bifurcated to partially surround the ~utters and has a clavi~ pin extending through it and throu~h a diagonal ~lo-t in e~ch cut-tar. ~he diagonal slo~ aEe oriqnted in ~h~ cu-ttqrs ~uch ~

~ ~ ~60~9 that when the push rocl i~ pu~hccl cleeper into ~he shaft, th~ clevi~
pin forces the cuttf~r~ to plvot ~o that thelr cuttinc3 edges extend transv~r~ely c)pposltely outt~ardly through the slots; and when the pu8h rod is retracted by a returrl sprin~ the cutters are with-drawrl inside the periphery oE the shaft. A ba:Ll bearing abutment is mounted on the shaft and ad~u~tably flxed lon~itudinally ther~-of to determlne the axial location in the hole where th~. undercut will be r~d~.
It i~ th~ prtncipl~ ohject oE ~hl~ invention to provide an uncl~rcuttlncJ tool havlng cJr~atf~r stability durincl cuttin~ operations ~o that a more accurat~ cut can h2 obtaineci in very hard materials, for instarlce while undercutting a hole in a concrete wall. The pre~ent tool ha.s a number of fea~ures de~igned to lmprove the stability of the tool during the under cutting operation. In the ~irst place, the shaft of the tool is a snug fit in the hole and the shaft extends into the hole beyond thc point where the undercuttin~ is to take place, which provides a bearing surface ~eyond the cutter which tend3 to preven~ wob~le of th~ shaft in the hole while it i~ beincJ rotatecl. Xn the s~cond place, the applicant has provicled dual cutter mernber~ in the pre-ferred embodiment, which cutter member~ extend in tran~ver~elv opposite directions through the guide ~lots in the shaft so that th~ dr~cJ o~ ~h~ to~l durincJ unc10rcut~incJ i~ ~yn~l~trically locat2c1 with ref~qna~ to the ~ o~ ~h~ tool and o~ ~he hol~ ln t~l~ wall~
~hi~ l~tt~r ~tur~ i~ not p~r 8~ unu~ual in th~ pxior art. Elow-~v~r, the pr~ont inv~n~iorl ~ach~ aclcll~ional Eoatur~ which i~
vory importan~ ~or purpo~ o~ aahlevincJ ~ lllty: nam~ly, ~h~t ~ach o~ th~l au~er m~mbex3 l~urln~ CUt~ p~r~ially accupla~ h~h o~ the oppo~od ~lot~ o~ ~h~ ~h~ft, ~x~endin~J th~rein~o in bcth trans~r~e directions during cutting operation~. Each cutter member is pivotally mounted in the sha f t near lts center, and therefore extends longitudinally or a sub~tantial diBtanCe on both side~ of tho central pivot. Each cutt~r has a hardened carbide cutting edges on ons side beyond the pivot and has a slotted portion located outwardly of the pi.vot and adjacent to a longi~udinal stabilizin~ edga on the oppc)site side fro~ the cutting edge, and the cutter extends into on~ of the oppo~ed slots on both of its transverse side~, the carbid~ cutting ~dge extend-ing outwardly throu~Jh one alot ~nd tho stabilizing cdge ext~ncling lnto but not through the liametricall~ opposed slot. Thus, each cutter member i8 ~upported on both lon~ituainal edyes during tlle ~utting operation as well as being .supported by the clevis o the push roa near its slotted outer end. This feature contributes in a major way to the stability of the cutter itself during the cut-ting opexation.
Another object of the invention is make a tool havincJ
a slnyle cu-~ter blade wh.ich still r~mains sta~le within the hollow ~haf~ durin~ rotation o~ the ~haft ~or purpofie~ of undercu~,tin~.
'l'his i~ achie~ved ~ecau~e both the cutting edge o~ th~ G'Utt~r TllembeX
and also it~ opposite s~abiltzing ¢-lg~ arc support~d in the two vpposed slot~ whenever the cutting tool has lts carbide end extend-~d ~or purpo~e~ oE cutting~
St~ll another ob~ect hq inven~ion i9 to providc a ~041 in whiGII ~u~:~icient opanincJ 1~ provi~d ~t ~ah o~ ~he ~uid~
sl~ts ~c~ th~ cut~in~s ~rom tha cutte~ n e~C'Ape ~rc~m th~ unclex-CU~ z~n~ b~ pa~3i~ in~o th~ cJUiLiL' ~lo~ ancl then p~sinc.l out~
wardl~ o~ th~ ,~h~t throll~h th~ inner ~nd o~ th~ ~ool bu~ond ~he ¢u~tox~ and inko the por~ion o~ th~ pr~qxl~tln~ hc~lo whi.ch i3 loca~ed beyond the unaercut.

6 g It i~ n ~urther ob~ect o~ the invention ko provide a pu~h rod which ia slidably and non-rotatably mounted within the bora o~ the hollew shaft, the push rod being bifuraated a~ .it~ end ad~ac~nt to the cutt~r~ an~ the two bifurcate~ legs of the push rod extending on oppo3ite sldes of the cutter mem~rs with a ~nug sliding fit, thereby l~nding ~he cutter m~mber~ greater support at theix elotted ends.
~ fur~her objec~ of the invention i8 to provicls a 3tructure for an undercutting tool as set ~orth above wherein the carbide cutting edge o~ each cutter mernber i~ located loncJitudinally on the opposite ~ide o~ the pivot pin from th~ slotted end o khe cutter Inember ~ that the large~t quant~ty of cutting~ from the wall~ of the hole will fall through the yuide slots into the sha~
at a point which i8 axially remote ~ro~ the slotted portion of the cutter~ where the bifurcate~l push rod engage~ ~hem, whereby the larger quantity of cuttings doe~ not tend to ~all into and bind the alotte.d engagement of the cutter memb~rs with the push rod clevi~.
It i~ another objcct o the lnvention ko provlde an improved b~ll bearing abutment and clamping .~tructurQ which can be positioned at any desirec~ location along the hollow aha~t to control th~ d~pth o~ the undercut with r~erence to the outer ~ur~aco o~ the wAll. On~ r~ason or requ~ring th~ ~reat:cr stabil-i~y whiah i~ ~uil~ in~o t~o pr~a~n~ und~rauttin~ tc~ol i~l that theuncl~raut 19 ~0 bq ma-lQ d~p w~thin th~ pr~ Cxia~inCJ hol~ ~o ~hat wh~n ~rl exp~n~ion bol~ xpancl~d in~o t~e undorau~, ik wlll b~
~ec,~ur~cl ln pl~ce by a lar~ vc)lume o~ concret~. loc.~t~d ~tw~n ~h~
underaut ~nd th~ cutex ~ac~ o~ ~h~ concr~te wa~l, whe~eby any ~ail~
ure o~ tll~ expan~lon bolt will occur duu to ~r~aking o th~ bolt 1 1 5606g i~el rath~r than due to fxacturlng of a conlcal zone of concr~te located betwe~n the urldercut and the outer ~ace of the wall. Since th~ undercut must be mada deep within tha hole in the wall, the cutting tool mu3t be mad~ relatlvely lony a~ compared ~rith it~
~iameter, an~ ther~fore must be design~d to achieve unu~ually good po~itional ~tability within the hole to avold eccentric rotation insoar as possible while the unclercuttin~ i$ occurrlng.
Other ob~ect~ and advantages of the invantion wlll beaome apparent durin~ the followin~J di~cussion o~ the clrawings.

T~l~ D~WINGS

Fig. 1 is an elevation view of the tool according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a view ~imilar to Flg. 1, but partly in cross saction, and ~howing the moving parts of the tool in a di~erent positlon with the cutter~ ext~nd~d;
Fig~ 3 is a partlAl ~iew taken along line 3-3 of Fi~. l;
Fig. 4 i~ a per~p~ctive view o~ the adjustable abut-m~nt which i~; a pa~t o~ tho tool ~hown in Fig. 1~
Ti~ig, S is ~ plan vi~w o~ a aut~er rnem~e~ aaaor~ing to ~a invan~ion some,wha~ anlarg~cl ~yoncl ~he Bi~ ~hown in l;~ic~
1 ~n~ nd ~ ig. 6 i~ an eleva~ion vl~w o~ ~he au~ m~mba~

shGwn ln ~i~. 5.

.i ,, , P~ E~ DI~ T

Referring now to the drawinys, the illu~rated pre-~rred ~mbodimen~ o~ the invention comprises an &longatecl hollow ~haft 10 having a central bore 12 ext~nding th~rethroucJh~ ~h~
shat ha~ an lnncr end 1~1 which i~q intend~ to be extend~d deep~y into a pre-~rille~ hole which i8 to ~,e undercut, th~ hol~ beiny only sl$ghtly larger in diameter than the shaft, and the outer ~qurac~ of the ~haft beiny clos01y guidecl by the side walls of the pre-drilled hole, for instance in a concret~ wall. Ju.st short of th~ ~nnor ~nd 1~ of the shaft, there ar~ two di~netrically oppo.~ed yuide ~lots 16 and 18. Th~ out~r cn~ o the shaft ha~ an annular boss 20 which i~ part of the ~hat and wllich has an elongat~d l$mit slot 22 extended through two diametrically opposed side~ of the bos~ 20.
Within th~ bore 12 of the hollow ~haf~ 10 i~ loca~ed a push rod 24 which can be seen best in elevation in Figs. 2 ancl 3 where the shaft i~ shown cut away. The push rod 24 ~xtends along the axi~ A of the tool all th~ way outwardly througll the boss 20 at tho outer end of the .qhaft 10 and termlrlate.s in an enlarged tool~drive coupllny memb~r 26 whlch is ln~ernally thread~
d at 28 to r~ceive the ~pindle S of a motor ~not ~hown) which S

support~ tho tool and ~**4~ it. The inn~r end oE the ~u~h rod

2~ bifuraated as at 30, thereby providin~ two extende~ l~g porti~n~ 31 ~n~ 3~ whiah ~o~m a alevis.
q'h~ pu~h rod ~ lc.)ncJl~lldlna:Lly ~l:lclab:lo wlthln the ~ha.~t lQ throuc~lh ~ cll~tallc~ d~lte~n~in~lcl b'l th~3 l~ng~h oP tha limlt ~lo~ ~2, ~ limlt pin ~ pa~ln~J throuyh th~ pu~ll rocl 2~
and ~xtendincJ tllrouc3h ~h~ ~Lot 22 ln ~h~ bo~3 ~0. ~ th~ ou~er , 1 1 t 5~069 end of th~ stla~t 10 th~re i~ a cGmpr~ion ~prin~ 36 which e~tencls in multiple convolu-tivns around the push rocl 2~ and 1~ compre~s~d hetwe~n -the outer encl o~ the bo~ 20 ancl the inner ~nd o th~
couplin~ 26, the ~priny 36 normally ur~Jing th~ pu~h rod out~ardly o~ the shaft 90 that th~ pin 34 normally lle~ in th~ upper end of the limlt 810t 22 as shown in Fi~ collar 3~ surround~ ths rod 24 and helps to keep the spring 36 centerQd, and also tak~s thrust ~rom the pin 34 wh~n ~he tool i5 pu~hed into th~ drilled hole.
At the inner en~l of ~he tool a cutter a~embl.y is ~ivotally mounted to the ~ha~t 10 ~y a pivot pin 3~ which ~xtend~
through the shaft 10 and pivotally supports one or more cutter members o~ the type shown in Figs. S and 6. The cutter members sho~m in ~ic3~. 5 and 6 are labellQd 40, and each includes a pivot hole ~2 through which the pivot pin 38 pivotally suppor~ them.
Either one or two cutter rnember~ can be u3ed accordin~ to the present invention aq wlll he de~crib~d hereinafter.
~ ach cutter compri~es a cuttin~ edge carryin~ a hardened cuttin~ portion ~4, and a ~lott~cl ~nd portion 46 through which a dia~onally elon~at~d 910t 4~ extends, the slot bein~ cli~
po~ed acro~ the cutter ~rom A location ne~rar the pivo1: pin 38 ancl neaxer the cuttin~ edge 4~ ~o ~ location away ~rom the pivot p.i~ ~nd nearer the oppo~lt~ a 45 o~ th~ cutter number.
On ~ha other ~:ld~ Oe th~ a~ttar ~rom t~e ~lr~ cut~
tl~q edcJ~ ~1 tll~re i~ a s~aoncl ~ablliz:Lng ~cl~ ~S whi.cll Wi. 11 hb de~arih~d in qx~ater d~ il hqr~in~tQr.

1 ~S6069 As can be ~een in Flgs~ 1, 2 and 3, the preferred embodiment of the inv~ntion includ~s two identical cutter~ member~
o the type ~hcwn in Fig~. 5 and 6, which are mu~ually inverted one wlth respect to the other, and both mGunted on ~he ~ame pivot pin 38. The ~lottecl end~ ~ the two cutt~r~ extend into the clevis 30 of the pu~h rod 24 bet~Qn the bifurcated le~ poxtions 31 and 32 and are a snug fit ~h~roin, although not a bindlng fit. The clevl~ o~ the push rod 24 has a clevis pin 50 which extends throu~h the leg portlons 31 an~ 32 and pa~se~ through both slots ~8 of the two cutters 40. Sinco the cuttexs are ~ree ko plvot about the pivot pin 3~, their an~ular po~itions are cletermirled by the longitudinal position of the clevis pin 50 along the axi~ A
and in th~ two slots 48 of th~ cutters 40.
When the tool i~ in relaxed condition ~ltll the limit pin 34 at the top of the slot 22 as shown in Fig. 1, the cu~ters~x 40 are retracted ~o that their longitudinal edges are pulled in~ide o~ tho ~lots 16 and 18 and do not extend therefrom. On the other hand, wh~n the ~plndle S pu~he9 the tool inwardly into the hole ~downwardly ~ shown in Eig. ~) ~o that the llmlt pin 34 advanc~
toward the bottom of the limit ~lot 22, kh~ clevi~ pin 50 pushes down~ardly in the two ~lots 48 a~ ~hown in Fi~. 2, thereby rota tin~ each o~ the cutter member~ ~0 ~o that it6 hardened cutti.ng e~Q ~ ext~nd~ outwardly b~yond th~ ~lot 16 or lB and be~ond the ~u~ dl~m~kQr o~ th~ ~h~ 10, w~ uby wh~n th~ tou.l i~ ~ta~cl within t~ xe~Qxm~d hol.e, the auttQr e~ 4~ und~xau~ thQ h~
q'h~ u~oxm~cl hal~ in ~he concr~t~ w~ll alw~y~ ~xt~nd~ ~o an ~ial d~p~h whlhh 1~ d~ep~r th~n ~h~`3 l~llCJkh 0~ th~ ~o~tion o~ th~ ~h~l~t 10 wh.tch will ~ ex~end~d in~o~ h~reby tha inne~ en~ h~ ~ha~t 1 15~069 14 b~yond the cutter r~earls 40 ~1ill be guided by the wall~ of the hole at a ~one which is beyond ~he undercutting location. By looking at Fig. 2 it wil.L ba seen that the ou-~kinc3 edcJes 44 extend at ~ ~airly shallow ancJle from the tool, namely 9 dec3rees in the particular en~bodiment of the tool current:Ly being manufactured, and the~e cutting edge~ cut a conical enlargement o~ the hole s~ort 0~ s blinddend.
When the axial inward thrust i~ relea~ed from the spindle S, the push ro~ 24 i~ retrac~ed outwardly with respecl to tho sha~t 10 by the sprinc3 36, whereby the clevl~ pi.n 50 re-tract~ toward the o-ther end~ of the ~lots 48, Fig. l. A~ a re-~ult, the two cutting edges 44 are retracted inwardly agaln so that they lie entirely within the outer periphery o the sha~ 10.
One of the principal uses of the present invention i5 to provide a small conical undercut deep in a hole in a con-CretQ wall for the purpose o~ receiving an expansion bolt, ~or instance of the type shown U.S.A. p~tent ~,011,7~6, iB~Ued to ~l~inriah Liehig. This type o~ expall~lon bolt expancl~ oonically at its inner en~ wh~n a screw is tightened to dr~w a cone toward th~ outer ~nd o~ the bolt ancl sprea~ a ~leeve which haA bet~n ~lotted, all in a rnanner w~ kno~l per 8e. The pre~nt under~
autting tool i~ u~ed ~to mako identical undercuts iIl many hol~
BQ ~l~at ~ah c~n r~c~iv~ ~uch an expan~ion bolt, Th~re~or~ th~
~oal i~ pxovicl~d in a rn~nrl~r well-]snown p~r ~a wl~il all abutm~nk ~s~qmbly ~ tllat -th~ unde~u~ OCC'UrE~ a~ ~h~ ~a:mQ ~p~h in ~L~h hola in whiah the ~ool i~ u~a~. Xn th~ pr~nt illustr~tive ~badi~n~nt tha ~utm~n~ a~3~mbly cornp~ a~l abu~l~n~ ~:la~v~ 60 whlah i~ ~uppo~t:ed hy R ball b~arir~ mbl~ ~ o~ a al~mpin~

/~

6 ~
.~leeve 64. This ab-ltm~3nt assc~nhIy c~n be seen bo~t in Figure ~.
rrl~e ~bu~l~nt ~ v-~ 6n ~ pclr~- o~ a~lnulus o t~le cl~rnpin~
~leevQ 64 lonyitudillally overlap eachother and ~upport ~he races of the ~all bearirlcJ 62. Part of the diamct~r of the clarnpi.n~
sleeve 64 1~ slotted a~ ~t 66 90 that a bolt 6~ can bQ tightened to draw the lugs 67 an~ 69 closer ~ogether, thereby clamping the sleev2 64 on the outer ~urface:of the hollow ~hc~ft 10 at wha-tever location i8 da.sired ~o d~terllllne the depth wit:hin the p:r~-formecl hol~ at whlch the conical undexcut will be made ~y the tool.
~ statecl in the object~ o~ this ~nvention, it is a principal ob~ect to provid~ a tool which has impro~ed ~tability within the hole while it ic~ undercutting a conical port:ion therc-in. Part of the stability i~ achieved by having the inner end 14 of the tool extend into the hole beyond the location where it i.s heing undercut by the cut~ing edges 44 ~o a~ to reduce the ten-dency of the tool to wobbl~ eccentrically within the hole during undercutting operations.
Ano~her major eature o~ the pre~nt tool i.s that the ~tabilizing edge portion labelled ~5 in Flg. S o~ each o~ the cutter memb~r3 ls located such that when the cutter members are ext~nded from their retracted positlon as sho~n in Fig. 1 into the slot~ 16 and 18 toward their expanded position as shown in Fl~. 2, ~t~ 3tabili~ edcJe pc)rtlons ~5 ~tend in~o ~h~ t.)ppo~i~e 0~1 18 an~ 16, wh~r~hy each o~ the au~ter mem:ber~ ~0 I.E~ 3U1?POX~
~d ~ a ~lo~ on both 1ide~ of ~h~3 cut~r i~rom ~ho pivo~ ~ln 3a.
Th~t 11 to ~y, wheII ~hq cu~ting edg~ ~4 ~xtend~3 ou~w~rdly through a ~lok, thc~n pdrt o~ ~ha aut~r memb~x in kh~ vlclni~y o~ kh~ r~erenc~ char~or ~1 ln ~ig. 5 al~o 11~3 acJain3k ~he?

lamt3 ~10t or ~cJainst the othor cutt~r member which 13 su~port~d by that ~lo~ oreover, the ~Itabilizin~3 edqe /IS al~o e~tend~ lnto the oppo~.ite ~lot as sllown in Fig. 2, ancl the.refore ~he second e~ge ~5 of each cutter .is ~t~bilized by the opposin~ slot o~ the hollo~l ~haft 10 or by resting ar~Jainst the other cu~ter member which i~ ~upported by that slot. From Figure 5 it can be ~een ~hat the ~tabilizing ed-Je 45 i5 c~uite long as measur~d yenerally in the directlon of the axis A, and therefore a groat deRl of support i~
given by the slots to stabilize the cutter members 40 w}len extencl-ed. In addition, the Eact that the slotted en~s 46 of both cutters extend with a slidln~ fit snuggly into the cle~i~ 30 yives them additional stabilization.
~ l adcli~ional feature of the tool is that ~he bor~
12 of the hollow shaft 10 extends completely through the inner end 14 of the shaft. This is an advantage bec~use half of ~he area o each oppo~ed guide slot area 1~ open, since the 810ts are only half occupied by ~he cutter means when extended as shol~n in Fig. 2.
This provides an escape route for the cuttings which can pa~s in side the tool bore and thcn pas~ ou~wardly throuc3h the inner end of the tool 14 to be deposited in th~ blind end o the hole which ha~ been preformecl in th~, concr~t~ wall, the hole ex~3ndln~ 90me what beyond the end 14 of ~he hollow ~ha~t 12 and recelvin~ the cuttiny~ quite ea~ily~ The px~-forme~ hole ne~cl not, of cour~, have a closed bllnd end. Mor~ov~r, another advantage o~ the tool is that the clia~onal ~lot~ ~ and the cl~vis pin S0 ara located ~ll t~ th~ o-~er ~icle o~ th~ plvot pin 38 ~r~m th~ cu~tin~
4~ wh~b~ ~}~ cuttlncJ~ clc~ not t~nd to ~ul th~ ~lovi~ and di~onal ~lc~ts ~ince the auttln~Js oocur ~ur-th~ in~o th~ bol~

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ll~S069 A spacer ~leeve 37 can be provided around the pu~h rod 24 and underneath the coil ~pring 36 90 as to keep the spring centered about the push rod 24. The axial length of the sleeve 37 i~ 6elected to equal the length of the limit slot 22 and there-by help to limit the axial thrust of the rod 24 into the ~ha~t so that the sleeve 37 takes excess thrust from the pin 34 which might occur due to rough handling of the tool and the drive motor assembly which is actuating it.
Another embodiment of the invention could be used wherein one of the cutter members 40 is eliminated, and the re-maining cutter member is proportioned to have suf~icient thickness to substantially fill the widths o~ the yuide slots 16 and 18 on both ~ides o~ the hollow shaft 10 when the remaining cutter is extended~ This structure would provide cutting on only one slde of the shaft, which would tend to increase th.e eccentriclty of rotation of the ~haft in a pre-formed hole during undercutting, ~ut it would still be a satisfactory and workable tool, althou~h not as stable in the hole and therefore not likely to cut as true a conical annulus. :~
This invention is not to he limited to the exact emboaiment shown in the drawin~s, for obviously change~ may be made thexein within the scope of the ~ollowing alaims.

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Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A rotary expansion tool for insertion deep into a pre-existing hole to undercut the walls of the hole at a location which is intermediate the ends of the tool and remote from the mouth of the hole, comprising:
(a) an elongated shaft having an axial bore, extending all the way therethrough, the shaft having an outer surface fitting snugly in the hole and having two longitudinal guide slots extending from the bore through the shaft on diametrically opposite sides of the shaft axis at said intermediate location, the outer surface of the shaft providing bearing areas contacting the walls of the hole on both sides of said location;
(b) cutter means including two identical elongated cutter members in the bore, the cutter members being pivotally supported intermediate their ends in back-to-back relationship by a pivot carried by the shaft, the cutter members each having a first longitudinal cutting edge on one side of the pivot pin and a second longitudinal stabilizing edge on the other side of the pivot pin and a portion of both of these edges being always contained within an associated one of the guide slots, the cutting edge of each cutter member being supported by the back of the other cutter member and occupying the same guide slot as the stabilizing edge of the other cutter member; and (c) elongated rod means reciprocably carried in the bore of the shaft and having means at its inner end operative to pivot the cutter members about the pivot pin when the rod is pushed toward the cutter members to extend the longitudinal cutting edge of each member through one of the guide slots beyond the outer surface of the shaft while extending a different portion of the longitudinal stabilizing edge of each member to occupy the diametrically opposite guide slot, and the rod having a tool drive coupling at its outer end.