Sheet metal dent removing device

A sheet metal dent removing device for combining a drill and a slide hammer used for removing dents. The sheet metal dent removing device includes an electric drill. The electric drill includes a body having a distal end, a proximal end and a peripheral wall extending between. A handle extends from the peripheral wall and is positioned generally adjacent to the proximal end. An actuating means turns the electric drill on and off. A shaft is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the shaft extends into the distal end of the body. The electric drill is adapted to rotate the shaft. A drill bit has a first end and a second end. The first end tapers to a point and the length of the drill bit is threaded. A coupling means removably couples the drill bit to the second end of the shaft. A slide hammer comprises a tubular member having an aperture extending therethrough. The shaft extends through the tubular member such that the tubular member is movably positioned on the shaft between the electric drill and the first end of the shaft.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to dent removing devices and more particularly pertains to a new sheet metal dent removing device for combining a drill and a slide hammer used for removing dents.

2. Description of the Prior Art

While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new sheet metal dent removing device. The inventive device includes an electric drill. The electric drill includes a body having a distal end, a proximal end and a peripheral wall extending between. A handle extends from the peripheral wall and is positioned generally adjacent to the proximal end. An actuating means turns the electric drill on and off. A shaft is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the shaft extends into the distal end of the body. The electric drill is adapted to rotate the shaft. A drill bit has a first end and a second end. The first end tapers to a point and the length of the drill bit is threaded. A coupling means removably couples the drill bit to the second end of the shaft. A slide hammer comprises a tubular member having an aperture extending therethrough. The shaft extends through the tubular member such that the tubular member is movably positioned on the shaft between the electric drill and the first end of the shaft.

In these respects, the sheet metal dent removing device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of combining a drill and a slide hammer used for removing dents.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of dent removing devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new sheet metal dent removing device construction wherein the same can be utilized for combining a drill and a slide hammer used for removing dents.

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new sheet metal dent removing device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the dent removing devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new sheet metal dent removing device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art dent removing devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.

To attain this, the present invention generally comprises an electric drill. The electric drill includes a body having a distal end, a proximal end and a peripheral wall extending between. A handle extends from the peripheral wall and is positioned generally adjacent to the proximal end. An actuating means turns the electric drill on and off. A shaft is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the shaft extends into the distal end of the body. The electric drill is adapted to rotate the shaft. A drill bit has a first end and a second end. The first end tapers to a point and the length of the drill bit is threaded. A coupling means removably couples the drill bit to the second end of the shaft. A slide hammer comprises a tubular member having an aperture extending therethrough. The shaft extends through the tubular member such that the tubular member is movably positioned on the shaft between the electric drill and the first end of the shaft.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new sheet metal dent removing device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the dent removing devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new sheet metal dent removing device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art dent removing devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new sheet metal dent removing device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new sheet metal dent removing device which is of a durable and reliable construction.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new sheet metal dent removing device for combining a drill and a slide hammer used for removing dents.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new sheet metal dent removing device which includes an electric drill. The electric drill includes a body having a distal end, a proximal end and a peripheral wall extending between. A handle extends from the peripheral wall and is positioned generally adjacent to the proximal end. An actuating means turns the electric drill on and off. A shaft is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the shaft extends into the distal end of the body. The electric drill is adapted to rotate the shaft. A drill bit has a first end and a second end. The first end tapers to a point and the length of the drill bit is threaded. A coupling means removably couples the drill bit to the second end of the shaft. A slide hammer comprises a tubular member having an aperture extending therethrough. The shaft extends through the tubular member such that the tubular member is movably positioned on the shaft between the electric drill and the first end of the shaft.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new sheet metal dent removing device that combines two tools. Generally, a drill is first used to make a hole in the sheet metal where a dent needs to be pulled out. Once the hole is drilled into the sheet metal, a slide hammer, having a threaded end, is placed into the hole. The slide hammer is then used to pull or pop the dent out by sliding the slide hammer back. The device combines the tools into one tool.

Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new sheet metal dent removing device that has a drill bit having a two portions having different diameters for re-drilling a hole after it has been enlarged due to use of the slide hammer.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 5 thereof, a new sheet metal dent removing device embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 5 , the sheet metal dent removing device 10 generally includes an electric drill 12 . The electric drill 12 includes a body 14 having a distal end 16 , a proximal end 18 and a peripheral wall 20 extending between. A handle 22 extends from the peripheral wall 20 and is positioned generally adjacent to the proximal end 18 . An actuating means 24 turns the electric drill 12 on and off. The electric drill 12 is generally a conventional electric drill.

A shaft 26 is elongate and has a first end 28 and a second end 30 . The first end 28 of the shaft 26 extends into the distal end 14 of the body 22 . The electric drill 12 is adapted to rotate the shaft 26 .

A drill bit 32 has a first end 34 and a second end 36 . The first end 34 tapers to a point. The drill bit 32 is threaded. Preferably a bar 37 is securely coupled to the second end 36 of the drill bit 32 . The bar 37 is orientated generally perpendicular to the drill bit. The drill bit 32 is coupled to a central portion of the bar 37 . Ideally, the drill bit 32 has a first portion 38 and a second portion 40 . The first portion 38 abuts the first end 34 . The second portion 40 has a diameter greater than a diameter of the first portion 38 .

A coupling means 42 removably couples the bar 37 , or drill bit 32 , to the second end 30 of the shaft 26 . The coupling means 42 comprises cover portion. The cover portion includes a wall 44 . The wall 44 has a peripheral wall 46 integrally coupled thereto and extending away therefrom. The wall 46 has a hole 48 therein for extendably positioning the drill bit 32 through. The peripheral wall 46 has a free end 50 . The free end 50 has a pair of slots 52 extending therein. The slots 52 are generally oppositely disposed in the peripheral wall 46 . The bar 37 may releasably engage the slots 52 when the drill bit 32 is extended into the hole 48 . The peripheral wall 46 has an inner surface adapted for releasably coupling to the shaft 26 . The peripheral wall may be threaded 54 , as would be the shaft 26 for screwing the two together. Alternatively, the shaft 26 may have a channel 56 for receiving the bar 37 and the peripheral wall 46 would snap onto the shaft 26 . The slots 52 and the channel 56 force the drill bit 32 to rotate with the shaft 26 .

A slide hammer 58 comprises a tubular member having an aperture 60 extending therethrough. The shaft 26 extends through the tubular member such that the tubular member is movably positioned on the shaft 26 between the electric drill 12 and the second end 30 of the shaft.

Preferably, a distal portion 60 of the device includes a plate 62 removably mounted to the body 14 by a plurality of screws 66 . Between the plate 62 and the body 14 is a resiliently flexible panel 64 ideally comprised of an elastomeric material. The strike hammer strikes the plate 62 and the panel 64 helps to protect drill from damage. The screws are ideally extended through a lip 68 so that they allow the plate 62 to move toward the body 14 and compress the panel 64 .

In use, the drill bit 32 is used to drill into sheet metal where there is a dent. The slide hammer 58 is then positioned against the coupling means 42 . The slide hammer 58 is slit back against the distal end 16 of the electric drill 12 so that the electric drill 12 is pulled back, which in turn pulls the dent outward. Often the action of the slide hammer causes the hole, which was made by the drill bit 32 , to increase in size. Conventional tools used for this would require a second hole to be drilled and the process repeated. The second portion of the drill bit is larger so that the user may simply drill into the existing hole so that the threads on the second portion 40 may grip the edge of the hole when using the slide hammer.