Patent ID: 7020942

Claim:
A portable boring and welding machine for reconditioning workpieces, said portable boring and welding machine comprising: a tubular mounting structure; a tool shaft adapted to mount an associated boring and/or reaming tool or an associated welding torch, said tool shaft partially contained within said tubular mounting structure; a rotational drive unit for rotating the tool shaft about a first axis of rotation to perform work on an associated workpiece, said rotational drive unit comprising: (i) a casing that is connected to the tubular mounting structure; (ii) a first motor having an output drive shaft that rotates about a second axis of rotation that is skewed relative to the first axis of rotation; (iii) a tubular cylindrical element rotatably supported in said casing and rotatable about said first axis of rotation, said tubular cylindrical element coaxially surrounding said tool shaft and connected to said tool shaft to rotate therewith about said first axis of rotation, wherein said tool shaft is also longitudinally translatable relative to said tubular cylindrical element along said first axis of rotation; (iv) a rigid coupling that drivingly connects said output drive shaft of said first motor to said tubular cylindrical element, said rigid coupling comprising a first gear coupled to said output drive shaft to rotate with said output drive shaft, and a second gear engaged with said first gear and coupled to said tubular cylindrical element to rotate with said tubular cylindrical element; a tool shaft feed unit for selectively translating said tool shaft longitudinally along said first axis of rotation, said tool shaft feed unit comprising: (i) an externally threaded member that is partially housed in said tubular mounting structure, wherein said tool shaft extends through said externally threaded member; (ii) a clamping device connected to said externally threaded member and located external to said tubular mounting structure, said clamping device adapted for selectively clamping onto said tool shaft to selectively connect said tool shaft to said externally threaded member; (iii) a second motor drivingly engaged with a bush that is, in turn, threadably engaged on said externally threaded member; adjustable fixing elements for mounting the portable boring and welding machine to a workpiece to be reconditioned; wherein said second motor is selectively activated when said clamping device of said tool shaft feed unit is clamped onto said tool shaft so that said second motor rotates said bush that is threadably engaged on said externally threaded member so that the externally threaded member and said clamping device and said tool shaft are translated longitudinally along said first axis of rotation; and, wherein said first motor is selectively activated when said clamping device of said tool shaft feed unit is unclamped from the tool shaft so that the first motor drivingly rotates said tool shaft about said first axis of rotation through said rigid coupling to perform work on said workpiece.