Patent ID: 8087853

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a plurality of pocket holes at an angle in a workpiece, said apparatus comprising: (a) a base; (b) a table parallel to said base and having a top surface opposite said base; (c) a reciprocating mechanism for reciprocating said table relative to said base in a drilling direction between at least a neutral position and a drilling position; (d) a plurality of carriages, each of said carriages comprising (1) a first spindle having a first drill bit that extends parallel to said drilling direction; (2) an anvil extending from said table top surface, said anvil being fixed relative to said base in said drilling direction and having a sloped top surface adapted to receive and affix said workpiece, said sloped top surface being sloped away from said first drill bit and toward said table top surface at said angle; and (3) a latching mechanism for latching said spindle in a disabled position wherein said first spindle is fixed relative to said base in said drilling direction, and in an enabled position wherein said spindle is fixed relative to said table in said drilling direction; (e) whereby said workpiece is affixed to said anvil when said table is in said neutral position, said table is reciprocated to said drilling position to drill said pocket hole, and said table is reciprocated to said neutral position for removal of said workpiece.