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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
James N. Neeld, Tiverton, RI (US);
Thomas J. Gamache, Fall River, MA (US);
Wayne Rogers, Tiverton, RI (US);
Genlyte Thomas Group LLC, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A hole-locating device for use in the field for locating and assisting in the drilling of holes in cut ends of tubing includes a body having an outer wall with a plurality of outer flat surfaces and an inner cylindrical wall spaced from said outer wall. The outer wall having a pair of aligned openings on opposite sides of the side wall and the inner wall having a pair of openings spaced 180° apart, wherein the openings in the outer wall and the openings in the inner wall are in alignment. In cutting aligned openings in a tube, the tube is received within an open end of the body in the spacing between the inner wall and the outer wall and a drill bit is placed in adjacent openings in the outer wall and inner wall for receiving a drill bit therein.