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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Joseph Thomas Novak, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
James E. Pangerc, Williamston, SC (US);
Joseph Thomas Novak, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
James E. Pangerc, Williamston, SC (US);
Irwin Industrial Tool Company, Huntersville, NC (US);
Abstract
An arbor for quick change and standard hole cutters, wherein each hole cutter includes a central aperture and at least one drive pin aperture. The arbor comprises an arbor body including an end portion engageable within the central aperture, a drive shank opposite the end portion for engaging a power tool, and an aperture for receiving a pilot bit. The arbor further comprises a drive pin plate and/or collar having at least one drive pin receivable in a corresponding drive pin aperture of the hole saw for drivingly engaging the hole saw. The arbor, in at least one embodiment, further comprises a pilot bit mechanism for engaging and releasing a quick change or standard pilot bit.