Inventor Peter Noble adds his invention
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About inventing the Drill-Mate
Hi, my name is Peter Noble and I am a time served (apprenticeship) engineer. Educated to degree standard in computing, electronics and telecommunications I have always had an interest in inventing.
For about 10 years I have had a business installing computers for travel agencies. Most companies I visited had just had a shop refit. I was asked to work clean. Not easy when expected to drill walls.
Plaster dust and debris from breeze block can be difficult to remove once spilled onto a new carpet to say nothing of the effect red brick dust has on a beige carpet. I tried envelopes and sticky tape.
There must be a better way. The first Drill-Mate was constructed from a Childs anti-spill paint pot with a piece of pipe for a handle with a polythene bag over it to catch the dust. it worked really well.
I contacted the Innovations Catalogue Company who in those days had inventors days to show ideas. They liked it and put me in touch with a mouldings agent in the plastic garden products industry.
An injection moulding tool was manufactured. Drill-mates could now be mass produced to a new design which allowed a vacuum to be used connected to the handle. They're made in Yorkshire.
They are sold through trade outlets for electronics engineers. They have been adopted as a health and safety product by the asbestos removal industry. They are available in a few retailers.
"PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICIAN product of the year (drilling) winner. "
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