Abstract: A pipe tapering apparatus having an expandable mandrel for centering the apparatus on a pipe end and a cylindrical cutting head connectable to a power unit for rotation in the mandrel while tapering the outside surface of the pipe end section. The cutting head having a segmented body with removable cutting blades set at an angle to taper the pipe end.
Abstract: A cable gripping block is provided with sectional cover plates for easy and quick removal, where the cover plates are secured to the cable gripping block by cylindrical tenons projecting from the cable gripping blocks, through cavities in the sectional cover plate. The tenons absorb any transverse forces generated by the clamping action of the cable gripping block.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 13, 1988
Date of Patent:
October 17, 1989
Inventors:
Joseph E. Roberts, William A. Griswold, Jr.
Abstract: An end bracket for a wall form system is disclosed for supporting the end of a pair of spaced wall form molds. The end bracket includes a flat bar for connecting to a waler brace on one of the wall form molds and a cross bar extending from the flat bar across the end closure bulkhead form. An inclined brace extends from the flat bar to the cross bar to rigidly support the cross bar.