Pipe Or Tube End Former And/or Cutter Patents (Class 7/157)
  • Patent number: 8904648
    Abstract: A cutting device includes a first part and a second part which is pivotably connected to the first part. A first fixing portion is located in the top side of the first part. The second part has a second fixing portion defined in the underside side thereof and facing the top side of the first part. The second fixing portion is located corresponding to the first fixing portion. A reception slot is defined axially in the second part and communicates with the second fixing portion and the underside of the second part. A blade is inserted into the reception slot. A hole is defined through the first part for receiving a hydraulic hose. A pressing member is pivotably located in a recess in one side of the first part and is able to press the hydraulic hose passing through the hole and the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Tektro Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Szu-Fang Tsai
  • Publication number: 20130055507
    Abstract: A screwdriver includes a handle, a screwdriver head coupled to the handle, and a conduit reamer coupled to the handle. The conduit reamer includes a first cylindrical portion having a first sidewall with a first diameter, and a second cylindrical portion positioned partially within and extending out of the first cylindrical portion. The second cylindrical portion has a second sidewall with a second diameter. The second diameter is smaller than the first diameter such that a gap is formed between the first and second sidewalls. The conduit reamer also includes a blade having a reaming edge positioned in the gap between the first and second sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang Li, Michael S. Steele, Wade F. Burch
  • Publication number: 20120017377
    Abstract: The present invention provides a measuring tool and cutting device for use with metal pipes and tubes. The device provides accurate measurement of a length of pipe and a tool to cut sections thereof. The device comprises a crescent shaped pipe cutter with a measuring portion affixed to its distal end. The measuring portion is a retractable tape measuring device that allows the user to place the cutting tool at a specific distance from an end of the pipe. Once positioned at the desired location, the device grips and secures to the pipe using a scoring blade and two rollers. The measuring tape is then retracted and the user rotates the cutting device around the pipe to score and cut the pipe at that location. The device is small and compact, and may be used in a plurality of situations and locations involving pipes and pipe fitting. It is designed for quick access to a measuring means and for rapidly measuring and scoring sections of pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: Andrew Hayden
  • Publication number: 20110308021
    Abstract: A pipe deburrer with replaceable tool head comprises a working end the tool head of which can be replaced as desired, and the working end is provided with a control element to control the tool head to engage with or disengage from the inserting groove of the working end, thus improving the convenience in use, increasing the working efficiency while reducing the tool cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Kuo-Shen Yang, Mei-Ling Lin
  • Patent number: 7676873
    Abstract: The specification and drawing figures describe and show a wrench and reamer tool that includes two handle plates. On one handle plate a serrated ledge is formed. Beneath the ledge is an arcuate shoulder that forms a seam for positioning the wrench adjacent an opening in a pipe. On the second handle plate a tapered nose is formed with an inclined face to enable insertion into a pipe. A plurality of opposing edges is formed on the handle plates for deburring a pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Simms
  • Patent number: 7419339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drill thread milling cutter (1) for producing a bore and for the subsequent milling of a thread in the bore, said drill thread milling cutter (1) having a working region (2), on the circumference (3) of which a number of drilling and milling cutting edges are arranged. A number of milling cutting edges (7, 8, 9, 10) greater than the number of drilling cutting edges (17) by a factor greater than 2 are arranged or are effective in the direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimbel GmbH & Co. Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Matthias Sperber
  • Patent number: 7204021
    Abstract: Upper and lower handle members are pivotally attached at one end. Crimper jaws are operated via the handles. The upper handle carries a guide assembly to mount the blade, and operate the cutting mode using an upper handle cradle. Other accessories include a hole punch, a nut driver, a rivet remover and a hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Inventors: Eric M. Houseman, Ronald A. Angstead, Brent W. Murray, Patrick M. Bertsch
  • Patent number: 7159319
    Abstract: A tube cutter includes a handle having a chamber to slideably receive a casing of a tool device, the casing includes an aperture and two side openings communicating with a U-shaped groove, a tool member includes a shank rotatably received in the aperture of the casing and having a stem for trimming purposes. A U-shaped spring member is received in the groove of the casing, and includes two inwardly bent segments to rotatably retain the shank of the tool member within the aperture of the casing, and two outwardly bent segments extended out through the side openings of the casing, and engageable with the handle, to position the casing to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Inventor: Wu Sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 7089668
    Abstract: A plastic pipe cutting device for both cutting and filing a plastic pipe has a semi-circular top sleeve and bottom sleeve. A top guide track is connected to the top sleeve and a bottom guide track is connected to the bottom sleeve. The top guide track and the bottom guide track are continuous upon closing the device. A guide roller is rotatably connected to the roller housing and is capable of rolling upon the top and bottom guide track. A blade is connected to the roller housing for cutting a plastic pipe. A rasp is connected to the roller housing for filing the end of a plastic pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Steven Whitehead
  • Patent number: 7028360
    Abstract: A multi-functional hand tool for punching holes into plastic piping and for inserting fittings, primarily intended for use in making holes in irrigation pipes of all sizes, with holes of 2–5 mm in diameter, and for inserting drips and sprinklers into the pipes. The tool comprises of a set of different-sized easily interchangeable cylindrical blades made of steel, preferably hardened and provided with a sharpened around cutting edge, and a variety of recesses that can accommodate different sized fittings for the intent of inserting them into the piping, and a small cutting blade for cutting the irrigation piping of up to 20 mm to the required length, and a special hollow for holding start connectors during the insertion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Inventor: Mordechai Eldar
  • Patent number: 6862766
    Abstract: A hand tool for expanding an end of a pipe to insert a fitting therein and for pressing a retaining sleeve over the pipe and fitting. The tool includes: (a) a replaceable, expandable head for insertion within an end of the pipe; and (b) a gripping and pressing member to grip the fitting and the retaining sleeve and to press the retaining sleeve over the pipe and fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Malco Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis G. Geurts
  • Publication number: 20040096286
    Abstract: A reversible drill/driver tool includes an elongated socket having a bifurcated part defining a tool-receiving space to receive a two-ended tool that includes first and second driving bits and a rod having two opposite ends connected respectively to the first and second driving bits, and pivoted to the bifurcated part so as to be rotatable relative to the socket and so as to dispose a selected one of the first and second driving bits outwardly of the space. A positioning member is slidable on the socket to position the rod at a desired position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: Chieh-Jen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6698048
    Abstract: A motorized device for cutting and cleaning a piece of pipe for more quickly and efficiently working with piping. The motorized device for cutting and cleaning a piece of pipe includes a housing that has a pair of opposite ends and at least one pair of protruding portions being formed on one of the ends. At least one motor that has a motor shaft is mounted in the housing. A power supply is mounted in the housing for selectively providing power to the motor and at least one switch is mounted on the housing for selectively providing power to the motor. At least one attachment is removably mounted on the motor shaft for engaging a pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: R. T. Greene
  • Patent number: 6360578
    Abstract: A hand tool for restoring roundness to an open end of a pipe coupling formed of copper or the like. The tool has a series of sections of non-concentric grooves of increasing diameters separated by ridges over which the open end of the coupling is slipped. The ridge bordering the inside of the groove serving as a mandrel and the ridge bordering the outside of the groove serving as a die. Holes may be provided in the tool for use in restoring roundness to an open end of a pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Jeremiah J. Bresnahan
  • Patent number: 6349624
    Abstract: The tool of the present invention comprises two handle/body members each pivotally coupled to a respective end of a generally straight, rigid stem. Each handle/body member is adapted to function as a handle when positioned transversely, preferably at 90 degrees, with respect to the stem or as a working head when the central longitudinal axis of a handle/body member is positioned generally along or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stem. In the working end mode, each handle/body member is adapted to perform at least two tasks: riser removal and installation, and reconditioning threads or tapping, i.e., acting a typical screw tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Inventor: Stephen A. Fahringer
  • Publication number: 20020007514
    Abstract: A device for preparing pipe segments for joining with mechanical pipe fittings in a piping network is disclosed. The device has a fixed support with support surfaces engageable with the pipe segment, and a movable support, facing the fixed support, on which tools, such as grooving rolls, chamfering rolls, marking rolls and cutting blades are rotatably mounted. The tools engage the outer surface of the pipe to form a circumferential groove, a marking pattern, a chamfer or a cut through the pipe when the movable support is moved toward the fixed support. A collar or cup having a circumferential side wall sized to receive the pipe is mounted on the fixed support adjacent to the support surfaces and radially reinforces the pipe to prevent it from collapsing or going out of round during groove formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas R. Dole, Vance W. Henry
  • Patent number: 6226823
    Abstract: A tube cutting device for cutting tubes, holding a reamer, and containing measuring devices. The tube cutting device includes a base portion, having a facing wall, a back wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a bottom wall and a top wall. A first bore in the base portion extends through the top and bottom walls of the base portion. A bar for mounting in the first bore has a first end and a second end. The bar has a first and second of opposing wall. The bar is slidably mounted in the first bore such that the second opposing wall faces the facing wall. A first slot in the bar extends into the second end of the bar. A circular knife for cutting a tube is rotatably mounted in the first slot of the bar. An arm portion is fixedly coupled to the first wall of the base portion. The arm portion has a generally J-shaped configuration. A plurality of rollers adapted for rolling contact with an exterior surface of the tube are rotatably mounted in an interior surface of the arm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventor: Robert D. Ma Gee
  • Patent number: 6134997
    Abstract: Hand held tool having a pair of gripper rollers and a cutter roller, all of which grip and hold the tube to be cut. An electric motor in the casing drives the gripper rollers and rotates the tube. A second motor in the casing moves the cutter roller into cutting engagement with the tube. The second motor also moves the cutter to accommodate different size tubes. The motors are manipulated by the hand of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Rudolph P. Rosanova
  • Patent number: 6106370
    Abstract: The pipe cleaner attachment includes a housing, a shuttle, and a shuttle guide. The housing has a closed end, an open end, a key and two brush levers and brush pad guide slots. The shuttle guide is a rod clamped in a bore through the closed end of the housing. The end of the rod outside the housing is clamped in a drill chuck for use. The shuttle is slideably mounted in the housing on the shuttle guide and engages the housing key, A pair of brush levers are pivotally mounted in the brush guide slots. A brush pad is attached to an end of each brush lever. Burnishing grooves are provided in the shuttle for burnishing the open ends of pipes with two different diameters. Upon insertion of a pipe into the housing, the pipe end is reamed, the burnishing grooves burnish the pipe end, the shuttle is moved toward the closed end and the brush pads clean the outside surfaces of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Inventor: Sam W. Carter
  • Patent number: 6079302
    Abstract: A saw for simultaneously cutting and beveling including a cut-off saw, a cutting blade, and a beveling blade. The cutting blade cuts simultaneously while the beveling blade bevels. The beveling blade preferably has a head with two faces annularly connected by an annular slanted circumference. The head has at least one notch suitable for accommodating a respective at least one tooth insert interconnected with a respective at least one cartridge. Each cartridge is interconnectable with a respective tooth insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: Gustave F. Gudleske
  • Patent number: 5853272
    Abstract: A plastic pipe end forming tool to form both inside and outside bevels on a pipe end. An elongated body has a cavity constituting a cylindrical channel. A pair of opposed protrusions extend into the cylindrical channel to form a V-shaped space to receive the pipe end therein and to allow rotation of the pipe in the cylindrical channel and thereby form bevels on the pipe end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Continental Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald W. Wartluft, David E. Bentley
  • Patent number: 5829142
    Abstract: A motorized tool allows one or more operations to be performed on a workpiece, such as cutting and/or conditioning a surface of a pipe or a pipe fitting or receptacle. The motorized tool includes a cutter and/or one or more rotatably driven accessories, such as workpiece surface conditioners or brushes. The motorized tool further includes a drive mechanism used to rotate the workpiece against the cutter and to rotate the rotatably driven accessories. In one example, the drive mechanism rotates drive rollers that contact a workpiece and rotates the workpiece against a cutting element or edge of the cutter. In another example, the motorized tool includes an internal workpiece surface conditioner and an external workpiece surface conditioner that are also rotated by the drive mechanism to clean, debur or otherwise condition internal and external workpiece surfaces. The motorized tool can be hand-held or hand-operated and includes opposing pivotable members having handle portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Inventor: Timothy John Rieser
  • Patent number: 5490747
    Abstract: A multi-purpose arrow shaft assembly tool is provided having several implements capable of being received within a handle. One of the implements is an insert ardor over which point inserts and nock inserts may be placed which the inserts are heated and inserted into the hollow arrow shaft. To aid in preparing the shaft for receipt of the inserts, a facing cutter and a burring tool are also provided. The facing cutter has an arbor which guides the cutting blade of the facing cutter to produce a perpendicular cut relative to the longitudinal axis of the arrow shaft. The burr is housed within the handle so that the interior of the handel serves as a guide when deburring the arrow shaft. A nock adjusting implement is also provided which not only aids in the rotation of a friction fit nock within the nock insert, but also serves to record and transfer the relationship between the groove in the nock and one of the veins so that indexing of one arrow may be transferred to other arrows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Inventor: Louis Rangel
  • Patent number: 5435673
    Abstract: A multi-purpose arrow shaft assembly tool is provided having several implements capable of being received within a handle. One of the implements is an insert arbor over which point inserts and nock inserts may be placed which the inserts are heated and inserted into the hollow arrow shaft. To aid in preparing the shaft for receipt of the inserts, a facing cutter and a burring tool are also provided. The facing cutter has an arbor which guides the cutting blade of the facing cutter to produce a perpendicular cut relative to the longitudinal axis of the arrow shaft. The burr is housed within the handle so that the interior of the handel serves as a guide when deburring the arrow shaft. A nock adjusting implement is also provided which not only aids in the rotation of a friction fit nock within the nock insert, but also serves to record and transfer the relationship between the groove in the nock and one of the veins so that indexing of one arrow may be transferred to other arrows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Inventor: Louis Rangel
  • Patent number: 5363530
    Abstract: A pipe joint cleaner device primarily for plastic pipes which after being cut are to be joined together comprising an open tapered cone member having a plurality of sharp raised projections on both the exterior face of such cone and on the interior face thereof whereby when a cut piece of pipe is inserted into the interior of the cone, in contact therewith, and relative rotation is induced between the pipe and the cone, any burrs or slivers on the exterior end and surface of such pipe are removed by contact with the projections on the interior face of such cone and, conversely, when the tip of the cone is inserted into a cut piece of pipe until firm contact with the exterior of the cone results and again relative rotation takes place, any burrs or slivers on the inside of such pipe end will be removed by the projections on the exterior face of such cone. Due to the cone shape, the device is substantially self-centering, eliminating the need for complicated jigs or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Inventors: Jeffery D. Dunn, Starla J. Dunn
  • Patent number: 5245795
    Abstract: Spaced, parallel mounting plates include a first clamp rod orthogonally directed through a lower end of the clamp plates, with a guide pipe orthogonally directed through the mounting plates spaced from the first clamp rod. A second clamp rod is orthogonally directed through the pipe below the clamp plates to permit securement of a pipe or extension member mounted within the guide pipe, wherein the first clamp rod secures the organization to a support platform. A modification of the invention includes a measuring member mounted to a top surface of the upper clamp plate, with a plurality of abrasive conical bosses mounted to the top surface of the upper clamp plate for finished abrading of end portions of pipes mounted relative to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Inventors: Leo Poche, James O. Gosney
  • Patent number: 5184531
    Abstract: A tool member is arranged for ease of removal of broken sprinkler tubes typically formed of PVC pipe. The tool structure includes an elongate plate having a handle orthogonally mounted adjacent an upper distal end thereof. Projecting to the lower distal end from the spaced sides of the plate are canted side extensions defining an acute angle therebetween for projection into a broken conduit portion permitting its rotative threaded disengagement relative to the sprinkler structure. A modification of the invention includes a saw blade arranged for ease of severing of fluid conduit, as well as an extractor structure arranged for impact extraction of the broken tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Inventors: Leonard Q. Wickson, Dianne M. Wickson
  • Patent number: 5142825
    Abstract: An elongated portable frame is provided including front and rear ends and a mid-length laterally outwardly projecting tubular handle for containing a battery pack. The front end of the frame journals a saw blade therefrom and the saw blade is driven by an electric motor supported from the frame. A pair of rearwardly retractable jaws are disposed on opposite sides of the forward periphery of the saw blade and are opposed by a rearwardly retractable jaw structure disposed forwardly of the forward limit positions of movement of the jaw members and an actuator for the jaw structure is disposed immediately forward of the handle for engagement and rearward displacement by the forefinger of a hand encircling the handle, whereby the jaw structure may be shifted rearwardly to initially clamp a work piece to be cut between the jaws and the jaw structure and thereafter utilized to rearwardly advance the work piece to be cut relative to the saw blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Floyd
  • Patent number: 5064320
    Abstract: A controlled depth cartridge case chamfering tool and method for use thereof in firearm cartridge loading and reloading operations, which enables the adjustably set repeatedly uniform taper chamfering of the mouth interior of a sized and trimmed cartridge case to provide a consistently uniform radially aligned and squarely disposed truncated conically shaped gradual taper therewithin and thereby allow for a greater ease of insertion and smoothness of seating of a bullet tip during loading or reloading operations without the otherwise inherent hazard of heel and base marring or damage thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Markle
  • Patent number: 5058327
    Abstract: A tubing and fitting stripper is provided and consists of a T shaped housing carrying three different sized wire bristle sleeves in each leg so that an end of a copper tubing of a matching size to one of the wire bristles sleeves can fit therein allowing the outer surface of the end of the copper tubing to be cleaned when the housing rotates thereabout. A cone shaped wire brush extends from the housing opposite from the center leg so that the cone shaped wire brush can fit into a recessed opening to cleaned when the housing rotates thereabout. A protective sleeve is removably attached to the housing over the cone shaped wire brush so that an end of a copper tubing can fit into the sleeve onto the cone shaped sleeve allowing the inner surface of the end of the copper tubing to be cleaned when the housing rotates thereabout while the protective sleeve is kept in place attached to said housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Inventor: John Buchanan
  • Patent number: 5004383
    Abstract: A tube reaming and deburring device (10) for deburring and beveling the edges of a tube end (12). The tube reaming and deburring device (10) comprises an inner edge cutting assembly (18) and an outer edge cutting assembly (20) mounted on opposite ends of a handle member (22). The inner edge cutting assembly (18) includes a first blade support member (24) having a forward portion (25) defining a conical surface (26). The inner edge cutting assembly also includes a plurality of replaceable blade members 30 mounted on the conical surface 26 for engaging the inner edge (14) of the tube end (12). The outer edge cutting assembly (20) includes a further blade support member (42) having a forward portion provided with a forwardly disposed tube receptor (46) defining a conical sidewall (48). The outer edge cutting assembly (20) also includes a plurality of replaceable blade members (50) mounted on the conical sidewall (48) for engaging the outer edge (16) of a tube end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignees: Richard Huff, Amanda Huuf
    Inventor: Albert O. Elliott, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4997320
    Abstract: A tool comprising a turning bar, a pipe supporter, a handle to turn the pipe supporter and a turning disc to rotate the turning bar. The turning bar fits and rotates in the central hole in the pipe supporter and forces two steel balls to move outward in two opposite sidewise holes in the pipe supporter with the lower tapered portion thereof. Then then handle is moved to rotate the pipe supporter in relation to a pipe fitted around the pipe supporter, allowing the steel balls to compress outward the inner surface of the pipe to form a circumferential projection thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Inventor: Biing-Yih Hwang
  • Patent number: 4899409
    Abstract: A manual tool for preparing tube ends and/or pipe ends for jointure is provided, to perform the functions of scraping for cleaning, scarifying, deburring and abrading to remove grit and foreign matter such as solder, solder drops, chemical substances, or other debris on the outer and/or inner surfaces of the ends of tubing, pipe fittings and the like, prior to connection of said tubing, pipe and fittings by welding, soldering, etc. A plurality of tool units are detachably connected to a manual tool comprising a tool body adapted to fit readily and confortably in the hand of a user, said tool body having a generally circular shape. The tool units may comprise: external brush units, internal brush units, external sharpened blade units, internal metal blades or ribs having sharpened edges and the like or other desirable tool units having sharpened edges, abrasive surfaces, and the like to perform the desired cleaning, scarifying, scraping, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Inventor: David W. Cox, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4847997
    Abstract: A tubing cutter having a first handle with a jaw-like element connected by a precision pivot point to a second handle with a second jaw-like element. The interior face of each jaw-like element is provided with a semicircular cutout. Each jaw-like element has two cutter wheels which are rotatable and extend into the opening. The tubing to be cut is placed in the opening and the handles are held forced toward each other and reciprocated back and forth approximately 90.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Inventor: Troy Petty
  • Patent number: 4611358
    Abstract: The hand held device of the invention is adapted for cutting, reaming and bending tubing. The device includes as discussed above a bender body member having a tubing guide track, a bender bracket having a bender flange, a rotatable cutting wheel, and a reaming tool. The bender bracket is connected to the bender body member. The reaming tool is connected to the bender body member. The rotatable cutting wheel is supported by the body member. The bender flange is positioned above the tubing guide track so that tubing fed beneath the bender flange is held by the bender flange as the tubing is bent into the tubing guide track. The upper work surface of the tubing guide track is semicircular in cross section. The tubing guide track is arced. The bender flange has a tubing engaging portion which is semicircular in cross-section. A work portion of the tubing is positioned in the tubing guide track beneath the tubing engaging portion of the bender flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Inventors: Mark Mills, Darrell Mills
  • Patent number: 4553280
    Abstract: An implement (10) for effecting repairs to a garden hose assembly (30) comprising a central hub element (16) having a plurality of arm elements (17) radially projecting therefrom and bearing a tap unit (12) a die unit (13), a removal unit (14) and an insertion unit (15), wherein the insertion (14) and removal (15) units may both be employed to refurbish the interior of both the male (32) and female (33) hose couplings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Inventor: Ramon L. Stright
  • Patent number: 4349928
    Abstract: The multi-purpose plumbing tool is designed specifically for use with copper tubing to enable cutting and preparation of cut ends and associated fittings for soldering on a job site. Basically, the tool includes a frame supporting a motor driven high speed circular pipe saw. A handle and pipe vise structure in turn is pivoted as a unnit to the frame in such a manner that a pipe gripped in the vise can be swung downwardly and forwardly into engagement with the circular saw blade and thereby cut. The same motor driving the saw blade is utilized to drive rotary wire brushes for cleaning the outside of cut ends of the pipe and the inside of fittings. Appropriate deburring and reaming operations are also performed by these rotating structures. Finally, flux applicator heads are provided to treat the cleaned pipe end surfaces and inside the fittings with appropriate flux paste preparatory to soldering, these flux applicator heads being held on the frame and supplied by paste from a cartridge carried in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Inventor: Alexander T. Mlikotin
  • Patent number: 4347634
    Abstract: A precision hand-held pipe cutting tool is provided utilizing an elongated body which is hand-gripped and contains an axially aligned motor, and a rotating saw blade parallel and adjacent to an angularly adjustable dial with a variety of depth limiting notches in the circumference thereof such that a pipe may be cut all, or part way, through, or provided with an annular channel. The tool also incorporates an integral reamer which de-burrs the interior edge of the cut pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1982
    Inventor: Anis S. Sawan