US 11,123,782 B2 · Versatile tubing straightener

Abstract

A hand-held tool for straightening tubing such as brake fluid lines in vehicles, the tool provides a housing having an outer covering, internally thereof, a series of sets of rollers, that are adjustable radially, supported by end frames, and intermediate the rollers and the outer covering is an adjuster ring, shiftable longitudinally within the housing, operatively associated with the rollers, such that when the adjuster ring is pulled outwardly, longitudinally, from the tool housing, the rollers shift radially outwardly, for accommodating larger tubing, and when the adjuster ring is pushed inwardly of the housing, the rollers are forced inwardly against smaller diameter tubing, in preparation for its straightening. A sector of the tool, usually along a quadrant, is opened from one end to the other of the tool, so as to allow the tool to be applied to the tubing to be straightened, anywhere along its length, and not only at its ends.

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Dependent claims

A tool for functioning as a tubing straightener for straightening tubing unwinding from a coiled roll, said tool comprising:

a housing, said housing incorporating a pair of end frames, said end frames being longitudinally spaced apart;
an outer cover formed of the housing and surrounding the tool and its end frames;
a series of brackets retaining the end frames to the outer cover of the housing;
a series of roller mounts shiftably connected to the brackets, each roller mount holding a series of rollers, which along with the roller mounts are capable of radially shifting within the tool during its adjustment for biasing the rollers onto the tubing during performance of a tube straightening process;
an adjuster means provided proximate one end frame of said tool, a series of adjuster extensions integral of the said adjuster means, and said adjuster extensions slidingly attached to said brackets and biasing against said roller mounts to urge said series of rollers against the tubing, when said adjuster means and their adjuster extensions are shifted longitudinally within the tool housing during its set up for usage.

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A tool for functioning as a tubing straightener for straightening tubing unwinding from a coiled roll, said tool comprising:

a housing formed from components for providing support for handholding of the tool during performance of a tube straightening, and said components provided for holding the operative components for biasing against and securement of the tube within the housing during its straightening process, said housing having a longitudinal central axis wherein the tubing to be straightened locates in preparation for a tube straightening procedure;
a series of roller mounts shiftably connected in said housing, each said roller mount securing at least a pair of rollers rotatably thereto, and each roller mount and their rollers capable of radially shifting towards and away from the central axis of said housing when adjusted for holding different sized tubing in preparation for the straightening process;
said housing having a pair of ends, and
an adjuster means provided proximate at least one end of said housing, said adjuster means having a series of adjuster extensions integral of said adjuster means, and said adjuster extensions slidably attached to said housing and bearing against said roller mounts to urge said series of rollers against the tubing as said adjuster means and its adjuster extensions are shifted longitudinally within the housing in preparation for its usage in straightening different sized tubings during its usage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Versatile tubing straightener

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Versatile tubing straightener

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