Plastic pipe grooving tool and pipe holding device for use therewith

A pipe holding device for holding longitudinally extending pipes of discrete different diameters, said pipe holding device comprising:

• a. a curved frame extending from a first end to a second end and defining a substantially arcual opening for longitudinally receiving a longitudinally extending pipe therethrough, said curved frame having a frame cradle surface facing the arcual opening and having at least one frame roller extending longitudinally for rotatably engaging a surface of a pipe longitudinally received through the arcual opening;
• b. an intermediate body having a body cradle surface facing the frame cradle surface, said intermediate body located between the first end and the second end of the curved frame and substantially translationally moveable with respect to the curved frame to move the body cradle surface with respect to the frame cradle surface, said intermediate body having at least one body roller extending substantially parallel to the frame roller for rotatably engaging the surface of the pipe longitudinally received within the arcual opening, said intermediate body further having an actuating adaptor for attaching to the intermediate body an actuating element;
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• c. a clamp for releasably attaching the intermediate body to the curved frame at predetermined translational positions thereto to accommodate, within the arcual opening, longitudinally extending pipes having discrete diameters;
• wherein the clamp may releasably clamp the intermediate body to the curved frame at discrete positions so that pipes of discrete different diameters longitudinally received within the arcual opening may be held and rotated between the at least one frame roller and the at least one body roller;
• wherein the at least one frame roller partially extends radially into the arcual opening from the curved cradle surface and the at least one body roller extends partially radially into the arcual opening from the body cradle surface;
• wherein the intermediate body comprises a first body side frame connected to a substantially similar second body side frame by longitudinally extending body supports longitudinally separating the first body side frame from the second body side frame, said first body side frame having a first body side cradle surface, and, said second body side frame having a second body side cradle surface, the first and second body side cradle surface facing the arcual opening and forming the body cradle surface facing the frame cradle surface;
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• wherein the clamp engages at least one of the longitudinally extending body supports to releasably attach the intermediate body to the curved frame at discrete positions thereto to accommodate longitudinally extending pipes having discrete diameters within the arcual opening and between the at least one frame roller and the at least one body roller.