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US 2009/0151096 A1Published application
Tube scraping device
OwnerJean-Michel Bideaultinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tube scraping device including a body having means for scraping the tube, and driving means for driving said body in rotation about the tube. The body is equipped with pivoting jaws. A part of the driving means is borne by a driving structure independent from the body.
Claims12
A tube scraping device including:
- a body adapted to rotate about a pivot pin to be arranged parallel to an axis of the tube to be scraped, said body having two jaws adapted to rotate about said pivot pin between:
- an open position enabling the body to be disposed around the tube and removed therefrom;
- a closed position in which the jaws are closer to the tube than in the open position, said jaws including a first part of driving means adapted to drive said jaws in rotation about the tube while the jaws are in the closed position, and said body holding jaw maneuvering means, for moving said jaws from the open position to the closed position, and the reverse, and tube scraping means adapted to come into contact with an external surface of said tube with a view to scraping it, while said jaws are in the closed position, the scraping means being mounted so as to rotate with the body, and therefore with the jaws,
- a second part of the driving means, said second part being adapted for engaging with the first part said driving means, with a view to causing, in an engaged position, said rotation of the jaws,
- and rolling means mounted at an internal surface of the jaws, away from the scraping means, so as to cause said jaws to roll around an external surface of the tube, while said jaws are in the closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.