Pipe Peeler
AssigneeReed Manufacturing Company
InventorsChristopher M. Arkwright, Robert M. Sterner
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Abstract
A pipe peeler for removing a uniform layer of material from the outer surface of a polyethylene pipe is provided. The device comprises a body, a blade, a chain coupled near a first face of the body, a means for coupling the other end of the chain to the body near a second face of the body, a means for tightening the chain around a pipe, and a grip for rotating the device around the pipe in order to peel the pipe. The chain may define a helix shape when wrapped around the pipe, creating a spiral track on the pipe that the blade will follow when the device is pushed around the pipe, thereby creating a uniform spiral peel.
Claims12
A device for peeling a pipe, comprising:
- (A) a body that includes a first face and a second face;
- (B) a blade coupled to said body;
- (C) a chain segment, wherein said chain segment includes a first attachment location on a chain segment first end and a second attachment location on a chain segment second end;
- (D) a first coupler, wherein said first coupler is operable to couple said first attachment location to said body near said first face;
- (E) a tightener, wherein
- (a) said tightener includes a second coupler, wherein said second coupler is operable to couple said second attachment location to said body near said second face, and
- (b) said tightener is operable to reduce a distance between said second attachment location and said second face when said second attachment location is coupled to said second coupler;
- wherein said chain segment substantially defines a helix when
- (a) said first attachment location is coupled to said first coupler,
- (b) said second attachment location is coupled to said second coupler, and
- (c) said chain segment is positioned as an arc.
A method for peeling a helical pattern on a pipe, comprising:
- (A) coupling a blade to a body;
- (B) coupling a first end of a chain segment to said body;
- (C) placing a bottom face of said body proximate to a pipe;
- (D) wrapping said chain segment around said pipe;
- (E) coupling a second end of said chain segment to said body;
- (F) tightening said chain segment around said pipe such that said chain segment substantially defines a helix;
- (G) placing said blade in contact with said pipe;
- (H) pushing said body around said pipe, such that said blade peels a substantially helical pattern on the outside of said pipe.
A device for peeling a pipe, comprising:
- (A) a body;
- (B) a blade coupled to said body;
- (C) a chain segment, wherein said chain segment includes a first end and a second end;
- and
- (D) a chain tightener;
- wherein
- (A) said first end of said chain segment is coupled to said body;
- (B) said second end of said chain segment is coupled to said body by said chain tightener;
- and
- (C) said chain segment substantially defines a helix when said chain segment is substantially an arc shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.