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US 2025/0128341 A1Published application
Cutting apparatus
AssigneeSteve Vick International Ltd.
InventorsThomas Alexander Gray, Alexander R. Phillips, Richard Ditte
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AssigneeSteve Vick International Ltd.
InventorsThomas Alexander Gray, Alexander R. Phillips, Richard Ditte
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The present disclosure relates to a pipe cutting apparatus for forming a circumferentially-extending cut around a pipe having an elongate axis. The apparatus comprises a support having a track at least partially defining a pipe receiving channel having an axis, with an inner surface configured to abut a pipe within the pipe receiving channel. The apparatus further comprises a cutting tool supported by the support, wherein the cutting tool is a milling tool. The present invention also relates to a cutting apparatus comprising: a cutting tool; a motor for driving the cutting tool, the motor having a motor exhaust for expelling exhaust gas therethrough; a chamber which at least partially surrounds at least a portion of the cutting tool; and a swarf collection hose having a first end fluidly connected to the chamber, wherein the motor exhaust is connected to the swarf collection hose downstream of the chamber along a swarf collection direction such that, in use, a pressure differential is developed between the chamber and the swarf collection hose downstream of its connection with the motor exhaust, thereby suctioning swarf away from the cutting tool.
A pipe cutting apparatus for forming a circumferentially-extending cut around a pipe having an elongate axis, said apparatus comprising:
An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the support further comprises a connecting body connecting opposing ends of the track and wherein the spacing in a circumferential direction between the connecting body and at least one end of the track is adjustable.
An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the track comprises a plurality of chain links.
An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the cutting tool is moveable between a retracted (non-cutting) configuration in which a distal end of the tool is radially outwards of the inner surface of the support and an extended (cutting) configuration in which the distal end of the tool extends radially inwards of the inner surface of the support.
An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims further comprising:
A cutting apparatus comprising:
A method of forming a cut, said method comprising:
A method of forming a circumferentially-extending cut around a pipe having an elongate axis, said method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.