Pipe cutting assembly and method of use thereof
AssigneeFWS AUS Pty Ltd
InventorRobert FOLEY
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Abstract
A pipe cutting assembly and method of use thereof for cutting level vertical pipes is provided. In one form, the pipe cutting assembly includes an adjustable arm including: at least one horizontal guide body movably mountable to and radially extending from a circular guide of the pipe cutting assembly; at least one vertical guide rail slidably mountable to the at least one horizontal guide body and horizontally moveable relative thereto; and a cutting torch mount for mounting a cutting torch, said mount slidably mountable to the at least one vertical guide rail and vertically moveable relative thereto.
Claims17
An adjustable arm for use with a pipe cutting assembly for cutting vertical pipes level, said arm comprising:
- at least one horizontal guide body movably mountable to and radially extending from a circular guide of the pipe cutting assembly;
- at least one vertical guide rail slidably mountable to the at least one horizontal guide body and horizontally movable relative thereto;
- an actuating mechanism for moving the at least one vertical guide rail horizontally relative to the at least one horizontal guide body, said actuating mechanism comprising a threaded shaft rotatably coupled to the horizontal guide body and upon which the at least one vertical guide rail is mounted for movement therealong by rotation of the threaded shaft;
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- a cutting torch mount for mounting a cutting torch, said mount slidably mountable to the at least one vertical guide rail and vertically movable relative thereto.
A pipe cutting assembly for cutting vertical pipes level, said assembly comprising:
- a circular guide fittable and moveable about the vertical pipe, said guide comprising two or more radially extending adjustable supports for levelling the circular guide relative to the vertical pipe in a spaced relationship therefrom;
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- an adjustable arm mountable to the circular guide for movement about the vertical pipe together with the circular guide and adjustably positioning a cutting torch relative to the vertical pipe, said adjustable arm comprising:
- at least one horizontal guide body extending radially outward from the circular guide;
- at least one vertical guide rail slidably mountable to the at least one horizontal guide body and horizontally moveable relative thereto;
- an actuating mechanism for moving the at least one vertical guide rail horizontally relative to the at least one horizontal guide body, said actuating mechanism comprising a threaded shaft rotatably coupled to the horizontal guide body and upon which the at least one vertical guide rail is mounted for movement therealong by rotation of the threaded shaft;
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- a cutting torch mount for mounting a cutting torch, said mount slidably mountable to the at least one vertical guide rail and vertically movable relative thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.