# US 2026/0264188 A1 · Tool for conduits > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0264188 A1 - Document ID: US20260264188A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/165,521 - Filed: 2024-02-06 - Published: 2026-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2023-03-23 - Applicants: Reliance Worldwide Corporation - Inventors: Sai Kishore RAVISANKAR - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260264188A1 ## CPC - B24B 9/007: {for end faces of tubes} - B26D 3/16: Cutting rods or tubes transversely {(cutting tubes longitudinally B26D3/001)} - B25F 5/00: Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for - B25H 7/005: {for pipes} - B26D 3/166: {Trimming tube-ends} - B24B: MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING (grinding of gear teeth B23F, of screw-threads B23G1/36; by electro-erosion B23H; abrasive or related blasting B24C; tools for grinding, buffing or sharpening B24D; polishing compositions C09G1/00; abrasives C09K3/14; electrolytic etching or polishing C25F3/00; grinding arrangements for use on assembled railway tracks E01B31/17); DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) - B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)} - B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65) ## Abstract A conduit preparation tool includes a hub. The preparation tool may further includes a plurality of conduit receivers coupled to the hub and spaced apart from one another around a central axis extending through the hub. Each of the plurality of conduit receivers may have a cylindrical shape with a different diameter from one another to receive a respective conduit therein. Each of the pluof conduit receivers may have a respective receiver axis extending through the central axis. The preparation tool may further include a plurality of deburr elements coupled to the hub and arranged extend partially into at least one of the conduit receivers to trim portions of the respective conduit received therein in response to rotation of the preparation tool about the respective receiver axis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A conduit preparation tool comprising: a hub; a plurality of conduit receivers coupled to the hub and spaced apart from one another around a central axis extending through the hub, each of the plurality of conduit receivers having a cylindrical shape with a different diameter from one another to receive a respective pipe therein, each of the plurality of conduit receivers having a respective receiver axis extending through the central axis; and a plurality of deburr elements coupled to the hub and arranged to extend partially into at least one of the conduit receivers to trim portions of the respective pipe received therein in response to rotation of the pipe preparation tool about the respective receiver axis; wherein each of the plurality of conduit receivers is spaced apart from the central axis by a distance of less than or equal to 3.5 inches so that the preparation tool is free to rotate about the central axis within a predetermined diameter of about 3.5 inches. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pipe preparation tool of claim 1, wherein: the plurality of conduit receivers includes a first conduit receiver, a second conduit receiver, and a third conduit receiver, and the first conduit receiver and the second conduit receiver each include a distal end having a pair of planar segments and a pair of recessed segments. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The pipe preparation tool of claim 2, wherein the third conduit receiver has a distal end that is entirely planar. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The pipe preparation tool of claim 2, wherein: the first conduit receiver has a first diameter that is configured to receive a conduit with a diameter equal to about 1 inch, the second conduit receiver has a second diameter that is configured to receive a conduit with a diameter equal to about ¾ inch, and the third conduit receiver has a third diameter that is configured to receive a conduit with a diameter equal to about ½ inch. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The pipe preparation tool of claim 2, wherein each of the recessed segments are arcuate segments and have a radius of curvature with a center at the central axis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The pipe preparation tool of claim 5, wherein each of the conduit receivers further includes a proximal end coupled to the hub, and each of the planar segments is spaced apart from each corresponding proximal end by a predetermined distance to provide a pipe insertion depth of the respective pipe received therein that corresponds with a proper installation depth of the respective pipe with a corresponding pipe connector. ### Claim 7 A conduit preparation tool comprising: a hub; a plurality of conduit receivers coupled to the hub and spaced apart from one another around a central axis extending through the hub, each of the plurality of conduit receivers having a cylindrical shape with a different diameter from one another to receive a respective pipe therein, each of the plurality of conduit receivers having a respective receiver axis extending through the central axis; and a plurality of deburr elements coupled to the hub and arranged to extend partially into at least one of the conduit receivers to trim portions of the respective pipe received therein in response to rotation of the pipe preparation tool about the respective receiver axis; wherein at least one conduit receiver included in the plurality of conduit receivers includes: (i) a first distal end spaced a first height from a proximal end of the at least one conduit receiver at the hub, and (ii) a second distal end spaced a second height from the proximal end, and wherein the second height is less than the first height. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The conduit preparation tool of claim 7, wherein the at least one conduit receiver has a first segment at the first distal end and a second segment at the second distal end and spaced circumferentially from the first segment about the respective receiver axis of the at least one conduit receiver, and the first height is defined between the proximal end and the first segment and the second height is defined between the proximal end and the second segment. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The conduit preparation tool of claim 8, wherein both the first segment and the second segment extend circumferentially halfway around the respective receiver axis. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The conduit preparation tool of claim 9, wherein a plane extending through each of the plurality of conduit receivers and perpendicular to the central axis divides the first segment from the second segment. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The conduit preparation tool of claim 8, wherein the first segment is configured to provide a first depth marker for a first conduit fitting and the second segment is configured to provide a second depth marker for a second conduit fitting different than the first conduit fitting. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The conduit preparation tool of claim 8, wherein the second segment is a recessed segment relative to the first segment. ### Claim 13 A plumbing system comprising a conduit; a first conduit fitting configured to receive a first insertion depth of the conduit; a second conduit fitting configured to receive a second insertion depth of the conduit, the second insertion depth being less than the first insertion depth; and a conduit preparation tool comprising: a hub; a plurality of conduit receivers coupled to the hub and spaced apart from one another around a central axis extending through the hub, each of the plurality of conduit receivers having a cylindrical shape with a different diameter from one another to receive a respective pipe therein, each of the plurality of conduit receivers having a respective receiver axis extending through the central axis; and a plurality of deburr elements coupled to the hub and arranged to extend partially into at least one of the conduit receivers to trim portions of the respective pipe received therein in response to rotation of the pipe preparation tool about the respective receiver axis, wherein at least one conduit receiver included in the plurality of conduit receivers includes: (i) a first distal end spaced a first height from a proximal end of the at least one conduit receiver at the hub, and (ii) a second distal end spaced a second height from the proximal end, and wherein the first height corresponds to the first insertion depth and the second height corresponds to the second insertion depth. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The plumbing system of claim 13, wherein the at least one conduit receiver has a first segment at the first distal end and a second segment at the second distal end and spaced circumferentially from the first segment about the respective receiver axis of the at least one conduit receiver, and the first height is defined between the proximal end and the first segment and the second height is defined between the proximal end and the second segment. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The plumbing system of claim 14, wherein both the first segment and the second segment extend circumferentially halfway around the respective receiver axis. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The plumbing system of claim 15, wherein a plane extending through each of the plurality of conduit receivers and perpendicular to the central axis divides the first segment from the second segment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The plumbing system of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of conduit receivers is spaced apart from the central axis by a distance of less than or equal to 3.5 inches so that the preparation tool is free to rotate about the central axis within a predetermined diameter of about 3.5 inches. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The plumbing system of claim 13, wherein: the plurality of conduit receivers includes a first conduit receiver, a second conduit receiver, and a third conduit receiver, and the first conduit receiver and the second conduit receiver each include a distal end having a pair of planar segments and a pair of recessed segments. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The pipe preparation tool of claim 18, wherein the third conduit receiver has a distal end that is entirely planar. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The pipe preparation tool of claim 18, wherein each of the recessed segments are arcuate segments and have a radius of curvature with a center at the central axis.