Pipe aligning apparatus
OwnerJimmy M. Brockinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to apparatus for use in aligning sections of pipe with respect to each other, and more particularly to aligning two sections of pipe 30 and 32 at a predetermined angle with respect to each other so that a joint between the pipe sections may be formed by welding and the like. The apparatus includes gauge devices 16 and 18 which slidably fit upon a leg 14 of a tool 10 having a second angularly oriented leg 12 such as a carpenter's square. Each gauge device includes a vertically movable gauge element 26 having gauge indicia 34 carried thereon. The gauge element 26 is advantageously in the form of a spring-loaded plunger which may be maintained within a bore 40 of the gauge device. Means for locking the gauge device in a spaced-apart relation is provided by wing nuts 22 and 24.
Claims7
Apparatus for use with a square or like tool in angularly aligning first and second pipe sections for welding and joining of said pipe section in a desired angular orientation relative to one another, said tool being the type having a pair of angularly oriented legs, said apparatus comprising:
- a pair of gauge devices;
- means for slidably mounting said gauge devices to a first leg of said tool in a laterally spaced relation;
- each said gauge device including a vertically movable gauge element for engaging said first pipe section in said spaced relation while a second leg of said tool lies against said second pipe section;
- each said gauge element being independently movable in a vertical direction to provide a desired independent vertical displacement from the gauge device from which it extends and provides a measurement of said angular orientation;
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- indicia means carried on said gauge elements for indicating angular alignment of said pipe sections relative to one another so that a joint may be formed to fix said first and second pipe sections in said angular orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.