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US 6,671,962 B2Granted
Pipe cutting tool for plastic pipe
OwnerAbe Watamurainventor
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Abstract
A tool for cutting a plastic pipe includes an annular collar having a fixed inner diameter which adapted to be slidably positioned on and encircling the plastic pipe. The tool further includes a cutting member pivotably attached to the annular collar an alignment ring having a fixed inner diameter which is adapted to be slidably positioned on and encircling the plastic pipe abutting the annular collar. The tool includes an element for maintaining the alignment ring in temporary engagement encircling the pipe, with the annular collar abutted next to the alignment ring.
Claims9
A tool for cutting a plastic pipe comprising:
- an annular collar having a fixed inner diameter, adapted to be slidably position on and encircling the plastic pipe;
- a cutting member pivotably attached to the annual collar;
- an alignment ring having a fixed inner diameter adapated to be slidably positioned on and encircling the plastic pipe abutting the annular collar;
- means for maintaining the alignment ring in temporary engagement encircling the pipe;
- a circumferential channel formed in the annular collar;
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- a circumferential lip extending from the alignment ring,
- wherein the alignment ring is adapted to be received in the circumferential channel.
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