Pipe alignment tool
OwnerJason Mickowinventor
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Abstract
A pipe alignment tool includes a main body, a laser source, and a laser calibrator. The main body has a threaded external surface on a proximal end and a cylindrical bore at a distal end. The cylindrical bore has a central axis. The laser source has a proximal end that is removably received in the cylindrical bore. The laser source is configured to discharge a laser beam through a distal end of the laser source along a laser axis. The laser calibrator is configured to adjust the orientation of the laser source relative to the central axis to coaxially align the laser axis with the central axis.
Claims16
A pipe alignment tool comprising:
- a main body having a threaded external surface on a proximal end and a cylindrical bore at a distal end, the cylindrical bore having a central axis;
- a laser source having a proximal end removably received in the distal end of the cylindrical bore, and a distal end protruding from the distal end of the cylindrical bore, the laser source configured to discharge a laser beam through a distal end of the laser source along a laser axis;
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- a laser calibrator configured to adjust the orientation of the laser source relative to the central axis to coaxially align the laser axis with the central axis.
A method comprising steps of:
- securing a proximal end of a main body of a pipe alignment tool to a support;
- placing a proximal end of a laser source in a cylindrical bore at a distal end of the main body;
- discharging a laser beam from a distal end of the laser source along a laser axis;
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- adjusting an orientation of the laser source relative to a central axis of the cylindrical bore using a laser calibrator of the tool to coaxially align the laser axis with the central axis comprising:
- rotating the laser source within the cylindrical bore;
- viewing the discharged laser on a target surface during the rotating step;
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- repeating the rotating, viewing and adjusting steps until laser axis is coaxial to the central axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.