Rapidly retractable tool support for a pipe machining apparatus
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorRoy C. Coakley
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Abstract
Pipe machining apparatuses, tool supports, and methods of operating pipe machining apparatuses are provided. In one aspect, a pipe machining apparatus includes a frame, a tool carrier coupled to and movable relative to the frame, and a tool support coupled to and movable with the tool carrier relative to the frame. The tool support is adapted to support a tool and move the tool in a first direction toward a pipe at a first increment and move the tool in a second direction away from the pipe at a second increment. The second increment is larger than the first increment.
Claims7
A tool support for a pipe machining apparatus, the tool support comprising:
- a rotatable feed screw;
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- a tool clamp coupled to the feed screw and adapted to support a tool, wherein the tool clamp is movable along the feed screw to move the tool in a first tool direction and a second tool direction, and wherein the tool is moveable in the first tool direction at a first increment and a second increment larger than the first increment, and wherein the tool is moveable in the second tool direction at the first increment and the second increment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.