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Apparatus for cutting tubes

US6101910A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 21, 1997
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T82/2543
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for cutting tubes has at least one cutting tool that contacts an anvil of a counterstay. The anvil is arranged relative to a cutting point of the cutting tool within the interior of a tube. The cutting tool can be fed in towards the counterstay during the cutting operation and can be limited in its cutting movement by the counterstay at the end of the cutting operation. The anvil is arranged in a yielding manner in the counterstay in the infeed direction of the cutting tool.

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