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Soil pipe cutter

US6141876A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 4, 1998
Grant dateNov 7, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25G3/26
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A soil pipe cutting device comprising a pair of pivotally interconnected arm members having jaw ends and actuator ends and a flexible, non-extendable cutter chain adjustably mounted between the jaw ends to circumscribe a pipe to be cut is provided with a screw-type actuating mechanism for displacing the jaw ends in the direction to tension the cutter chain to sever a pipe, and with a handle removably and adjustably mounted on the actuator end of one of the arms for transporting the cutter and for supporting and manipulating the cutter during a pipe cutting operation.

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