Patent ID: 11969809
Assignee: SCOTT CUTTERS LIMITED
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A cutting tool 1 for cutting pipes of varying diameters, comprising:
a first pipe support member 4a having a first outer pipe surface contact 4′a; 
a second pipe support member 4b having a second outer pipe surface contact 4′b and being spaced from said first pipe support member;
a third pipe support member 4c having a third outer pipe surface contact 4′c and being spaced from said second pipe support member;
a first flexible connection member 5a connecting said first pipe support member to said second pipe support member;
a second flexible connection member 5b connecting said second pipe support member to said third pipe support member;
a third flexible connection member 5c being connected to said third pipe support member;
a blade support portion 7 being connected to said first pipe support member by a blade support flexible connection member 7c; and
a cutting blade 3 mounted to said blade support portion so as to extend into said opening along a plane extending at right angles to said predetermined axis, wherein said first outer pipe surface contact of said first pipe support member, said blade support flexible connection member, and said first flexible connection member are arranged around said predetermined axis so as to align an outer surface of a pipe received in said opening with said cutting blade,
wherein said second outer pipe surface contact of said second pipe support member, said blade support flexible connection member, said first flexible connection member, and said second flexible connection member are arranged around said predetermined axis so as to align the outer surface of the pipe received in said opening with said cutting blade, and
wherein said third outer pipe surface contact of said third pipe support member, said blade support flexible connection member, said first flexible connection member, said second flexible connection member, and said third flexible connection member are arranged around said predetermined axis so as to align the outer surface of the pipe received in said opening with said cutting blade.