Patent ID: 6067716
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
A pipe cutter comprising a portable power saw having a housing and a reciprocating saw blade supported and driven by said portable power saw;a way member having an attaching assembly secured thereto and attaching the way member to the housing, a saw blade passage through the way member, and a way stop surface on the way member;a pipe holder block with a block way engaging structure in engagement with the way member operable to guide the pipe holder block along a line relative to the way member, a block stop surface engageable with the way stop surface to limit movement of the pipe holder block relative to the way member in one direction, a pipe receiving slot in the pipe holder block having a pair of side walls and a slot base surface, said pipe receiving slot extending from an open end of the pipe receiving slot to a pipe slot base of the pipe holder block, and a saw blade slot in said pipe holder block extending from the open end of the pipe receiving slot to a position in the pipe slot base; anda resilient member in engagement with the way member and the pipe holder block that urges the pipe holder block toward a pipe cut beginning position in which the block stop surface is in engagement with the way stop surface, the saw blade is in the portion of the saw blade slot in the pipe slot base with a plurality of saw blade teeth facing toward the open end of the pipe receiving slot and wherein the saw blade is withdrawn from the pipe receiving slot.