Patent ID: 8763439
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B21D,B29C,B29D,B29K,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool operable to expand an end of a pipe, the tool comprising: a plurality of jaws movable between a closed position and an expanded position and rotatable about a longitudinal axis; a shuttle movable along the longitudinal axis between a disengaged position and engaged position wherein the shuttle and the plurality of jaws are engaged and rotatable about the longitudinal axis between a first orientation and a second orientation; a spindle movable between a first position in which the shuttle is in the first orientation and is disengaged from the plurality of jaws, a second position in which the shuttle is in the first orientation and is engaged with the plurality of jaws, and a third position in which the shuttle and the plurality of jaws are rotated together to the second orientation while the plurality of jaws is in the closed position, wherein movement of the spindle to a fourth position moves the plurality of jaws to the expanded position and maintains the shuttle and the plurality of jaws in the second orientation and in the engaged position.