Patent ID: 6378212
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B23D,B26D

Abstract:
A pipe cutting device comprising:a first supporting portion; a second supporting portion associated with the first supporting portion, said first and second supporting portions together substantially encircling a pipe to be cut, wherein said first supporting portion is substantially semicircular, said second supporting portion is substantially semicircular, and a first end of said first supporting portion is attached to a first end of said second supporting portion by a hinge pin, and wherein a second end of said first supporting portion is associated with a second end of said second supporting portion by a locking mechanism for removably locking the first and second supporting portions together; at least two cutters positioned on at least one of said first and second supporting portions for engaging a pipe to be cut, each of said cutters being interchangeably rotatable between a circumferential cutting direction to make a circumferential cut and a longitudinal cutting direction to make a longitudinal cut, wherein said pipe cutting device is movable relative to a pipe to be cut to cut a pipe interchangeably in either the longitudinal cutting direction or the circumferential cutting direction and the first and second supporting portions at the second ends thereof have at least one hole in aligned relation with one another and the locking mechanism comprises at least one locking pin for insertion into and removal from the aligned holes in the first and second supporting portions.