Patent ID: 6134997
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B23D,Y10T

Abstract:
A device constituting a tube cutter for cutting a tube having a central longitudinal axis, comprising:a hand tool having a handle at one end, and a head at the other end,a pair of gripper rollers and a cutter roller mounted in the head end,all the rollers being on axes all effectively parallel with the tube axis,all the rollers being mutually arranged for engaging the tube at points spaced around the tube and when so engaging the tube, each two circumferentially adjacent rollers being spaced apart angularly at less than 180.degree., whereby the rollers are capable of holding the tube,power means for rotating the gripper rollers and thereby rotating the tube about its own axis, andpower means for moving the cutter roller toward and from the gripper rollers,whereby, rotation of the tube with the cutter roller in engagement therewith, results in cutting the tube.