Patent ID: 6065321
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B05B,B21C,B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus, for preparing a pipe for installation of an outlet thereon, comprising:a support frame;an elongated, horizontally disposed, cylindrical mandrel positioned in said support frame for supporting the pipe to be prepared thereon;said mandrel having a pipe bulging punch vertically movably mounted therein for creating a bulged area in the pipe;said pipe bulging punch being configured so as to create a flat surface on said bulged area;said mandrel having a vertically movable punch mounted therein for punching an outlet opening in the pipe;said vertical movable punch comprising a piercing punch support vertically movably mounted on said support frame and being movable from a first position spaced from the pipe supported on said mandrel to a second position adjacent the pipe support on said mandrel; means for moving said piercing punch support between its said first and second positions; a piercing punch vertically movable between a retracted position to an extended punching position for punching an opening in the flat surface of the bulged area; said mandrel having a vertically movable punch mounted thereon for punching an opening in the pipe concentric with the opening created by said piercing punch.