Patent ID: 6073526
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B23D,B23Q,B26D,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
Method for cutting metal reinforced hoses, in which a cutting operation is performed with use of a cutting tool, said method comprising:locating, as a first step, a single unit within and surrounded by a metal reinforced hose to be cut, said cut to be located at a single cutting point on the metal reinforced hose and at a central portion of said single unit, said unit being arranged in contact with an internal surface of the metal reinforced hose by two separated sections of the unit located at each side of the single cutting point, the unit having at least portions of said two sections with a diameter greater than an internal diameter of said metal reinforced hose,after said locating step, cutting through the metal reinforced hose as well as the surrounded unit at the single cutting point to divide the two sections of the unit and divide the metal reinforced hose into two parts, andas a final step, sweeping all debris from within the metal reinforced hose by extracting the two sections of the surrounded unit from the two parts of the metal reinforced hose in a direction towards end portions of the metal reinforced hose formed by the cutting operation such that said portions sweep against the internal surface of said metal reinforced hose.