Patent ID: 9186805
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B23D,B23Q,B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wire saw for cutting pipe, the wire saw comprising: a saddle forming a saddle surface; an elongate guide fixed to the saddle and including a longitudinal axis; a bow having a first end, a second end and a bridge portion joining the first and second ends, and an open end having a length L from the first end to the second end, wherein the first end, the second end and the bridge portion of the bow define an enclosure; and a wire loop movable along a track formed within the bow, wherein an enclosed portion of the wire loop is positioned in the enclosure and enclosed by the first end, the second end and the bridge portion and an exposed portion of the wire loop extends across the open end and is not enclosed by the bow, wherein the bow is moveable on the elongate guide along the longitudinal axis of the elongate guide.