Patent ID: 7966681
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: B25B,B25F,B26B,B26D

Abstract:
1. A multi-function pipe cutting and fitting tool having a fixed handle with a fixed jaw, a pivoting handle pivotally attached to the fixed handle adjacent to the fixed jaw, a movable jaw having a blade pivotally attached to the fixed handle opposite the fixed jaw and configured to engage the fixed jaw, a push pawl pivotally attached to the pivoting handle and having a cantilever spring pin such that upon squeezing the fixed and pivoting handles together the push pawl engages ratchet teeth on the movable jaw to urge the movable jaw into engagement with the fixed jaw, comprising: a connecting rod having a first end pivotally attached to the pivoting handle and an opposite second end pivotally attached to the movable jaw, and further having a biasing spring connected at one end to the connecting rod and at another end to the fixed handle such that the connecting rod is biased toward the fixed handle; and a pair of teeth on a side of the fixed and pivoting handles proximate to the attachment of the pivoting handle to the fixed handle.