Patent ID: 8827603
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for removing a fitting from a pipe having a central axis, the apparatus comprising: a guide member defining a guide passage with a longitudinal axis; means for supporting the guide member within at least a portion of the pipe with the longitudinal axis of the guide passage of the guide member in a coaxial relationship with the central axis of the pipe, wherein the means for supporting the guide member comprises: a rotary hole saw having a cylindrical wall provided with a plurality of cutting teeth on an open end thereof and a central axis of rotation about which the cylindrical wall and the plurality of cutting teeth are rotatable, the cylindrical wall defining a cylindrical chamber; and a guide rod connected to the rotary hole saw such that the guide rod extends through the cylindrical chamber of the hole saw and beyond the open end thereof in coaxial alignment with the central axis of rotation of the hole saw, the guide rod being slidingly receivable in the guide passage of the guide member.