Patent ID: 6264406
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: B23Q,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool support for mounting a working tool on a pipe having an axis, said support including a base having a saddle portion for straddling a circumferential portion of a pipe to be worked on and first and second laterally opposite sides, and clamping means between said first and second sides for clamping said base to a pipe, said clamping means including a flexible clamping member and a clamping member adjusting mechanism, said clamping member having a first end mounted at said first side of said support and having a free end spaced from said first end, said clamping member adjusting mechanism being on said second side of said support and including holding means for interengaging with said clamping member at a selected one of a plurality of different locations therealong from said free end toward said first end thereof, and said adjusting mechanism including means for displacing said holding means relative to said second side of said support, means mounting said first end of said clamping member on said first side of said support for limited displacement relative thereto in the direction toward said free end of said clamping member, and means biasing said first end against displacement in said direction.