Patent ID: 6626074
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B23D,E21B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for cutting a pipe, comprising:a lower guide plate and an upper guide plate; a connector rod interconnecting said lower guide plate to said upper guide plate; an eccentrically mounted blade drive assembly including an outer tube and an inner drive shaft, said outer tube moveably mounted between said lower guide plate and said upper guide plate, said inner drive shaft disposed within said outer tube and independently rotatable within said outer tube, said inner drive shaft having a distal end extending through said lower guide plate and a proximal end extending above said upper guide plate, said blade drive assembly further including a blade mounted to said distal end of said inner drive shaft, wherein said blade drive assembly is movable between a first retracted position and a second extended cutting position; a handle connected to said blade drive assembly to rotate said blade drive assembly from said first retracted position to said second extended cutting position; means attached to said proximal end of said inner drive shaft to selectively spin said inner drive shaft.