Patent ID: 6929430

Claim:
A tool for removing a fitting from a pipe without cutting said pipe, said pipe having an outside diameter, and said fitting having been chemically bonded to an outer surface of said pipe, said tool comprising: a cylindrical shaft; a cylindrical guide body rotatably mounted coaxially at a lower end of said shaft, said cylindrical guide body having pressed therein an oil-impregnated sintered bronze bushing which provides bearing contact against the shaft, said guide body sized for a snug, yet non-interference fit within said pipe; and a rotary cutter mounted rigidly and coaxially on said shaft above said guide body, said cutter having a cylindrical wall with exterior and interior cylindrical surfaces, said exterior cylindrical surface having a first diameter less than or equal to an exterior diameter of a coupler portion of the fitting, said interior cylindrical surface forming a hollow cylindrical chamber having a second diameter about equal to the outside diameter of said pipe, said chamber being open at an end which faces the guide body, and axially penetrated by said shaft, said cylindrical wall having a downward facing rim into which are cut a plurality of cutting teeth.