Patent ID: 7114423

Claim:
A tool for cutting a notch in a pipe, the tool comprising in combination: a die adapted to support a pipe to be cut; a slide coupled to said die; a punch holder adapted to abut said slide and move relative to said slide; a punch coupled to said punch holder; said punch having a first cutting edge on a first side of said punch, said first cutting edge adapted to face downwardly and cut a pipe supported by said die when said punch is in a first orientation, said first cutting edge including lateral cutting portions located above central cutting portions of said first cutting edge; a second cutting edge on a second side of said punch spaced from said first side, said second cutting edge adapted to face downwardly and cut a pipe supported by said die when said punch is in a second orientation, said second cutting edge including lateral cutting portions located below central cutting portions of said second cutting edge; said punch adapted to be rotated relative to said punch holder between said first orientation and said second orientation, such that said first cutting edge rotates from facing downwardly to facing upwardly and said second cutting edge rotates from facing upwardly to facing downwardly; and said punch holder including a pair of flat diagonal slopes extending down from opposite sides of an apex, said diagonal slopes and said apex together forming an arch, said pair of flat diagonal slopes of said arch adapted to contact said punch adjacent an upwardly facing one of said first cutting edge and said second cutting edge of said punch, said lateral cutting portions of said first and second cutting edges each are an angled facet that is generally coplanar with respective said diagonal slopes of said punch holder when facing upwardly and abutting said diagonal slopes.