Patent ID: 7263737

Claim:
A tool for simultaneously cleaning inside and outside surfaces surrounding an open end portion of a pipe, comprising: a mounting head; at least one cleaning arm having inner and outer support portions extending forwardly with respect to said mounting head and in parallel relationship to one another, said support portions having confronting faces thereon spaced transversely from one another and defining a rearwardly extending, forwardly open slot therebetween, each of said confronting faces having a pipe-cleaning element thereon; at least one pipe-supporting arm constructed to supportingly engage, from the outside, an end portion of a pipe; and means on said mounting head for mounting said one cleaning arm and said one pipe-supporting arm to extend forwardly with respect to said mounting head, in transversely spaced, fixedly parallel relationship to one another and in position to enable receipt, within said slot between said forwardly extending support portions of said one cleaning arm, of the wall of an open end portion of a pipe that is engaged and supported by said one pipe-supporting arm, said means for mounting enabling adjustment, along a rectilinear path, of the transverse spacing between said one cleaning arm and said one pipe-supporting arm; whereby relative rotation of said mounting head and a pipe, so engaged, supported and received, about the axis of the pipe end portion will cause said pipe-cleaning elements to effect simultaneous cleaning of the surrounding inside and outside surfaces of the pipe end portion.