Patent ID: 6961974

Claim:
A pipe prepping tool comprising: a hand-held housing member having an elongate handle portion and a head portion, said head portion having an extended tubular-shaped end portion having an open end and a closed end with a hole being centrally disposed through said closed end, and said handle portion having a slot being disposed through a front wall thereof and also having a battery compartment being disposed therein and being accessible through a compartment opening in a back wall thereof, said compartment opening being closed with a cover; a first brush support member being rotatable mounted to said hand-held housing member, said first brush support member including a disc-shaped portion having a hole being centrally disposed therethrough and also having a plurality of first slots being spacedly disposed therethrough and arranged about said hole thereof, and also including a first ring portion having an inner surface and an outer surface and also having a plurality of slots being spacedly disposed in said inner surface, and further including a fastener being threaded through said first ring portion, and also including a plurality of springs being securely retained in said slots of said first ring portion, and further including a plurality of ball-shaped fastening members being attached to said springs and being biasedly disposed outwardly of said slots of said first ring portion; a second brush support member being mounted to said first brush support member; a plurality of brushes being supported by said first and second brush support members for prepping threads and interior surface of a pipe; and a means of rotating said brush members.