Patent ID: 8191226

Claim:
A device for coupling a pipe and a fitting, the device comprising a shaft; a pipe holder, slidably mounted on said shaft, for releasably gripping a pipe; said pipe holder including at least one pair of retractable jaws, each jaw pivotally mounted on a stationary rod; a fitting retainer, mounted on said shaft, for releasably holding a pipe fitting substantially co-axially with a pipe in said pipe holder; a drive mechanism driving together said pipe holder and said fitting retainer along said shaft in a relative sliding motion between them for coupling a pipe in said pipe holder to a fitting in said fitting retainer; a mechanism causing said retractable jaws to retract partially; and said drive mechanism driving said pipe holder and said fitting retainer further together to cause said retractable jaws to push a sleeve pre-mounted on said pipe slidingly onto a portion of said pipe mounted on said fitting.