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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luther W Martin, Champaign, IL (US);
Richard L Smith, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Jesse W Cotherman, Camby, IN (US);
Assignee:
Insertec Systems, Inc., Champaign, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30 925 ; 83745 ;
Abstract
A pipe slitter comprises a base for fixing the slitter to a pipe to be slit thereby. The base includes a pair of end plates for mounting transversely of the pipe and a carriage guide for coupling the end plates to each other. The carriage guide extends longitudinally of the pipe. The carriage guide movably supports a first carriage. A second carriage movably supports a slitter blade. The second carriage is movably supported on the first carriage for movement of the slitter blade longitudinally and transversely of the pipe.