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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Joseph H. Ellice, Greenfield, WI (US);
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A tool operable to expand an end of a pipe is disclosed. The tool has a longitudinal axis and a vertical axis. The tool includes a working end disposed at a distal end along the longitudinal axis. This working end includes a plurality of jaws movable between a closed position and an expanded position and rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the tool. Further, the tool includes a main body connected to the working end. This main body includes a handle disposed at a proximal end along the vertical axis of the tool, wherein the handle is configured to be gripped in an orientation that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tool. Further, the tool includes a trigger disposed on the handle, and the trigger is configured to be activated by trigger movement along the vertical axis of the tool.