Patent Application
20240149306
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The disclosure relates to burr tools and more particularly pertains to a new burr tool for preparing a pipe for soldering. The tool includes a cylinder with a well in each end of the cylinder and first bristles disposed in each well for abrading a pipe that is inserted into a respective well. The tool includes a pair of brushes attached to the cylinder which can be inserted into the pipe for abrading an interior of the pipe. Each of the brushes is oriented perpendicular to the wells.
The prior art relates to burr tools including a pipe cleaning fitting that includes a cylinder with bristles disposed in the cylinder and a brush extending outwardly from the cylinder. The prior art discloses a rotary pipe tool that includes a male brush on a first end of the rotary pipe tool and a female brush on a second end of the rotary pipe tool. The prior art discloses a de-burring tool that includes a housing with a pair of apertures for insertably receiving a pipe and bristles disposed in the apertures for scrubbing the pipe and a pair of brushes each extending in opposite directions from the housing to scrub an interior of the pipe. The prior art discloses a pipe preparation tool that includes a cylinder with bristles disposed within the cylinder to scrubbing a pipe and cutting teeth integrated into the cylinder to de-burring an end of the pipe.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cylinder that has a pair of wells each recessed into opposing ends of the cylinder for insertably receiving an end of a pipe. The cylinder has a plurality of first bristles each disposed within a respective one of the wells. The plurality of first bristles in a respective one of the wells scrubs the pipe when the pipe is inserted into the respective well for abrading burrs from the pipe. A pair of brushes is each coupled to and extends away from the cylinder thereby facilitating a respective one of the brushes to be inserted into the pipe for scrubbing inside of the pipe. Additionally, each of the brushes is perpendicularly oriented with the pair of wells in the cylinder.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The well 14 in the first end 20 has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the well 14 in the second end 22 thereby facilitating the well 14 in each of the first end 20 and the second end 22 to accommodate pipes of varying diameters. Each of the wells 14 has a bounding surface 24 and each of the first bristles 18 extends away from the bounding surface 24 of the respective well 14 thereby facilitating the first bristles 18 to abrade an outer surface 26 of the pipe 16 when the pipe 16 is inserted into the respective well 14. The first bristles 18 are distributed around a full circumference of the respective well 14 and along a full depth of the respective well 14. A first one of the wells 28 may have a diameter of approximately 19.0 mm and a second one of the wells 30 may have a diameter of approximately 12.5 mm. Furthermore, the cylinder 12 may have a length ranging between approximately 12.0 cm and 18.0 cm and a diameter ranging between approximately 4.0 cm and 5.0 cm.
A cushion 32 is wrapped around the cylinder 12 thereby facilitating the cushion 32 to be gripped for manipulating the cylinder 12. The cushion 32 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material thereby facilitating the cushion 32 to enhance comfort for gripping the cushion 32. Furthermore, the cushion 32 extends substantially between the first end 20 and the second end 22 of the cylinder 12. The cushion 32 may have a thickness of approximately 6.5 mm and a length of approximately 7.5 cm.
A pair of brushes 34 is provided and each of the brushes 34 is coupled to and extends away from the cylinder 12 thereby facilitating a respective one of the brushes 34 to be inserted into the pipe 16 for scrubbing inside of the pipe 16. Furthermore, each of the brushes 34 is perpendicularly oriented with the pair of wells 14 in the cylinder 12. Each of the brushes 34 comprises a stem 36 that is coupled to and extends away from an outer wall 38 of the cylinder 12. As is most clearly shown in
Each of the brushes 34 includes a plurality of second bristles 42 that is coupled to and extends outwardly from the stem 36. In this way the second bristles 42 can abrade an inside surface 44 of the pipe 16 when the respective brush 34 is inserted into the pipe 16. The plurality of second bristles 42 is distributed around a full circumference of the stem 36 and the plurality of second bristles 42 is distributed from the distal end 40 of the stem 36 toward the cylinder 12. Additionally, each of the second bristles 42 associated with a first one of the brushes 46 has a length that is greater than a length of each of the second bristles 42 associated with a second one of the brushes 48. In this way each of the first brush 46 and the second brush 48 can accommodate pipes of varying diameters. Each of the second bristles 42 on the first brush 46 may have a length sufficient such that the total diameter defined by the plurality of second bristles 18 on the first brush 46 is approximately 19.0 mm. Additionally, each of the second bristles 42 on the second brush 48 may have a length sufficient such that total diameter defined by the plurality of second bristles 42 on the second brush 48 is approximately 12.5 mm.
In use, the cushion 32 is gripped and a pipe 16 is inserted into either the first well 28 or the second well 30, depending on the outer diameter of the pipe 16, to facilitate the first bristles 18 in the first well 28 or second well 30 to abrade the outer wall 38 of the pipe 16. In this way burrs and other deformities can be removed from the outer wall 38 of the pipe 16 to prepare the pipe 16 to be soldered. Either the first brush 46 or the second brush 48, depending on the inside diameter of the pipe 16, is inserted into the pipe 16 to facilitate the second bristles 42 on the first brush 46 or the second brush 48 that abrade the inside surface 44 of the pipe 16. In this way burrs and other deformities can be removed from the inside surface 44 of the pipe 16 to prepare the pipe 16 to be soldered. Furthermore, pipes of varying sizes can be prepared for soldering without requiring a user to manipulate two different tools thereby enhancing speed and efficiency with which the pipes of varying sizes can be prepared.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, tool and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
