US 11,691,208 B2
Pipe cut-off tool and accessories for such tools
Glen R. Chartier, Avon Lake, OH (US); Scott Kruepke, Valley City, OH (US); Rahul Maruti Nanche, Maharashtra (IN); Sachin Shashikant Dakare, Maharashtra (IN); Vijay Raghunath Chavan, Pune (IN); Sandeep Sidagouda Patil, Maharashtra (IN); Sachin Moreshwar Maske, Maharashtra (IN); Prasad Chatursingh Patil, Maharashtra (IN); Krishnarjun B. Chhatre, Maharashtra (IN); Santosh Shivaji Zine, Maharashtra (IN); Lawrence Feskanich, Jr., Olmsted Township, OH (US); Seth Bullock, Cleveland, OH (US); Robert Skrjanc, Lorain, OH (US); and Katherine Hall, Ridgeville, OH (US)
Assigned to Ridge Tool Company, Elyria, OH (US)
Filed by Ridge Tool Company, Elyria, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/661,629.
Claims priority of application No. 201821040602 (IN), filed on Oct. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0130075 A1, Apr. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. B23D 45/12 (2006.01); B23D 59/00 (2006.01)
CPC B23D 45/12 (2013.01) [B23D 59/001 (2013.01); B23D 59/006 (2013.01); B23D 59/007 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe fabrication assembly including a plunge guide assembly for use with a pipe fabrication tool having a rotary blade, and a clamping system, the plunge guide assembly comprising:
an alignment plate affixed to one of the pipe fabrication tool and the clamping system;
a guide affixed to the other of the pipe fabrication tool and the clamping system;
wherein one of the guide and the alignment plate includes a pin, and the other of the guide and the alignment plate includes a ready-position bore;
wherein upon attaching the pipe fabrication tool to the clamping system, the alignment plate is engaged with the guide by positioning of the pin in the ready-position bore;
wherein the alignment plate defines an entry slot providing access to the ready-position bore.