US 12,226,879 B2
Pipe fitting tool
Benjamin A. Smith, Milwaukee, WI (US); and James Wekwert, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,508.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/061,455, filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,950, filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009059 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 21/00 (2006.01); B25B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 21/002 (2013.01) [B25B 23/0085 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe fitting tool configured to loosen a first section of pipe with respect to a second section of pipe, the pipe fitting tool comprising:
a motor;
a housing containing the motor;
a battery removably coupled to the housing, the battery configured to provide power to the motor;
a reciprocating member that reciprocates in response to activation of the motor;
a holdback assembly including holdback assembly jaws that are actuatable to move the holdback assembly jaws toward and away from each other to clamp and hold the second section of pipe; and
a loosening mechanism configured to
clamp and rotate the first section of pipe with respect to the second section of pipe in response to a first linear motion of the reciprocating member, and
release the first section of pipe in response to a second linear motion of the reciprocating member, the second linear motion being in a direction opposite the first linear motion.