US 12,264,757 B2
Pipe alignment tool
Leigh Anthony Williams, Barrow upon Humber (GB); and William Anthony Williams, Barrow Upon Humber (GB)
Assigned to Specialised Refrigeration Services Ltd, Barrow Upon Humber (GB)
Filed by Specialised Refrigeration Services Ltd, Barrow Upon Humber (GB)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/095,027.
Claims priority of application No. 2200214 (GB), filed on Jan. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220931 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 1/10 (2006.01); F16L 55/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 1/10 (2013.01) [F16L 55/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe alignment tool for a pipe having a bore with a central axis, the tool comprising a main body comprising a pipe part and a sighting part, the pipe part having a proximal end conforming with an open end of the pipe in use, and the sighting part having mounted therein a sighting means;
wherein the sighting means is located within a recess provided in a distal end of the sighting part and does not extend beyond the recess;
wherein the sighting means is configured to discharge a sighting beam coaxially with the central axis of the pipe, and
wherein the proximal end of the pipe part is formed with a plurality of continuous concentric recesses, one of the plurality of continuous concentric recesses receiving the open end of the pipe therein in use, each of the continuous concentric recesses making up the plurality of continuous concentric recesses having predetermined dimensions which match the outside and the inside of the pipe in use.