US 7,549,359 B2
Aldyl a tee scraper
Frank Hennessey, Arlington Heights, Ill. (US); and Dennis Jarnecke, River Forest, Ill. (US)
Assigned to Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, Ill. (US)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/811,534.
Prior Publication US 2008/0302221 A1, Dec. 11, 2008
Int. Cl. B23B 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 82—113  [82/46; 82/70.2] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a pipe tee clamp comprising opposed gripping elements, each said gripping element forming one-half of a vertical throughbore sized to fit snugly around a vertically oriented pipe tee leg when said pipe tee clamp is in a clamping position and each gripping element having a horizontally oriented concave surface sized to fit snugly around at least a portion of a horizontally oriented pipe tee leg when said pipe tee clamp is in said clamping position;
adjustable connecting means for connecting said gripping elements with each other and adjusting a distance between said gripping elements; and
a substantially vertically oriented cutting element having an upward oriented control end, a downward oriented cutting end, and a rotational axis corresponding to a vertical throughbore axis of said vertical throughbore, connected with one of said gripping elements, said cutting element axially movable along and rotatable around said rotational axis.