Chamfering reamer with trip shoulder

• US 5,180,260 A
• Filed: 01/13/1992
• Issued: 01/19/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Douglas B. Phillips Sr
• Original Assignee: Douglas B. Phillips Sr
• Inventors: Phillips, Douglas B. Sr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bishop, Steven C.
• Application Number:
  US07/818,769
• Time in Patent Office: 372 Days
• Field of Search: 408/190-193, 408/201-203, 408/211, 408/224, 408/225, 408/223, 408/227, 82/113
• US Class Current: 408/211
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 5/167 Tools for chamfering the ends of bars or tubes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/8928 Adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/899 Having inversely angled cutting edge
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/9065 with central lead

Abstract

A adjustable chamfering reamer used in automated threading machines for reaming the ends of pipe or conduit. The adjustable chamfering reamer has an inner reamer insert adjustably installed within a generally cylindrical outer sleeve. The front of the outer sleeve has circumferentially spaced forwardly extending projections with a flat inwardly and rearwardly angled reaming surface and a trip shoulder at the bottom thereof. The inner reamer insert has a trunched conical forward end defined by a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinal wings extending rearwardly and outwardly from the forward end and the exterior of the wings are curved reaming surfaces. When assembled, the wings are positioned between the projections of the outer sleeve in alternating relation. When viewed from the side, the overlapped reaming surfaces and shoulders form a plurality of rearwardly extending flat-bottom V-shaped grooves. The width of the flat-bottom V-shaped groove can be adjustably altered by positioning the inner reamer insert relative to the outer sleeve to receive pipe or conduit of various wall thicknesses and to ream the exterior and interior diameters at the end of the pipe or conduit simultaneously. The adjustable reamer is secured in the die head of a threading machine and receives the end of a pipe or conduit during the threading operation.

Claims

1. An adjustable reaming tool for installation in the bore of a tripping die head of a threading machine for reaming the outside and inside diameters at the end of a threaded pipe or conduit and for activating a trip mechanism to open the die head, the adjustable reaming tool comprising;

a generally cylindrical outer sleeve having a rear end adapted to be secured in a tool holder, a central bore extending rearwardly from the front end and a plurality of circumferentially spaced projections extending forwardly from the front end,

the interior surface of each said projection extending rearward and inward at an angel relative to the longitudinal axis to form an inwardly tapered reaming surface to receive and ream the outer diameter at the end of a pipe or conduit received thereon and terminating in a trip shoulder extending radially inward to said central bore and angled transversely to contact the end surface of the pipe or conduit being reamed,

said outer sleeve projections including said trip shoulder when viewed from the front end each have diametrically opposed flat leading edge surfaces and a flat tailing edge surface spaced generally parallel thereto in a clockwise direction from said leading edge surface and said inwardly tapered reaming surface extends therebetween,

an inner reamer insert having a cylindrical rear portion and a truncated conical forward end longitudinally fluted to define a plurality of circumferentially spaced wings extending longitudinally rearward and outward a distance from the front end at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis to form a segmented generally conical reaming portion to be received partially within the interior diameter of a pipe or conduit to ream the interior diameter at the end of the pipe or conduit received thereon,

said inner reamer insert rear portion slidably received within said outer sleeve central bore and said inner reamer insert wings positioned between said outer sleeve projections in alternating relation such that when viewed from the side, each said rearwardly and outwardly extending wing overlaps the adjacent trip shoulder of said outer sleeve projection and the adjacent angled surfaces cooperatively form a plurality of inwardly extending, flat bottom, V-shaped grooves with said trip shoulder forming the bottom of the groove, and

longitudinal adjustment means threadedly connected between the rear portions of said inner reamer insert and said outer sleeve along the the longitudinal axis to adjustably position said inner reamer insert wings longitudinally relative to said outer sleeve projections, whereby

the width of said flat-bottom, V-shaped grooves can be adjustably altered to receive pipe or conduit of various wall thicknesses and to simultaneously ream the exterior and interior diameters at the end of the pipe or conduit with said trip shoulder contacting the end surface of the pipe or conduit being reamed with sufficient force to activate the trip mechanism of the die head.

2. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 1 in which;

said inner reamer rear portion has a threaded bore extending inwardly from its rear end,

said outer sleeve central bore extends inwardly from its front end and terminates in a smaller diameter bore defining a shoulder therebetween and has a threaded bore larger in diameter than said inner reamer insert threaded bore extending inwardly from its rear end and terminating at said shoulder, and

said adjustment means comprises a headed screw installed through the threaded bore of said outer sleeve with its shank extending slidably through said smaller diameter bore and threadedly received in the threaded bore of said inner reamer insert and an externally threaded lock-down plug member threadedly received in the threaded bore of said outer sleeve, whereby

said cap screw may be rotated to move said inner reamer insert longitudinally on the threaded shank of said cap screw forward or rearward relative to said outer sleeve to selectively position the forward end of said inner reamer insert relative to said outer sleeve projections, and thereafter

said lock-down plug may be rotated to move it into engagement on the head of said cap screw to prevent rotation thereof and maintain the selected position of said inner reamer insert relative to said outer sleeve projections.

3. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 2 in which;

said headed screw is an allen head cap screw having an allen wrench socket in its head, and

said plug member has an allen wrench cavity extending therethrough of larger size than said allen head cap screw socket, whereby

said allen head screw is rotated by inserting an allen wrench through said lock-down plug socket and into the head of said cap screw and said lock-down plug can be rotated engage the head of said allen head cap screw with an allen wrench of larger size.

4. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 1 in which;

said inner reamer insert has central bore extending inwardly from its front end and terminating in a reduced diameter bore defining a shoulder therebetween,

said outer sleeve central bore extends inwardly from its front end and terminates in a first threaded bore defining a shoulder therebetween and has a larger diameter threaded bore extending inwardly from its rear end and terminating at said first threaded bore, and

said adjustment means comprises a headed screw installed through the central bore of said inner reamer insert with its shank extending slidably through said smaller diameter bore and threadedly received in said first threaded bore of said outer sleeve, and

one or more spacer members adapted to be installed between the rear end of said said inner reamer insert and said outer sleeve shoulder, whereby

said spacer members may be installed to position said inner reamer insert forward relative to said outer sleeve, and removed to retract said inner reamer insert relative to outer sleeve, such that the forward end of said inner reamer insert can be selectively positioned inward or outward relative to said outer sleeve projections.

5. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 1 in which;

said wings when viewed from the front end each have diametrically opposed flat leading edge surfaces and a flat trailing edge surface spaced generally parallel thereto in a clockwise direction from said leading edge surface and the exterior surface of said wings form a curved reaming surface extending therebetween.

6. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 5 in which;

said leading edge surface of each said wing when viewed from the front end has a radius larger than the radius of said trailing edge surface such that said curved reaming surface therebetween curves radially inward from said leading edge to said trailing edge.

7. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 1 in which;

said inwardly tapered reaming surface and its juncture with said trip shoulder when viewed from the front end extends laterally from said leading edge surface to said trailing edge surface such that the leading edge of said inwardly tapered reaming surface is a smaller radial distance from the central axis than said trailing edge surface.

8. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 7 in which;

said outer sleeve projection trip shoulder extends transversely at an angle sloping forward from said leading edge surface to said trailing edge surface such that said leading edge of each said trip shoulder is a greater distance from the front of said projection than said trailing edge to provide clearance at said leading edge between the end surface of the pipe or conduit being reamed and allow said transversely angled trip shoulder to contact the pipe or conduit near said trailing edge.

9. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 8 in which;

said wings when viewed from the front end each have diametrically opposed flat leading edge surfaces and a flat trailing edge surface spaced generally parallel thereto in a clockwise direction from said leading edge surface and the exterior surface of said wings form a curved reaming surface extending therebetween, and

said leading edge surface of each said wing when viewed from the front end has a radius larger than the radius of said trailing edge surface such that said curved reaming surface therebetween curves radially inward from said leading edge to said trailing edge,

the inwardly curved reaming surface of said inner reamer insert forming the inner side of said V-shaped groove, said trip shoulder forming the bottom, and said inwardly tapered reaming surface of said outer sleeve forming the outer side of said V-shaped groove.

10. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 9 in which;

said inner reamer insert member is capable of being positioned longitudinally relative to said outer sleeve member to position said curved reaming surface relative to said inwardly tapered reaming surface and said trip shoulder, such that

as the adjustable reaming tool is fed axially onto the end of the pipe or conduit, said leading edge of said curved reaming surface will serve as an interior cutting surface to remove burrs of material extending radially inward from the interior diameter of the pipe or conduit,

said leading edge of said inwardly tapered reaming surface will serve as an exterior cutting surface to remove burrs of material extending radially outward from the exterior diameter of the pipe or conduit, and

continued axial feeding of the adjustable reamer will forceably contact said curved reaming surfaces with the interior diameter of the pipe or conduit and said inwardly tapered reaming surfaces with the exterior diameter of the pipe or conduit at a point near their said trailing edge surfaces to simultaneously ream the interior and exterior diameters at the end of the pipe or conduit.

11. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 10 in which;

said reamer is installed in the bore of a tripping die head of a threading machine with the rear end of said outer sleeve operatively received within the end of the driver member which activates the internal trip mechanism to pen the die head, and

still further continued axial feeding of the adjustable reaming tool will cause said transversely angled trip shoulder to forceably contact the end surface of the pipe or conduit near said trip shoulder trailing edge with sufficient force to activate the trip mechanism of the die head and the leading edge of said trip shoulder providing clearance at said leading edge between the end surface of the pipe or conduit being reamed to prevent galling.

12. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 1 in which;

said wings extend rearward and outward at an angle of approximately from 10°

to 15°

relative to the longitudinal axis of said inner reamer insert.

13. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 1 in which;

said inwardly tapered reaming surfaces extend rearward and inward at an angle of approximately from 20°

to 30°

relative to the longitudinal axis of said outer sleeve.

14. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 9 in which;

said trip shoulder extends transversely from said leading edge to said trailing edge at an angle of from approximately 1°

to 3°

.

15. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim 1 in which;

said inwardly tapered reaming surfaces extend rearward and inward at an angle of approximately from 20°

to 30°

relative to the longitudinal axis of said outer sleeve, and

said trip shoulder extends transversely from said leading edge to said trailing edge at an angle of from approximately 1°

to 3°

.

16. The adjustable reaming tool according to claim I in which;

said wings extend rearward and outward at an angle of approximately from 10°

to 15°

relative to the longitudinal axis of said inner reamer insert,

said inwardly tapered reaming surfaces extend rearward and inward at an angle of approximately from 20°

to 30°

relative to the longitudinal axis of said outer sleeve, and

said trip shoulder extends transversely from said leading edge to said trailing edge at an angle of from approximately 1°

to 3°

.