Pipe cutting device

Claim 1

A PIPE CUTTING MACHINE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A LENGTH OF PIPE FOR ROTATION THEREON, MEANS TO ROTATE SAID PIPE, MEANS ON ONE END OF SAID FRAMEWORK FOR ELIMINATING ENDWISE MOVEMENT OF SAID ROTATING PIPE, AND A CUTTING TORCH ASSEMBLY ADJUSTABLY POSITIONED ON SAID FRAMEWORK, SAID MEANS TO ROTATE SAID PIPE COMPRISING A SOURCE OF POWER IN SAID FRAMEWORK, AND A DRIVE BELT EXTENDING FROM SAID SOURCE OF POWER, AND AROUND SAID PIPE, SAID MEANS FOR ELIMINATING ENDWISE MOVEMENT OF SAID PIPE COMPRISING IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAID DRIVE BELT, A TRANSVERSE ROLLER JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION ACROSS SAID SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK AND ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, SAID TRANSVERSE ROLLER BEING ADJUSTABLE WITHIN LIMITS UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY AND ADAPTED TO CONTACT SAID ROTATING PIPE, ONE SIDE OF SAID BELT PASSING OVER SAID TRANSVERSE ROLLER AND ROTATING SAME IN A DIRECTION TO URGE SAID PIPE TOWARDS ONE END OF SAID SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK, A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE THRUST ROLLER SECURED TO SAID ONE END, THE PERIMETER OF SAID THRUST ROLLER BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE ADJACENT END OF SAID PIPE.