ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,697, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TT Technologies Inc. (Aurora, Ill.).
"Jointed pipe splitter with pneumatic hammer" was invented by Michael Tjader (New Richmond, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe splitting assembly includes an articulating hammer nose assembly having a pipe splitting cutter and a rotatable joint coupled with the pipe splitting cutter. A pneumatic hammer is distal to the articulating hammer nose assembly, The pneumatic hammer is configured to drive the articulating hammer nose assembly proximally away from the pneumatic hammer. The rotatable joint is coupled between the pipe splitting cutter and the pn...