摘要 |
A hand held flaring tool (10) includes a receiving portion (10a) for receiving an end of a tube (22), a stop element (36), a locking mechanism (18) and a flaring mechanism (20). The stop element is movably disposed at the receiving portion and is movable between a stopping position, where the stop element limits insertion of the tube at the receiving portion to set the tube at an appropriate location for flaring the end of the tube, and a flaring position, where the stop element is moved to a position remote from the end of the tube. The locking mechanism is operable to lock the tube at the receiving portion when the tube is inserted into engagement with the stop element. The flaring mechanism is operable to move a flaring mandrel (42) towards and into engagement with the end of the tube to flare the end of the tube. |