Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Guide for a pipeline pig
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Application No.: US15453068Application Date: 2017-03-08
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Publication No.: US10533695B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Bronislav Walter , Scott Walter
- Applicant: Bronislav Walter , Scott Walter
- Agency: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP
- Priority: CA2923031 20160308
- Main IPC: F16L55/44
- IPC: F16L55/44 ; B08B9/055

Abstract:
There is provided an expandable pipeline pig for a varying diameter pipeline having a pig body that carries two or more guides and one or more actuators. Each guide has a resilient body with a folding zone between an outer perimeter and a central area connected to the pig body, a series of support members spaced circumferentially about the resilient body within the folding zone, and a series of collapsing structures positioned between, and integrally formed with, adjacent support members. The actuators selectively release the guides from a reduced to an expanded mode. In the expanded mode the support members extend outward and the collapsing structures are expanded between the support members. In the reduced mode the support members are folded toward the pig body and the collapsing structures are collapsed to reduce a circumference of the resilient body outer perimeter. The support members are biased toward the expanded mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170261147A1 GUIDE FOR A PIPELINE PIG Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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