Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for heating pipes made of thermoplastic material
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Application No.: US16331829Application Date: 2017-10-11
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Publication No.: US11541578B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Giorgio Tabanelli
- Applicant: SICA S.p.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Alfonsine
- Assignee: SICA S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: SICA S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Alfonsine
- Agency: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, PLC
- Agent Timothy J. Klima
- Priority: IT102016000104755 20161018
- International Application: PCT/IB2017/056279 WO 20171011
- International Announcement: WO2018/073695 WO 20180426
- Main IPC: B29C57/02
- IPC: B29C57/02 ; B29C35/08 ; B29K701/12 ; B29L23/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for internal heating of end portions of pipes made of thermoplastic material having a central axis including a heating element, designed to be inserted at least partially inside an end portion of a pipe made of thermoplastic material for heating an inner cylindrical surface of the portion, the heating element including an infra-red radiation unit designed to face at least partially the inner cylindrical surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190248048A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING PIPES MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL Public/Granted day:2019-08-15
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