Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pig for use in a system for lining ducts water or sewage pipes
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Application No.: US17702297Application Date: 2022-03-23
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Publication No.: US11613083B2Publication Date: 2023-03-28
- Inventor: Robin Elsom
- Applicant: AQUALINER LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Leicestershire
- Assignee: AQUALINER LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AQUALINER LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Leicestershire
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Agent Jason P. Mueller
- Priority: GB1802664 20180219
- Main IPC: B29C65/10
- IPC: B29C65/10 ; B29C65/00 ; B32B1/08 ; B32B37/00 ; B32B37/06 ; B32B37/16 ; B29K101/12 ; F16L101/18

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pig for use in a system for lining ducts such as water or sewage pipes or electrical ducts or gas pipes. The pig is insertable at least partly within a fabric liner sleeve located in a duct such as a water or sewage pipe and is capable of heating the liner sleeve in situ in the duct to melt or soften thermoplastic material of the liner sleeve to subsequently form, on cooling of the melted thermoplastic material, a rigid liner in the duct. A pig for fitting a liner to the inside of a pipe, comprising a pig body defining a longitudinal axis in a longitudinal direction from a front portion to a rear portion; a gas supply port in the front portion; a gas outlet diffuser forming part of the rear portion; a heating chamber in the pig body forming a flow path from the fluid inlet to the outlet diffuser; and a heater within the heating chamber, wherein the outlet diffuser comprises a plurality of channels, each channel comprising an inlet facing the front portion in the longitudinal direction and an outlet extending radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220212416A1 PIG FOR USE IN A SYSTEM FOR LINING DUCTS WATER OR SEWAGE PIPES Public/Granted day:2022-07-07
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