Vessel and pipeline insertion tool
US10808888B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved insertion tool for placing/removing objects in a pressurized vessel, the object mounted on an elongate object-holder of a tool attached to the pressurized vessel, the insertion tool including (a) one or more elongate guides each having a distal end and a proximal end, (b) a retractor assembly attached to the proximal end of the elongate guides, (c) a top-plate assembly attached to the distal end of the elongate guides, and (d) a travel-plate assembly slidably mounted to the elongate guides and configured to be attached to the elongate object-holder and moved along the elongate guides by the retractor assembly, the improvement comprising: the retractor assembly includes a removable link block configured to be removably attached to a body of the connection tool, the link block configured to thereafter be removably mounted in the retractor assembly with no degrees-of-freedom of movement while mounted in the retractor assembly.
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