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Corrugated buckle arrestor

US4421437A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1980
Grant dateDec 20, 1983
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L1/16
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Collapse failures of a pipe wall are prevented from propagating along an underwater pipeline by providing corrugations at intermittent, recurrent, or periodic intervals along the length of the pipeline.

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