Patent · US Expired

Method of sealing pipe

US4602974A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 10, 1983
Grant dateJul 29, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 10, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S118/10
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of lining a pipeline or passageway with a flexible tubular liner. The liner is caused to evert in the pipeline by a fluid under pressure, and a former is used to smooth out the everting face of the liner and evenly apply resin over the everting face.

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