Patent · US Expired

Lining of pipelines and passageways

US4980116A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 10, 1989
Grant dateDec 25, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L55/1604
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to line a pipeline or passageway active in conveying effluent without interrupting the flow of effluent therethrough, a first bypass conduit is passed through the section to be lined before the lining is inserted and the effluent is pumped therethrough, a second bypass conduit is passed through the lining after it has been inserted but before is has been fixed in position, the effluent is then pumped through that second conduit, the lining is fixed in position, normal effluent flow resumes, and the second conduit can be removed for future use.

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