Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for repairing vessel ports

US5331841A · kind A · utility

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12References

15Claims

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Assignee

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Phillip R. Beaver · Baton Rouge, US
James R. Meyer · Blackwood, GB
Thomas Henke · Borgholzhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 1992
Grant date	Jul 26, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 24, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF17C2260/048
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a process and apparatus for repairing a port of a vessel, the port having an inside surface which is damaged. The method and apparatus utilize a liner means for lining the inner surface of the port, a sealed chamber between the lining means and the inner surface of the vessel port, a means of using a gas, preferably an inert gas, to purge the sealed chamber, and a means of monitoring the gas which is purged from the chamber.

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