Apparatus for/installing a liner within a service pipe or the like
US5374174A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16L55/18
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An improved apparatus particularly well adapted for installing a liner within a service pipe having an access end and a terminal end, the liner having a part which is everted and then inflated by the insertion of a fluid thereinto, the fluid being thus inserted by way of a conduit movable into the everted liner part by sliding through the eversion apparatus, the apparatus being further provided with appropriately located winches for controlling the movement of that part into and out of the service pipe.
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