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Pipe and duct run locator

US5553498A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 1994
Grant dateSep 10, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K1/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and method for identifying a conduit at a second location remote from a known first location of the conduit, characterized by a vibration device and means for removably coupling the vibration device to a wall of the conduit for transmission of vibration to and/or generation of vibration in the conduit, thereby enabling identification of the conduit at the remote second location.

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