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Sealed inversion liner for lining an existing pipeline or conduit

US6117507A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateSep 12, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1393
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for lining a passageway which comprises providing a plurality of tube sections connected end to end, pulling a first tube section through the passageway in a collapsed condition and thereafter everting a second tube section into the interior of said collapsed first tube section to cause it to expand outwardly toward the interior walls of said passageway.

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