Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for maintaining pipes
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Application No.: US16751722Application Date: 2020-01-24
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Publication No.: US11598474B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Alexander Kyle Duncan , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Yakov Polishchuk , Douglas R. Forman
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: F16L55/34
- IPC: F16L55/34 ; F16L55/44 ; B08B9/049 ; F16L55/30 ; F16L55/32 ; B08B7/00 ; B08B9/051 ; F16L55/48 ; F16L101/12 ; F16L101/20 ; F16L101/30

Abstract:
A motorized apparatus for use in maintaining a pipe includes at least one drive portion including a body assembly, a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around the body assembly, a plurality of drive mechanisms coupled to the plurality of leg assemblies, and a drive portion coupling mechanism. The motorized apparatus also includes at least one maintenance portion including a body, at least one maintenance device coupled to the body, and a maintenance portion coupling mechanism configured to engage the drive portion coupling mechanism. The at least one drive portion is releasably coupled to the at least one maintenance portion by engaging the drive portion coupling mechanism with the maintenance portion coupling mechanism. The drive portion coupling mechanism and the maintenance portion coupling mechanism are each configured to engage another coupling mechanism when the drive portion coupling mechanism and the maintenance portion coupling mechanism are uncoupled from each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210025534A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING PIPES Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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