公开(公告)号：US12123537B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17669067

申请日：2022-02-10

申请人： INA ACQUISITION CORP.

发明人： Arnaud DeKyspotter ,  Dominique Botrel ,  James O'Brien ,  Guy Gordon

IPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  E03F3/06 ,  F16L55/26 ,  F16L101/10

CPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  E03F3/06 ,  F16L55/265 ,  E03F2003/065 ,  F16L2101/10

摘要： In a mobile system for pipe rehabilitation, a tractor moves a motorized electrical cutter inside a pipe. The cutter is used to remove a blockage from a branch conduit connected to the main pipe. A power management system powers the mobile system, including the cutter, from a direct current power source with an input current having a voltage less than 60V. The power management system powers the electrical cutter by discharging current from the supercapacitor module to the cutter. Power to other components is provided without discharge from the supercapacitor module and is not interrupted by supercapacitor discharge to the cutter. The power management system can include a housing for the supercapacitor module with a first connector at one end for connecting to an umbilical cord and a second connector an opposite end for connecting to the tractor.

公开(公告)号：US20240295284A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18662016

申请日：2024-05-13

申请人： TT Technologies, Inc.

发明人： John A. Olander

IPC分类号： F16L55/18 ,  E21B19/16 ,  F16L1/024 ,  F16L1/028 ,  F16L1/032 ,  F16L1/06 ,  F16L55/16 ,  F16L55/165 ,  F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/40

CPC分类号： F16L55/18 ,  E21B19/16 ,  F16L1/024 ,  F16L1/028 ,  F16L1/032 ,  F16L1/06 ,  F16L55/1658 ,  F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/40 ,  F16L55/1608

摘要： A pipe loosening device and methods are shown. In one example, the pipe loosening device enables a method wherein a pipe to be replaced is deformed but not burst, and a portion of a sidewall of the pipe is forced outward into the surrounding soil to compact a local region of the surrounding soil and loosen the existing pipe. The pipe may then pulled from the ground along an axis of the pipe.

公开(公告)号：US12066141B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-20

申请号：US17506392

申请日：2021-10-20

申请人： iPEK International GmbH

发明人： Johannes Wiese ,  Gerhard Kennerknecht ,  Daniel Münzer

IPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  G01D5/14 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G05D3/12 ,  F16L101/12 ,  F16L101/30

CPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  G01D5/14 ,  G05B13/024 ,  G05D3/125 ,  F16L2101/12 ,  F16L2101/30

摘要： A propulsion system is provided for advancing a cable of a sewer cleaning and/or sewer inspection system, comprising a propulsion device, a measuring device for measuring the advancement of the cable, and an evaluation device. The propulsion device and the measuring device are adapted to provide a first and a second measured value of the advancement of the cable independently of one another, and the evaluation device is adapted to form a difference between the first measured value and the second measured value. A control device may be provided which adjusts the advancement based on the determined difference. A correspondingly designed method is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US12060964B1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US18140488

申请日：2023-04-27

申请人： SeeScan, Inc.

发明人： Alexander L. Warren ,  Michael J. Martin ,  Mark S. Olsson ,  Jeffery D. Martin

IPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  G01N21/954 ,  F16L101/30

CPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  G01N21/954 ,  F16L2101/30 ,  G01N2021/9544 ,  G01N2201/062

摘要： Cable handling methods for securing and deploying or retracting one or more cables or hoses into or out of a pipe or cavity allowing inspection of the pipe or cavity are disclosed. In one embodiment a cable is inserted through a cable guide, a flex shaft is attached to the outer surface of the cable guide, and the cable and the flex shaft are deployed into a pipe or cavity to inspect and/or clear an obstruction via a jetter or cutting mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US20240167608A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US18490763

申请日：2023-10-20

申请人： SeeScan, Inc.

发明人： Michael J. Martin ,  Alexander L. Warren

IPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/48 ,  F16L101/30 ,  H04N23/50

CPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/48 ,  F16L2101/30 ,  H04N23/555

摘要： The disclosure includes systems and devices for collaborative moving of a push-cable. Such systems and devices include cable-storage drum devices used to store and dispense/retract a push-cable, generally via motors or like machine-driven force, and cable-storage drum devices used to direct and impart machine-driven force in moving the push-cable as well as push-cable moving systems employing a cable-storage drum device and a cable-storage drum device. The cable-storage drum devices and cable-handling devices as well as systems of the present invention may be communicatively linked in generating corresponding movements of the push-cable. The disclosure further includes methods associated with such push-cable moving systems and a cleaning element apparatus that may be used in a cable-storage drum device, push-cable handling device, or both in cleaning a push-cable prior to retraction.

公开(公告)号：US11796116B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US16751790

申请日：2020-01-24

申请人： General Electric Company

发明人： Alexander Kyle Duncan ,  Todd William Danko ,  Justin Foehner ,  Yakov Polishchuk ,  Douglas R. Forman

IPC分类号： B08B9/027 ,  F16L55/44 ,  B08B9/049 ,  F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/32 ,  B08B7/00 ,  B08B9/051 ,  F16L55/34 ,  F16L55/48 ,  F16L101/12 ,  F16L101/20 ,  F16L101/30

CPC分类号： F16L55/44 ,  B08B7/0042 ,  B08B9/049 ,  B08B9/051 ,  F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/32 ,  F16L55/34 ,  F16L55/48 ,  B08B2209/04 ,  F16L2101/12 ,  F16L2101/20 ,  F16L2101/30

摘要： A system for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided. The system includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within the pipe and configured to travel along the pipe through an interior cavity. The motorized apparatus includes a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around a body assembly. The body assembly includes an actuator assembly coupled to each leg assembly and configured to independently actuate each leg assembly to adjust a position of each leg assembly. The body assembly also includes at least one sensor configured to collect information associated with the position of each leg assembly. The body assembly also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the motorized apparatus and configured to receive the information from the sensor, and to determine at least one of a pipe diameter and a pitch of the motorized apparatus based on the information from the at least one sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20230264236A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18083099

申请日：2022-12-16

申请人： Sandborn Roofs Inc.

发明人： Elias Lopez ,  Dave Vallee ,  Wes Glassford

IPC分类号： B08B9/043 ,  F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/40

CPC分类号： B08B9/0436 ,  F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/40 ,  B08B2209/04 ,  F16L2101/12

摘要： A cleaning device for cleaning vertical pipes includes a cylindrical section, a bottom plate and an upper plate having a cable attachment means, an internal weight, and at least one wiper disk, the device defining a fluid flow path through or around the device.

公开(公告)号：US11649917B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US17014646

申请日：2020-09-08

申请人： SeeScan, Inc.

发明人： Alexander L. Warren ,  Michael J. Martin ,  Mark S. Olsson ,  Jeffery D. Martin

IPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  G01N21/954 ,  B65H51/08 ,  B65H7/00 ,  F16L101/30

CPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  G01N21/954 ,  F16L2101/30 ,  G01N2021/9544 ,  G01N2201/062

摘要： Cable handling devices, methods, and systems for securing and deploying or retracting one or more cables or hoses into or out of a pipe or cavity allowing inspection of the pipe or cavity. In an exemplary embodiment, a hand-held device with a housing for at least partially enclosing one or more cables or hoses, at least one coupling mechanism integrally attached to the housing, and a coupling control for coupling and decoupling the one or more cables or hoses is provided. The cable handling device and the one or more cables or hoses can be coupled and moved together, or decoupled enabling the cable handling device and the one or more cables or hoses to move independently of each other. One or more of the cables may be connected to a camera for facilitating inspection of a pipe or cavity.

公开(公告)号：US11519546B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US16753746

申请日：2018-09-28

申请人： SUEZ GROUPE

发明人： Emmanuelle Louise-Alexandrine Baron ,  Etienne Damerose ,  Aude Garda ,  Guillaume Binet ,  Benoit Collignon

IPC分类号： F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/48 ,  E03F7/12 ,  F16L101/30 ,  G01M3/00 ,  G01M3/38

摘要： A non-motorized inspection device for inspecting a fluid pipeline, includes a monitoring device capable of generating at least one representation of the pipeline, an inertial unit capable of determining orientation data relating to the inspection device, and a means for preventing distortion of the at least one representation.

公开(公告)号：US20220268390A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：US17697468

申请日：2022-03-17

申请人： TT Technologies, Inc.

发明人： John A Olander

IPC分类号： F16L55/18 ,  F16L1/028 ,  F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/40 ,  E21B19/16 ,  F16L1/024 ,  F16L1/032 ,  F16L1/06 ,  F16L55/165

摘要： A pipe loosening device and methods are shown. In one example, the pipe loosening device enables a method wherein a pipe to be replaced is deformed but not burst, and a portion of a sidewall of the pipe is forced outward into the surrounding soil to compact a local region of the surrounding soil and loosen the existing pipe. The pipe may then pulled from the ground along an axis of the pipe.