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US 10,336,482 B2Granted
System, method and apparatus for preserving and capping tubes
AssigneeGeneral Electric Technology GmbH
InventorsRonald Francis Konopacki, Allan Gunn Ferry
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Abstract
A system for preserving and capping tubes includes a compressed air reservoir for storing compressed air, a preservative reservoir containing a supply of a preservative, a nozzle in fluid communication with the compressed air reservoir and the preservative reservoir for injecting the preservative into the interior of a tube, and a capping device configured to insert a cap onto the end of the tube.
Claims17
A system for preserving and capping tubes, comprising:
- a compressed air reservoir for storing compressed air;
- a preservative reservoir containing a supply of a preservative;
- a nozzle in fluid communication with the compressed air reservoir and the preservative reservoir for injecting the preservative into the interior of a tube;
- and
- a capping device configured to insert a cap onto the end of the tube.
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An apparatus for preserving and capping boiler tubes, comprising:
- a mechanism for injecting a preservative into an interior of a tube;
- a mechanism for inserting a cap onto the end of the tube;
- and
- a heating device for heat shrinking the cap to an outer surface of the tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.