Pipe lining system and method
AssigneeMichels Corporation
InventorsPaul Mallory, Albert Thebarge, Jim Zedler, Chris Holzbauer
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Abstract
A method of lining a pipe with a lining mixture formed from a dry component and a liquid is discussed. The method includes placing the dry component in a dry component surface container located above ground, conveying the dry component from the dry component surface container to a dry component subterranean supply container located underground, conveying the dry component from the dry component subterranean supply container to a mixer located underground, mixing the dry component with the liquid to form the lining mixture, and applying the lining mixture to the pipe with a mixture applicator.
Claims13
A pipe lining system using a lining mixture formed from a dry component and a liquid to line a pipe, the pipe lining system comprising:
- a dry component surface container;
- a surface container conveyor assembly associated with the dry component surface container;
- a dry component subterranean supply container downstream from the surface container conveyor assembly;
- a supply container conveyor assembly associated with the dry component subterranean supply container;
- a mixer downstream from the supply container conveyor assembly, the mixer configured to mix the liquid with the dry component to form the lining mixture;
- a mixture applicator downstream from the mixer, the mixture applicator configured to apply the lining mixture to the pipe,
- a dry component subterranean mobile container downstream from the surface container conveyor assembly and upstream from the dry component subterranean supply container,
- wherein the dry component subterranean mobile container is movable relative to the dry component subterranean supply container from a loading location to an unloading location;
- wherein, at the loading location, the dry component subterranean mobile container is positioned to receive the dry component from the surface container conveyor assembly;
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- wherein, at the unloading location, the dry component subterranean mobile container is positioned to deliver the dry component to the dry component subterranean supply container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.