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US 11,028,556 B1Granted
Method of exposing a utility buried below a roadway and a bore hole cleaning device
AssigneeCciip LLC
InventorAngelo J. Pino, Jr.
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Abstract
A method of exposing a buried utility under a roadway by cutting an access hole in the roadway, vacuuming away dirt surrounding the buried utility, and spraying at least one of pressurized water or compressed air into the dirt to loosen the dirt. A vacuum device having a vacuum nozzle, a compressed air nozzle, and a pressurized water nozzle.
Claims17
A method of removing dirt surrounding a utility buried under a roadway comprising:
- inserting a vacuum nozzle into an access hole in a roadway above a buried utility, a spray device is connected to the vacuum nozzle, and the spray device having at least one pressurized water nozzle or compressed air nozzle;
- applying vacuum to the vacuum nozzle by source of vacuum to vacuum away dirt surrounding the buried utility to expose the buried utility;
- spraying at least one of pressurized water from the pressurized water nozzle or compressed air from the compressed air nozzle into the dirt to loosen the dirt surrounding the buried utility;
- after removing the dirt surrounding the buried utility to expose the buried utility, cutting a microtrench in the roadway using a microtrencher so that the microtrench crosses the exposed buried utility and does not damage the exposed buried utility;
- laying optical fiber, innerduct or microduct in the microtrench;
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- filling the microtrench and hole with a fill material to cover and protect the optical fiber, innerduct or microduct.
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