Ceramic-backed elbow and coating system and method
AssigneeProgressive Products, Inc.
InventorTodd N. Allison
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Abstract
A ceramic-backed elbow featuring an extended chamber which alters the flow of fluent through the elbow section. This chamber is lined with a ceramic material and ceramic tiles. The remainder of the elbow is similarly coated with a ceramic mixture. The elbow could be placed into a coating pan upon the tiles being adhered to the elbow, and the entire elbow may be coated with an abrasive-resistant coating. A thin metal skin may then be applied over the entire surface of the coating.
Claims5
A method of constructing, installing, and maintaining an-abrasion-resistant pipe segment for a fluent pipe system, the method comprising the steps:
- providing a pipe segment comprising a first open end and a second open end;
- placing said pipe segment into a coating pan, wherein said first and second ends extend beyond said coating pan;
- pouring a coating material over said pipe segment and filling said coating pan via an open side of said coating pan;
- drying said coating material such that said coating material hardens into a hardened coating material in the form of said coating pan;
- installing said pipe segment including said hardened coating material and said coating pan into a fluent flow pipe system comprising at least a first pipe section and a second pipe section;
- transferring fluent material through said first pipe section, said pipe segment, and said second pipe section, wherein said hardened coating material is configured to prevent material traveling through said pipe segment from forming a leak within said pipe segment;
- wherein said coating pan forms a metal skin over the exterior of all sides of said hardened coating material except for said open side;
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- placing an additional metal skin cover over the exterior of said coating material about said open side of said coating pan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.