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US 12,072,265 B2Granted
Leak detection method and apparatus
AssigneeStress Engineering Services, Inc.
InventorMatthew Sanders
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring gas leakage in a graduated cylinder where water is displaced by the gas in a graduated cylinder in combination with a balance scale, allowing for both a visual indication of the gas detected and a change in weight measurement on the scale, correlating to a certain volume of gas detected.
Claims13
A testing apparatus comprising:
- a scale;
- a container located on the scale;
- a graduated cylinder having a column of liquid with a sealed top portion and an open bottom portion, suspended above the scale having the bottom portion disposed within a liquid in the container;
- and
- a leak detection input tube entering the liquid in the container and terminating inside the bottom portion of the graduated cylinder, wherein any gas from the input tube is trapped in the top portion of the graduated cylinder.
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A testing system comprising:
- a leak boot adapted to seal off a portion of a tubular and having a leak detection line out tube for conveying leaked gases;
- a scale;
- a container located on the scale;
- a graduated cylinder having a column of liquid with a sealed top portion and an open bottom portion, suspended above the scale having the bottom portion disposed within a liquid in the container;
- and
- the leak detection line out tube entering the liquid in the container and terminating inside the bottom portion of the graduated cylinder, wherein any gas from the input tube is trapped in the top portion of the graduated cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.