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US 12,146,601 B2Granted
Underground pipe repair and protection system
OwnerThomas A. Greeninventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus provides an enclosed pipe repair where two pipe segments extend through first and second ends of the enclosure to a volume in the enclosure housing the repair. The enclosure surrounds the repair to hopefully prevent roots from accessing the repair in many cases, and if a second problem exists, to provide access to the site of the repair through a lid in the enclosure.
Claims13
A method of encapsulating a plumbing repair comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an enclosure having a volume, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a lid selectively providing access to the volume, the lid being pivotably connected to the first end at a hinge and the lid having an extension, and the second end having a cutout, said extension contacting a portion of the cutout when closed;
- (b) directing a first pipe segment through a first bore at the first end of the enclosure;
- (b) completing a repair of the first pipe segment to a second pipe segment;
- (c) locating the repair within the volume of the enclosure with the second pipe segment directed out of the second end of the enclosure;
- (d) sealing the first pipe segment relative to the first end;
- (e) sealing the second pipe segment relative to the second end;
- and
- (f) shutting the lid.
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An enclosed pipe repair comprising:
- an enclosure having a volume, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a lid selectively providing access to the volume, the lid being pivotably connected to the first end at a hinge and the lid having an extension, and the second end having a cutout, said extension contacting a portion of the cutout when closed;
- a first pipe segment directed through a first bore at the first end of the enclosure;
- a repair connecting the first pipe segment to a second pipe segment wherein the repair is located within the volume of the enclosure with the second pipe segment directed out of the second end of the enclosure;
- the first pipe segment is sealed relative to the first end;
- the second pipe segment is sealed relative to the second end;
- and
- the lid securing access to the repair in the volume.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.