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US 12,447,890 B2Granted
Over the hole trailer
AssigneeINA Acquisition Corp.
InventorsNeil O'Donnell, Kurt Schlake
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Abstract
A trailer for staging a pipe lining for in-place installation and curing of the pipe lining has an expandable cover including a roof and side walls. Pipe lining staging apparatus located within the cover can be converted between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The floor can expand outward from the chassis for holding the staging apparatus in an expanded condition.
Claims22
A trailer for staging a pipe lining for in-place installation and curing, the trailer comprising:
- a horizontal bed extending from a front end of the trailer to a back end of the trailer, the bed including a chassis and an expandable floor, and the floor being slidably coupled to an upper surface of the chassis;
- an expandable cover coupled to the bed, the cover comprising a roof and a plurality of side walls, the cover extending from approximately the front end of the trailer to approximately the back end of the trailer to define an internal volume of the trailer, each of the plurality of side walls being coupled to a respective portion of the bed, at least one of the side walls being coupled to the floor, and the roof being coupled to the plurality of side walls;
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- a staging apparatus located within the internal volume, the staging apparatus comprising a conveyance system and a pinch press, the conveyance system and the pinch press being sized and shaped to receive the pipe lining for staging, the conveyance system having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, the conveyance system being configured to be converted between the collapsed configuration and the expanded configuration, the conveyance system having a first width when in its collapsed configuration and a second width greater than the first width when in its expanded configuration;
- wherein the floor is configured to expand laterally outward from the chassis, defining a first internal width of the trailer when the floor is in a retracted position relative to the chassis and defining a second internal width of the trailer when the floor is in an expanded position relative to the chassis;
- wherein the second internal width is greater than the width of the chassis;
- wherein the first width of the conveyance system is less than or equal to the first internal width of the trailer;
- wherein the floor, when in the expanded position, defines at least one floor surface spanning at least a distance between a first one of the side walls coupled to the floor and an outermost side of the conveyance system closest to said first one of the side walls when the conveyance system is in the expanded configuration;
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- wherein the roof is configured to expand laterally with the floor and the at least one of the side walls coupled to the floor.
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A trailer for staging a pipe lining for in-place installation and curing, the trailer comprising:
- a horizontal bed extending from a front end of the trailer to a back end of the trailer, the bed including a chassis and an expandable floor, and the floor being slidably coupled to an upper surface of the chassis;
- a cover coupled to the bed, the cover comprising a plurality of side walls, the cover extending from approximately the front end of the trailer to approximately the back end of the trailer to define an internal volume of the trailer, each of the plurality of side walls being coupled to a respective portion of the bed, and at least one of the side walls being coupled to the floor of the bed;
- a staging apparatus located within the internal volume, the staging apparatus comprising a conveyance system and a pinch press, the conveyance system and the pinch press being sized and shaped to receive the pipe lining for staging;
- electrical and fluid connections for the staging apparatus;
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- at least one outlet for said electrical and fluid connections, the at least one outlet being located in the cover and configured to facilitate connectivity with electrical and fluid sources remote from the trailer;
- wherein the floor is configured to expand laterally outward from the chassis, defining a first internal width of the trailer when the floor is in a retracted position relative to the chassis and defining a second internal width of the trailer when the floor is in an expanded position relative to the chassis;
- wherein the second internal width is greater than the width of the chassis;
- wherein the conveyance system has a collapsed configuration in which the conveyance system has a width that is less than or equal to the first internal width;
- wherein the floor, when in the expanded position, defines at least one floor surface spanning at least a portion of the distance between one of the side walls coupled to the floor and an outermost side of the conveyance system closest to said first one of the side walls.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.