Device and method for repairing pipe with a repair assembly having a lighting assembly

An apparatus for repairing a main pipeline and a lateral pipeline connected thereto and in communication therewith to form a pipe juncture, the apparatus comprising:

• a liner assembly having a main liner member and a lateral liner tube of resin absorbent material in communication with one another through a liner juncture;
• a bladder assembly having a main bladder tube and a lateral bladder tube in communication with one another through a bladder juncture;
• a lighting assembly having a main light pack and a lateral light train;
• wherein the lateral bladder tube, the lateral liner tube, and the lateral light train are configured to extend within the lateral pipeline with the lateral light train being inside the lateral bladder tube, the lateral bladder tube being inside the lateral liner tube, and the lateral liner tube being between the lateral pipeline and the lateral bladder tube;
• wherein the main bladder tube, the main liner member, and the main light pack are configured to extend within the main pipeline;
• a launcher device having a launcher device cavity, the main light pack at least partially surrounding the launcher device;
• wherein the main light pack has a first opening and the lateral liner tube, the lateral bladder tube, and the lateral light train are configured to pass through the first opening as they are moved from the launcher device into the lateral pipeline;
• wherein the main light pack has a second opening spaced from the first opening, and wherein the main light pack has a deformable section between the first opening and the second opening configured to deform downward from a first position to a second position to expose a ramp positioned within the launcher device.

An apparatus for repairing a main pipeline and a lateral pipeline connected thereto and in communication therewith to form a pipe juncture, the apparatus comprising:

• a liner assembly having a main liner member and a lateral liner tube of resin absorbent material in communication with one another through a liner juncture;
• a bladder assembly having a main bladder tube and a lateral bladder tube in communication with one another through a bladder juncture;
• a lighting assembly having a main light pack and a lateral light train, the lateral light train configured to be inserted into the lateral pipeline;
• a cavity configured to contain at least a portion of the lateral liner tube, the lateral bladder tube, and the lateral light train prior to extension into the lateral pipeline;
• wherein the main light pack has a first opening and a second opening spaced from the first opening, such that the main light pack has a deformable section between the first opening and the second opening configured to deform downward from a first position to a second position and wherein the lateral liner tube, the lateral bladder tube, and the lateral light train are configured to pass through the first opening as they are moved from the cavity and extended into the lateral pipeline, with the lateral light train being inside the lateral bladder tube, the lateral bladder tube being inside the lateral liner tube, and the lateral liner tube being between the lateral pipeline and the lateral bladder tube;
• wherein the main bladder tube, the main liner member, and the main light pack are configured to extend within the main pipeline;
• wherein the main light pack and the lateral light train are configured to receive electrical power in parallel from a power source;
• wherein the lateral light train includes a first strand of lights wrapped around a central core, the central core having a lumen therein configured to receive one or more elongated components;
• wherein one of the one or more elongated components is one of an electrical power cable configured to supply power to the lateral light train or a structural component configured to serve as a strain relief mechanism when the lateral light train is pulled from one end.