Portable pipe repair system with electrically heated positioning member

An insitu pipe repair device comprising:

• a. a fluid inflatable bladder having a tubular shape with a closed first end, an outside surface on which a thermally responsive repair material can be detachably carried, an inside bladder surface, an interior bladder annulus, and a second attachable open end and further comprising:
• i. flexible walls that permit the bladder to be inverted and wound;
• ii. an electrically conductive component that when energized can resistively heat the bladder wall;
• iii. sub component to attach a first end of a tether component on the inside bladder surface proximate to the closed first bladder end
• b. tether component having an attachable first end and an attachable second end;
• c. fluid sealable container having an interior annulus, and further comprising:
• i. a rotatable spindle component within the interior container annulus and in communication with a rotating control mechanism outside of the container;
• ii a mechanism to attach the second tether end to the spindle;
• iii. at least one first opening attachable to the bladder second open end and dimensioned to permit the bladder to pass through;
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• iv. at least one second opening permitting controllable fluid communication between the container annulus and a fluid source;
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• v. an electrical power connecting component to convey electrical current from a power source to the electrically conductive component of the bladder.

An in situ pipe repair method using a thermally responsive repair material carried and detached from a flexable and electrically heatable bladder that is inverted and wound on a rotatable spindle within a fluid sealable container comprising:

• a. placing a thermally responsive repair material on an exterior surface of an extended flexible, fluid inflatable and electrically heatable bladder having a closed first end and an open second end;
• b. fluid sealably attaching the second open bladder end to a first opening of a fluid sealable container having an interior annulus;
• c. inverting the bladder with the repair material and retracting the bladder through the first opening and winding the inverted bladder onto a rotatable spindle within the container annulus;
• d. placing the container annulus into controllable fluid communication with a fluid source;
• e. placing the heatable bladder into electrical communication with an electrical power source;
• f. placing the first container opening proximate to a pipe opening;
• g. adding fluid into the annulus whereby the fluid pressure is increased and the bladder with the repair material begins to evert from the first container opening and unwind from the spindle and extend into the pipe opening;
• h. continuing the addition of fluid until the repair material reaches a desired location within the pipe and then energizing the electrical heating component of the bladder to cure the repair material;
• i. de-energizing the heating component and removing fluid from the container and bladder;
• j. removing the bladder from the pipe.