Pipe Conditioning Tool
AssigneeAutomatic Coating Limited
InventorBrad BAMFORD
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Abstract
A pipe conditioning tool comprising a drive unit to move the tool along a pipe and a work head rotatable about an axis of the pipe to condition a surface of the pipe, the drive unit includes a frame extending to opposite sides of the pipe, the frame having legs extending radially beyond the work head to provide support for the tool upon removal from said pipe.
Claims9
1-26. (canceled)
A method of coating a girth weld on a pipe, said method comprising the steps of mounting a work head having a material dispenser on said pipe adjacent said girth weld, moving said work head about said pipe while dispensing a coating material on to said pipe, and spreading said coating material over said weld with an applicator carried by said work head to conform the coating to said pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.