Repair apparatus for material guide
AssigneeLodestone PatchWorks LLC
InventorRobert Lynn Kirmer
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Abstract
A repair apparatus is configured to repair a hole in a curved wall portion of a material guide. The repair apparatus includes a patch body that can conform to the shape of the curved wall portion and a retainer that non-destructively holds the patch body in place on the wall portion over the hole. In certain embodiments, the retainers are magnets or straps. The patch body can be flexible so that it can be adjusted to conform to the shape of curved wall portions of various sizes and curvatures. The patch body can include a wear-resistant inner surface. In some embodiments, the patch body includes an outer shell and a wear-resistant inner liner connected to the shell. The liner can have one side that is unattached to the shell.
Claims20
A repair apparatus configured to repair a hole in a curved steel wall portion of any of a plurality of material guides of different diameters, the repair apparatus comprising:
- a patch body having a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart along a length and a first longitudinal edge margin and a second longitudinal edge margin spaced apart along a width, the patch body being configured to be fitted onto the wall portion of any of the plurality of material guides whereby the patch body generally conforms to the wall portion and covers the hole;
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- at least one magnet connected to the patch body and configured to fixedly retain the patch body on the wall portion to cover the hole.
A repair apparatus configured to repair a hole in a curved wall portion of any of a plurality of material guides of different diameters, the repair apparatus comprising a patch body having a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart along a length, a first longitudinal edge margin and a second longitudinal edge margin spaced apart along a width, and an inner surface and an outer surface spaced apart along a thickness, the patch body being configured to be secured to the wall portion of any of the plurality of material guides so that the inner surface opposes and generally conforms to the wall portion and the patch body covers the hole, the inner surface of the patch body being formed from a wear-resistant material.
A repair apparatus configured to repair a hole in a curved wall portion of any of a plurality of material guides of different diameters, the repair apparatus comprising:
- a patch body having a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart along a length and a first longitudinal edge margin and a second longitudinal edge margin spaced apart along a width, the patch body being generally arcuate along the width and being resiliently deformable to increase a widthwise radius of curvature of the patch body whereby the patch body can be selectively adjusted to generally conform to a curvature of the wall portion of any of the plurality of material guides to cover the hole;
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- at least one retainer attached to the patch body, the at least one retainer being configured to secure the patch body onto the respective material guide so that the patch body conforms to the curvature of the respective wall portion and covers the respective hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.