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.
Claims11
A girth weld coater to apply a coating to a girth weld connecting a pair of sections of a pipe, said girth weld coater having a support fixed to the pipe and extending about said pipe sections in a continuous manner, a carriage carried by the support in spaced relationship to the surface of the pipe sections for continuous movement around the pipe sections, a reservoir of coating material on the carriage to move with the carriage around the pipe sections, a dispenser on the carriage to dispense coating material from the reservoir and an applicator carried by the carriage and extending from the carriage and in to engagement with the surface of the pipe sections to spread the coating material over the girth weld as the carriage rotates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.