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Assignee3X Engineering
InventorsStanislas BOULET D'AURIA, Hacen SLIMANI
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The invention relates to a sealing device with a longitudinal axis for plugging a leak in the wall of a pipe or tank, further comprising a drive means at one end, a plug and a tap. According to the main features, at its other end the device comprises a drilling head suitable for drilling a cylindrical hole in the thickness of the wall at the location of the leak, the plug comprises a thread and a thread runout chamfer on which the thread ends, the end of the thread extending to a clearance groove and a smooth upper chamfer suitable for deforming the thread at the end of internal thread, the hole being intended to be sealed by the plug. The invention also relates to a method for sealing a leak in the wall of a pipe or tank.
A sealing device with a longitudinal axis for plugging a leak in the wall of a pipe or tank further comprising a drive means at one end, a plug and a tap, the device comprising at its other end a drilling head adapted to drill a cylindrical hole in the thickness of the wall at the location of the leak , said tap creating an internal thread within the smooth walls of the cylindrical hole.
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