Method and apparatus for deployment of a tubular body onto a surface
AssigneeTRAXyL, Inc.
InventorDaniel R. Turner
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for deploying a tubular body onto a surface. The apparatus includes a main body movable in an advancing direction. The apparatus includes a deployment mechanism that deploys a tubular body directly onto a surface. The apparatus includes at least one container that stores an uncured protectant. The container is mounted on the main body. The apparatus may include a second container that stores a second protectant. The second protectant is different than the uncured protectant. The apparatus includes at least one curing device, which can cure the m1cured protectant after the uncured protectant is applied to surface.
Claims8
A method comprising:
- applying a tubular body onto a surface;
- applying a first protectant onto the surface;
- applying a second protectant on top of the first protectant and the tubular body after the first protectant has been applied to the surface, the second protectant being different than the first protectant;
- and
- curing the second protectant after the second protectant has been applied to the tubular body, such that the tubular body is protectively adhered to the surface by the first and second protectants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.