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US 4,283,160 AGranted
Corrugated pipe fabricator and installer device and methods of making and using the same
OwnerWilliam M. Angleinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a corrugated pipe fabricator and installer which in its preferred embodiment comprises a conventional mole plow modified to the extent that a sheet of corrugated material which is mounted on a spool mounted on the frame carrying the mole is fed to a rotating shaping cylinder operably mounted coaxially with the mole. The corrugated material is fed at an appropriate angle and forms corrugated pipe in the proccess which is dispensed into the channel formed by the mole.
Claims5
A corrugated pipe fabricator and installer device comprising,
- frame means,
- a mole plow operably mounted on the frame means, said mole plow provided with an upper portion and base portion,
- a rotating cylinder operably coupled to said mole plow, and disposed in the base portion of said mole plow,
- spool means operably mounted on said frame means,
- roller means operably mounted on said frame means,
- corrugated sheet material mounted on said spool means and passed between said roller means and then passed about said rotating cylinder,
- driving means for rotating said spool means, said roller means and said rotating cylinder operably mounted on said frame means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.