Water main scraper

A pipe scraping assembly, comprising:

• a scraper section including two parallel chains each having a plurality of interconnecting links, said scraper section having a length at least half the circumference of the pipe to be scraped, a plurality of scrapers fixed to the links of the chains and extending generally transverse thereto, and two operator sections each extending from one end of the scraper section each having a handle at its distal end, whereby the scraper may be wrapped around a pipe and reciprocated in a plane transverse to the pipe direction to scrape foreign material on the surface of the pipe in preparation for break repair.

A pipe scraping assembly, comprising:

• a scraper section including two parallel chains each having a plurality of interconnecting links, said section having a length at least half the circumference of the pipe to be scraped, a plurality of scrapers fixed to the links of the chains and extending generally transverse thereto, two operator sections each extending from one end of the scraper section each having a handle at its distal end, whereby the scraper may be wrapped around a pipe and reciprocated in a plane transverse to the pipe direction to scrape foreign material on the surface of the pipe in preparation for break repair, the scrapers including a plurality of short square rods mounted alternately on the two scraper section chains and a plurality of long scraper rods each mounted on both of the scraper section chains, said scrapers being mounted on the scraper section chains so the rods form a point in a direction perpendicular to the links.