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US 6,581,938 B2Granted
Flexible seal forming member
AssigneeTDM Industries, Inc.
InventorTimothy D. McKenrick
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Abstract
A seal apparatus including an elongated body formed of a resilient expandable material defining an interior chamber and having a longitudinal axis. The elongated body is capable of being rolled up on itself by rolling one of the first and second ends of the elongated body in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis. At least one stem is attached to the elongated body and is in fluid communication with the interior chamber.
Claims13
A method for forming a non-temporary watertight seal between a pipe and a wall, comprising:
- providing the wall forming part of a storm drainage system, the wall bearing an opening forming an inner surface;
- positioning the pipe having an outer surface through the opening resulting in a gap between at least a portion of the outer surface of the pipe and the inner surface of the wall;
- positioning a flexible member around at least a portion of the pipe and at least partially in the gap such that the flexible member does not overlap itself, the flexible member being expandable and including a layered polymeric patch thereon, the flexible member comprising at least one polymeric material and is configured to have an interior chamber, the flexible member including at least one stem positioned through the layered polymeric patch and being in fluid communication with the interior chamber;
- filling the flexible member with a with a viscous material under pressure to expand the flexible member forming a watertight seal between the pipe and the wall;
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- allowing the viscous material to cure and harden to form a non temporary solid plug wherein the flexible member serves as a gasket between the pipe and the solid plug and serves as a gasket between the solid plug and the wall to form the watertight seal.
3 more elements
A seal apparatus, comprising:
- an elongated body formed of a resilient expandable material defining an interior chamber and having a longitudinal axis, the elongated body being formed by two panels and having first and second ends, the elongated body is capable of being rolled up on itself by rolling one of the first and second ends of the elongated body in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis;
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- at least one stem attached to the elongated body and in fluid communication with the interior chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.