Device and method for storing and protecting data relating to pipe installation
AssigneeStaploe Limited
InventorsSimon Charles Coote Turner, Martin David Warner
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Abstract
A device (6) for attachment to a pipe (7) to be installed in the ground has load cells (17) for detecting a pulling force applied to the pipe (7), as the latter is pulled through the ground, an inclinometer (18), for detecting the inclination of the device (6), and a pressure transducer (20) for detecting the pressure surrounding the device. Data representative of the pulling force, inclination and pressure is stored in the device (6) and protected against unauthorised access by a security code or procedure, so that a verifiable record of the pipe installation process is available.
Claims9
A device for attachment to a pipe to be installed in the ground, the device having tensile force detector means for detecting a pulling force applied to the pipe as the pipe is pulled through the ground, storage means for storing data representative of the detected pulling force, with the stored data being protected against unauthorized access by a security code or procedure, access means for enabling the data to be subsequently retrieved by use of the security code or procedure, and pressure detector means for detecting the pressure surrounding the device as the pipe is pulled through the ground, the storage means additionally storing data representative of the detected pressure, the security code or procedure also protecting the stored data.
A device for attachment to a pipe to be installed in the ground, the device having tensile force detector means for detecting a pulling force applied to the pipe as the pipe is pulled through the ground, storage means for storing data representative of the detected pulling force, with the stored data being protected against unauthorized access by a security code or procedure, and access means for enabling the data to be subsequently retrieved by use of the security code or procedure and a drilling rig having means for recording data generated during installation of the pipe, the data generated by the drilling rig and the data generated by the device being combined to provide a customer report including the precise route along which the pipe has been laid.
A method of installing a pipe underground, comprising using a detector to detect a tensile force applied to the pipe as the pipe is pulled through the ground and storing in the detector data representative of the detected pulling force, the stored data being protected against unauthorised access by a security code or procedure, ready for subsequent retrieval of the stored data by use of the security code or procedure, detecting the pressure surrounding the device as the pipe is pulled through the ground, and additionally storing data representative of the detected pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.