Measuring and testing – With fluid pressure – Leakage
Patent
1998-02-11
1999-06-29
Chilcot, Richard
Measuring and testing
With fluid pressure
Leakage
73 405R, 73 379, G01M 308
Patent
active
059182717
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus that allows for the testing of pipes, either underground or in other inaccessible locations, for leaks and determines the exact locations and severity of said leaks. By the use of a ball, attached to a retaining string, traveling through a piping system on the flow of liquid that is exiting through the pipe leak, a user is capable of determining the location of the leak within inches, even on long line piping systems. The invention utilizes a reservoir of liquid that is forced through the pipe under test using a pump. A calibrated reel of retaining string then provides the exact location of the leak. The pump to give forward movement to a fluid-driven ball being propelled along a pipe section while such pipe section is closed off at its distant end to form a no-flow condition and reservoir alone then allow the user to determine the severity of the leak as well as the option of repairing the leak from inside of said piping system from the remote location by use of a sealing compound mixed with water.
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Chilcot Richard
Gugliotta John D.
Wiggins J David
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