Lateral interface device with flexible housing

Details Lateral interface device with flexible housing Lateral interface device with flexible housing

2007-05-09

2009-12-08

Hook, James F (Department: 3754)

Pipes and tubular conduits

Repairing

Patches

C138S097000, C405S150100, C405S184200

Reexamination Certificate

active

07628177

ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a lateral interface pipe repair device containing a housing with fluid sealable flexible walls dimensioned to fit within a main pipe and further comprising a first end and a second end wherein the first end and second end are held in fixed orientation by support rods and end plates external to the flexible housing. The device also includes a bladder mounting flange fluid sealably attached to the flexible housing wall, and a heatable and inflatable elastomeric bladder dimensioned to fit within the housing when the bladder is deflated and evertable through the bladder mounting flange into a lateral pipe when inflated.

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