Pipes and tubular conduits – With closures and plugs – Test plugs
Patent
1989-03-20
1991-07-09
Bryant, III, James E.
Pipes and tubular conduits
With closures and plugs
Test plugs
138 89, 73 405R, 73 496, 73 498, F16L 5510
Patent
active
050296140
ABSTRACT:
A traveling seal system for blocking a predetermined section of fluid transmission pipeline for repair or modification or for pressure testing the pipeline includes two seal devices which are interconnected by a flexible cable and are supported for traversal through a pipeline by spaced apart resilient support members supporting respective body members. Each of the seal devices includes radially extensible brake pads which are actuated by annular pistons slidable on the body of the seal devices, respectively, and are disposed in annular pressure chambers formed by the body. Each of the seal devices includes an onboard hydraulic pump for actuating the brake pads between extended and retracted positions and at least one of the seal devices includes an onboard pump for pumping pressure fluid into the space between the seal devices. The space to be isolated or tested is sealed off from the remainder of the pipeline by valves which may comprise passages formed in the seal device bodies and closure members which are skirt portions of at least one of the annular brake pad actuating pistons. The seal system may be remotely controlled through a radio transmitter/receiver for controlling operation of the hydraulic pumps and transmitting operating data from the pipeline.
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Lara Pedro F.
Petermann Steven G.
Atlantic Richfield Company
Bryant III James E.
Martin Michael E.
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