Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for burying elongate member
- Patent Title (中): 用于埋设细长构件的装置和方法
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Application No.: US14366111Application Date: 2012-12-21
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Publication No.: US09334980B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Jonathan Ralph Manchester
- Applicant: IHC ENGINEERING BUSINESS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Stocksfield, Northumberland
- Assignee: IHC ENGINEERING BUSINESS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: IHC ENGINEERING BUSINESS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Stocksfield, Northumberland
- Agency: Nexsen Pruet, PLLC
- Agent E. Eric Mills
- Priority: GB1122067.0 20111221
- International Application: PCT/GB2012/053225 WO 20121221
- International Announcement: WO2013/093491 WO 20130627
- Main IPC: F16L1/16
- IPC: F16L1/16 ; F16L1/032

Abstract:
Apparatus and Method for Burying Elongate Member Apparatus for laying an elongate member in a trench, the apparatus comprises a main body portion; ground-contacting apparatus on which the main body portion is mounted and by which the apparatus may in use move over the ground; an elongate member moving device configured to move the elongate member from an initial position to a elongate member laying position; and a depressor attached to the main body portion and configured to guide the elongate member from its elongate member laying position to its in-trench location, the depressor having an elongate member entry portion and an elongate member exit portion, wherein the depressor is rotatable in use about an axis which is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140363237A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BURYING ELONGATE MEMBER Public/Granted day:2014-12-11
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