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公开(公告)号：US20190383957A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-19
申请号：US16441529
申请日：2019-06-14
申请人： ULC Robotics, Inc.
发明人： Ryan S. Goldband , Baiyang Ren
IPC分类号： G01V1/00 , G01N29/24 , G01N29/265 , G01S1/74
摘要： An assembly and method for detecting cross bores involving a sewer system and a gas pipe includes an acoustic generator placed within an interior of the sewer system and an acoustic receiver placed either within an interior of the gas pipe or in proximity to an end of the gas pipe. The acoustic generator generates an acoustic signal to transmit through the interior of a sewer pipe of the sewer system. A controller detects, in response to the acoustic receiver hearing the acoustic signal, a cross bore involving the sewer pipe and the gas pipe. A microphone may be placed within the interior of the sewer system at a location remote from the acoustic generator. In this case, the controller determines, in response to the acoustic receiver not hearing the acoustic signal and the microphone hearing the acoustic signal, that a cross bore involving the sewer pipe and the gas pipe is absent.
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公开(公告)号：US10302239B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-28
申请号：US15187095
申请日：2016-06-20
申请人： ULC ROBOTICS, INC.
发明人： G. Gregory Penza , Robert E. Kodadek , Michael Passaretti , Eric S. Feldman , David Antanavige , Benjamin Lagosz-Sinclair
摘要： A launch system for a pressurized pipeline includes a housing attachable to the pipeline such that an inside of the housing is open to an interior of the pipeline and an outside of the housing is exposed to an ambient environment outside the pipeline. A first actuator arrangement is disposed on the outside of the housing, and a second actuator arrangement is disposed on the inside of the housing. A seal arrangement is disposed in the housing between the first actuator arrangement and the second actuator arrangement. Each of the first and second actuator arrangements is configured to receive a cable having a portion extending outside the housing, a portion extending through the seal arrangement, and a portion extending inside the housing. The actuator arrangements are independently operable to pull the cable relative to the seal arrangement for moving the cable into and out of the pipeline.
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公开(公告)号：US09945092B2
公开(公告)日：2018-04-17
申请号：US14976101
申请日：2015-12-21
申请人： ULC ROBOTICS, INC.
摘要： A system and method for utility maintenance may include a robotic system having an articulating arm capable of utilizing a variety of tools and sensors for locating and accessing underground structures. The robotic system may be contained within a truck or other vehicle that provides access to the ground through the floor of the vehicle or truck bed. A curtain may be extended from a bottom of the vehicle to the ground to enclose a work site and inhibit visual and physical access to it.
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公开(公告)号：US20100236639A1
公开(公告)日：2010-09-23
申请号：US12710085
申请日：2010-02-22
IPC分类号： B23B41/08 , F16L55/124
CPC分类号： F16L41/06 , F16L55/124 , Y10T137/0458 , Y10T137/0475 , Y10T137/613
摘要： A system and method for inhibiting gas release while accessing a pressurized gas pipeline includes a magnetic plug holder for magnetically engaging a pipe plug to a rod. A housing is sealingly engaged to a valve attached to the pipeline, and the rod is movable through the housing in a sealing fashion such that the plug holder can be moved linearly and rotationally relative to the housing. The housing can be sealingly attached to a portion of the valve, the valve can be opened, and the plug holder with a threaded plug magnetically engaged thereto lowered through the valve. The rod can be rotated from outside the housing to thread the plug into the threaded hole in the pipeline.
摘要翻译： 用于在进入加压气体管道时抑制气体释放的系统和方法包括用于将管塞磁性地接合到杆的磁性塞保持器。 壳体密封地接合到附接到管道的阀，并且杆可以以密封方式移动通过壳体，使得插头保持器能够相对于壳体线性地和旋转地移动。 壳体可以密封地附接到阀的一部分，阀可以打开，并且具有与其磁性接合的螺纹塞的插头保持器通过阀降低。 杆可以从壳体外部旋转，以将塞子拧入管道中的螺纹孔。
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公开(公告)号：US20070051192A1
公开(公告)日：2007-03-08
申请号：US11222086
申请日：2005-09-08
申请人： G. Penza , George Lohr , Hermann Herrlich
发明人： G. Penza , George Lohr , Hermann Herrlich
IPC分类号： G01M19/00
CPC分类号： G01N21/88 , F16K7/10 , F16L41/06 , F16L55/26 , F16L55/30 , F16L55/46 , F16L2101/30 , G01N21/954
摘要： An inspection system configured for “no-blow” use in a pressurized gas pipeline includes a push rod wound around a spool for convenient deployment and portability. A camera disposed on one end of the push rod is configured to relay images back to a monitor. A motor is configured for remote actuation by an operator, and provides for self-propelled movement of the camera in the pipeline. An entry tube is configured for sealed entry into the pipeline to facilitate entry of the camera and push rod. A guide shoe at the end of the entry tube provides a smooth transition-for the camera and push rod as it leaves the entry tube and enters the pipeline. An automatically deployable and retractable positioning system is used to keep the camera away from an interior surface of the pipeline, and in the case of smaller pipelines, centers the camera within the pipeline.
摘要翻译： 在加压气体管道中使用的“无吹”的检查系统包括卷绕在卷轴上的推杆，便于展开和便携。 设置在推杆的一端的相机被配置为将图像中继回到监视器。 电动机被配置为由操作者进行远程致动，并且提供相机在管道中的自推进运动。 入口管被配置为密封进入管道以便于相机和推杆的进入。 入口管端部的导靴提供平滑的过渡 - 照相机和推杆离开入口管并进入管道时。 使用自动展开和可缩回的定位系统来保持相机远离管道的内表面，而在较小的管道的情况下，相机将管道居中。
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公开(公告)号：US11381061B2
公开(公告)日：2022-07-05
申请号：US16715909
申请日：2019-12-16
发明人： Alex Symington , Dennis John Semet , Caner Oktayer , Aalap Rajendra Shah , Than Lin Htaik , Patrick McHugh , Maggie Chow , George Murray , Luis Jerez , Thomas Campbell , Michael Baratta
摘要： A system for servicing cable includes a field-end assembly and a live-end assembly, each mounted on a support structure having at least one drive mechanism operable to cause relative linear movement between the field-end assembly and the live-end assembly. A drilling-and-shorting assembly can create a short circuit in a field-end of the cable, and a continuity tester can test the integrity of the short-circuit. The field end of the cable can then be ejected from the system, and an end-cap-cradle assembly can position an end cap on a live end of an electrical cable and test its installation.
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公开(公告)号：US11174976B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-16
申请号：US16802906
申请日：2020-02-27
申请人： ULC ROBOTICS, INC.
发明人： Alex Symington , David Meck , Aalap Rajendra Shah
IPC分类号： F16L55/162 , F16L55/18 , F16L55/168
摘要： A magnetic patch system includes a sealing member configured for attachment to a pipeline proximate to a breach in a wall of the pipeline. A magnet is positioned at least partially within a housing arrangement. The magnet may be oriented to generate a force toward the wall of the pipeline to attach the housing arrangement to the wall of the pipeline and capture the sealing member between the housing arrangement and the wall of the pipeline. The system may be installed inside a pipeline using a remotely controlled robotic system.
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公开(公告)号：US10811856B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-20
申请号：US15204591
申请日：2016-07-07
申请人： ULC ROBOTICS, INC.
发明人： Alex Symington , Hermann Herrlich , George Lohr , Robert Kodadek
摘要： A system for servicing cable includes a plurality of jaws operable between an open position for receiving a cable in a direction transverse to a cable axis such that the cable extends axially beyond the jaws in two directions, and a closed position for engaging and rotationally fixing the cable about the cable axis. A tool arrangement is disposed proximate to the base and includes at least one tool operable to perform work on the cable when the cable is engaged by the jaws. The tool arrangement is operable to perform at least one of a rotational movement around or an axial movement along the cable axis and to operate the tool.
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公开(公告)号：US10704380B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-07
申请号：US15926185
申请日：2018-03-20
申请人： ULC Robotics, Inc.
IPC分类号： E21B47/09 , E21B47/01 , E21B47/08 , G01N27/22 , E21B7/04 , F16L101/30 , F16L1/11 , E21B47/117
摘要： An apparatus for detecting a cross-bore between a first pipe and a second pipe that are installed underground includes a support and an electronic circuit assembly. The support is movable through the first pipe. The electronic circuit assembly is mounted to the support to move through the first pipe with the support. The electronic circuit assembly includes a controller and a capacitance sensor. The capacitance sensor outputs a capacitance value based on an interaction of an electric field generated by the capacitance sensor with an environment of the first pipe. The capacitance sensor outputs to the controller a given capacitance value when the capacitance sensor is at a location where the environment of the first pipe is a cross-bore intersection with the second pipe. The controller generates an indicator indicative of a presence of a cross-bore upon the capacitance sensor outputting the given capacitance value.
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公开(公告)号：US10302240B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-28
申请号：US15187247
申请日：2016-06-20
申请人： ULC ROBOTICS, INC.
发明人： G. Gregory Penza , Robert E. Kodadek , Michael Passaretti , Eric S. Feldman , David Antanavige , Benjamin Lagosz-Sinclair
摘要： A launch system for a pressurized pipeline includes a housing attachable to the pipeline such that an inside of the housing is open to an interior of the pipeline and an outside of the housing is exposed to an ambient environment outside the pipeline. A first actuator arrangement is disposed on the outside of the housing, and a second actuator arrangement is disposed on the inside of the housing. A seal arrangement is disposed in the housing between the first actuator arrangement and the second actuator arrangement. Each of the first and second actuator arrangements is configured to receive a cable having a portion extending outside the housing, a portion extending through the seal arrangement, and a portion extending inside the housing. The actuator arrangements are independently operable to pull the cable relative to the seal arrangement for moving the cable into and out of the pipeline.
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