Extraction Of Ductile Pipe
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200158261A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-21

    申请号:US16774255

    申请日:2020-01-28

    IPC分类号: F16L1/028 F16L1/06

    摘要: A pipe extraction machine can be used to remove a buried pipe from the ground. The machine has a carriage with jaws that grip the buried pipe. While gripped, the carriage moves relative to a support structure to pull the pipe out of the ground. Jaws are actuated by rotating clamp plates and maintained in opposition by static horizontal grooves. The jaws remain opposed and aligned during rotation of the clamp plates. A pipe shear may remove the pipe one piece at a time. A pipe puller can be used at the back end of the pipe being removed to simultaneously install a new pipe along the same path.

    Lead Pipe Spudding Prior To Extraction Or Remediation

    公开(公告)号:US20210190251A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17193977

    申请日:2021-03-05

    摘要: A method for enlarging a crushed section of a ductile pipe. A wire rope having a bead or plurality of beads attached to the rope is placed in a ductile pipe. When a series of beads is used, each of the beads is sequentially larger. The wire rope is pulled through the crushed section, and the ductile pipe conforms to the larger diameter of the beads. The crushed section of pipe may be expanded so that a larger wire rope suitable for pipe extraction may be passed through. Alternatively, the pipe may be reformed and expanded to near or greater than its original size. The pipe may then be coated or a smaller slip-lined pipe may be placed within the original pipe.

    Extraction of ductile pipe
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10883628B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-05

    申请号:US16774255

    申请日:2020-01-28

    IPC分类号: F16L1/028 F16L1/06

    摘要: A pipe extraction machine can be used to remove a buried pipe from the ground. The machine has a carriage with jaws that grip the buried pipe. While gripped, the carriage moves relative to a support structure to pull the pipe out of the ground. Jaws are actuated by rotating clamp plates and maintained in opposition by static horizontal grooves. The jaws remain opposed and aligned during rotation of the clamp plates. A pipe shear may remove the pipe one piece at a time. A pipe puller can be used at the back end of the pipe being removed to simultaneously install a new pipe along the same path.

    Pipe Extraction Assisted By Pre-Stressed Strand

    公开(公告)号:US20200378529A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-03

    申请号:US16866720

    申请日:2020-05-05

    IPC分类号: F16L1/028 F16L1/06 B66D3/00

    摘要: A machine for extracting a ductile pipe. The machine has a vise which can grip the pipe, and a wire clamp. Each of the wire clamp and vise are supported on a carriage which is movable relative to a frame. This enables the vise to grip and pull the ductile pipe. Additionally, a wire strand may be disposed through the pipe from a far end to the end at which the machine is placed. The wire clamp allows the machine to pre-stress the strand to improve the extraction of the ductile pipe.

    JAW ENGAGEMENT ASSIST SYSTEM
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230339077A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18303850

    申请日:2023-04-20

    IPC分类号: B25B7/02 B25B7/14

    CPC分类号: B25B7/02 B25B7/14

    摘要: An apparatus for gripping and pulling a wire strand. The apparatus is carried by a cylinder assembly attached to a frame. The cylinders provide force to pull the strand. Jaws are situated in a jaw block, and are tapered such that movement of the jaw block by the cylinders will tend to force the jaws closer to one another within a tapered cavity. Movable, spring-loaded J-rods are provided to retain the jaws within the jaw block when desired. The J-rods can be rotated to a position which does not retain the jaws when the wire strand is being added to, or removed from, the apparatus.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A BURIED PIPE

    公开(公告)号:US20220325825A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17851995

    申请日:2022-06-28

    IPC分类号: F16L1/032 F16L1/06

    摘要: A method for breaking the friction between a buried pipe section and its surrounding soil. A linear actuator or a pneumatic impact mole pushes on one end of the pipe section while a pipe extractor pulls on the opposing end of the pipe section. In an alternative embodiment, a device is used to excite the pipe section's natural vibrational frequency while a pipe extractor pulls on one end of the pipe section. After the friction between the pipe section and its surrounding soil is broken, the pipe extractor may remove the pipe section from its borehole. In another embodiment, the pipe section may be cut into smaller sections and each section may be individually removed from the ground using a pipe extractor. Alternatively, the smaller pipe sections may be individually loosened from the surrounding soil and then rejoined before being removed from the ground by a pipe extractor.