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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Applicants:
Southern Gas Networks Plc, Horley, GB;
Scotland Gas Networks Plc, Edinburgh, GB;
Scotia Gas Networks Ltd, Horley, GB;
Inventors:
Nicholas John Ryan, Gloucestershire, GB;
Iain Beveridge Chirnside, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Angus McIntosh, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignees:
Southern Gas Networks PLC, Horley, GB;
Scotland Gas Networks PLC, Edinburgh, GB;
Scotia Gas Networks Limited, Horley, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/1645 (2006.01); F16L 55/18 (2006.01); F16L 13/11 (2006.01); B05D 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/1645 (2013.01); F16L 13/11 (2013.01); F16L 55/16455 (2013.01); F16L 55/18 (2013.01); B05D 3/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sealing method, comprising: introducing a moving stream of curable material into an opening; and curing a portion of the moving stream of curable material flowing back out of the opening to form a cured layer of curable material. The cured layer restricts or prevents at least a further portion of the curable material from flowing back out of the opening.