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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Subsea 7 Norway As, Stavanger, NO;

Inventor:

Oivind Stangeland, Sandnes, NO;

Assignee:

Subsea 7 Norway AS, Stavanger, NO;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/46 (2006.01); B65G 51/24 (2006.01); E21B 33/076 (2006.01); E21B 43/017 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01); B65G 45/00 (2006.01); F16L 101/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/46 (2013.01); B65G 51/24 (2013.01); E21B 33/076 (2013.01); E21B 43/017 (2013.01); F16K 11/085 (2013.01); B65G 45/00 (2013.01); F16L 2101/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pig diverter comprises a hollow housing having a flowline inlet port, a flowline outlet port, a pig entry opening, and a pig exit opening, all communicating with the interior of the housing. A tubular pig holder enclosed by the housing is pivotable between a receiving position and a launching position. In the receiving position, the pig holder is aligned with the pig entry opening to receive a pig and effects fluid communication between the pig entry opening and the flowline outlet port. In the launching position, the pig holder is aligned with the pig exit opening to launch a pig and effects fluid communication between the flowline inlet port and the pig exit opening.


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