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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Recyca-pipe of America L.l.c., Detroit, MI (US);
Clinton Edward Llewellyn, Waterford, MI (US);
Alfred G. Hering, Southport, NC (US);
John Harry Camp, New Smyrna Beach, FL (US);
Recyca-Pipe of America L.L.C., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A grouting material delivery and application system for coating the exterior of a collapsed liner with an even distribution of grouting material prior to insertion into a damaged conduit. The apparatus includes a wetout funnel for receiving grouting material to evenly coat the exterior of the liner. The wetout funnel includes opposite walls forming a v-shape with a slot at the bottom of the v-shape and a squeegee disposed at the slot for controlling the coating of grouting material for a uniform covering on the liner as it passes through the wetout funnel. A first ejector pipe having an inflow end and an outflow end for receiving and dispensing grouting material to coat one half of the exterior of the liner. A second ejector pipe having an inflow end and an outflow end for receiving and dispensing grouting material to coat the opposite half of the exterior of the liner.