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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2019
Applicant:

Vetco Gray Scandinavia As, Sandvika, NO;

Inventor:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/46 (2006.01); B08B 9/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/46 (2013.01); B08B 9/055 (2013.01);
Abstract

It is a pig launcher () comprising a pig magazine (), launcher mechanism () and a connector () being connectable to a fluid flow line. The pig magazine () is able to hold a number of pigs arranged side by side, control lines () being connected to the pig magazine in such a way that each control line () is able to provide control fluid to manipulate a pig. The pig launcher further comprises a pig selector () being able to receive source control fluid from one control fluid source line () and to channel the control fluid to one of a number of control lines () being connected to the pig selector, thereby being able to launch one of the number of pigs by means of the control fluid.


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