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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:
Dec. 05, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Safe Crossings, Llc, Jackson, MI (US);

Inventor:

R. Dale Moretz, Jackson, MI (US);

Assignee:

Safe Crossings, LLC, Jackson, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 5/02 (2006.01); F17D 5/00 (2006.01); F17D 1/14 (2006.01); G01M 3/28 (2006.01); F16L 58/10 (2006.01); B67D 7/32 (2010.01); F16K 17/02 (2006.01); F16L 55/10 (2006.01); F16K 17/34 (2006.01); F16K 31/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); G05D 16/16 (2006.01); F15B 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 5/02 (2013.01); B67D 7/3209 (2013.01); B67D 7/3218 (2013.01); E21B 43/0122 (2013.01); F15B 20/005 (2013.01); F16K 17/02 (2013.01); F16K 17/34 (2013.01); F16K 31/12 (2013.01); F16L 55/1022 (2013.01); F16L 58/1009 (2013.01); F17D 1/14 (2013.01); F17D 5/00 (2013.01); F17D 5/005 (2013.01); G01M 3/2815 (2013.01); G05D 16/16 (2013.01); F16L 2201/30 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31356 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0452 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7727 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7762 (2015.04);
Abstract

A petroleum pipeline safety system for preventing contamination of an environmentally sensitive area close to a pipeline is provided. The system includes a first portion of the pipeline including an upstream portion of the pipeline supplying a flow of fluid material and a flow restriction downstream of the first portion of the pipeline. The system further includes a second portion of the pipeline downstream of the flow restriction, receiving the flow of fluid material from the first portion and conveying the flow of fluid material through the environmentally sensitive area to a downstream portion of the pipeline. The flow restriction is configured to create a lower pipeline internal pressure within the second portion as compared to a pipeline internal pressure within the first portion. The system further includes a third portion of the pipeline downstream of the environmentally sensitive area and including the downstream portion of the pipeline.


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