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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Luc Hubert, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Joseph M Chitty, Lake Charles, LA (US);
William A Ellett, Monroe, LA (US);
Assignee:
Liquid Air Corporation, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156344 ; 62 62 ; 83 15 ; 83170 ; 118315 ; 156 80 ; 156155 ; 156498 ; 156584 ; 225 935 ; 264 28 ; 4273983 ;
Abstract
The protective coating on a pipe is embrittled and removed by enclosing a portion of the pipe in a body defining an annular space around the protective coating. A pressurized liquid nitrogen cryogen is expanded within this annular space for a sufficient time to lower the temperature of both the protective coating and the underlying pipe to a temperature below the temperature of embrittlement of the coating.