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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
May. 05, 1995
Bill D Andrew, Tulsa, OK (US);
Edward W Levy, Jennings, OK (US);
TDW Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method of inserting a sensor into a pipeline including the steps of securing a fitting onto the pipeline, tapping an opening in the pipeline through the fitting, installing a housing on the fitting, the housing having a nipple extending at an angle to the pipeline, attaching a sensor insertion assembly to the nipple, the insertion assembly having a launch tube movable axially between the insertion assembly and the pipeline, extending the launch tube from the insertion assembly and through the pipeline opening into the pipeline, the launch tube intersecting the pipeline at an acute angle and providing communication between the sensor insertion assembly and the interior of the pipeline, and passing a sensor from the insertion assembly and through the launch tube into the pipeline.