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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
John David Kenneth Ayling, Hull, GB;
Jeremy Nathaniel Nieto Raphael, London, GB;
Assignee:
United Utilities PLC, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 3/08 ;
Abstract
A method of separating a pipe (,) from an elongate flexible element (,) used to pull the pipe (,) from the ground comprises drawing the flexible element (,) past or through separating means which splits the pipe (,) along its length as it passes to thereby strip the pipe (,) from the flexible clement (,).