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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Rose, Loughborough, GB;
Assignee:
Transco PLC, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/500 ; B01D 4/600 ; B08B 5/04 ; B08B 9/04 ; B08B 9/027 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/500 ; B01D 4/600 ; B08B 5/04 ; B08B 9/04 ; B08B 9/027 ;
Abstract
A method of cleaning a pipeline for transporting a fluid without interrupting the fluid flowing through the pipeline, including applying suction to remove a mixture of the fluid and debris from the pipeline, separating the debris from the fluid, and re-injecting the fluid separated from the debris into the pipeline.