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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 16, 2003
Dean R Hyde, Southampton Hampshire, GB;
Robert L. Antram, Warrenton, VA (US);
Dean R Peterson, Ashburn, VA (US);
Dean R Hyde, Southampton Hampshire, GB;
Robert L. Antram, Warrenton, VA (US);
Dean R Peterson, Ashburn, VA (US);
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NY (US);
Abstract
A tile for lining an internal surface in a heavy wear area. The tile includes at least one locating rod embedded within said tile and an internal mechanism for laterally extending said at least one locating rod out of said tile and into a gap in an adjoining structure which may be another tile. The tiles forming the lining surface are securely held in place as a result of the selective deployment of the locating rods into a gap in the adjoining structure.