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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
James L. Gallagher, Little Compton, RI (US);
William D. Stringfellow, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth R. Charboneau, Slidell, LA (US);
Stephen C. Catha, Houston, TX (US);
James L. Gallagher, Little Compton, RI (US);
William D. Stringfellow, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth R. Charboneau, Slidell, LA (US);
Stephen C. Catha, Houston, TX (US);
Smart Pipe Company, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for wrapping material onto and around a pipe, the apparatus including a shaft, the shaft rotatable by a driving apparatus, a payout core containing material to be wrapped onto a pipe, the payout core releasably mounted on the shaft, a deflection arm assembly secured to the shaft for rotation by the shaft, rotation of the shaft rotating the deflection arm assembly with respect to the payout core so that the deflection arm assembly takes material from the payout core and wraps the material onto a pipe adjacent the deflection arm assembly, each of the shaft and deflection arm assembly having a central opening through which is movable the pipe as the pipe is being wrapped.