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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2005
Applicant:
Ketil Boe, Fana, NO;
Inventor:
Ketil Boe, Fana, NO;
Assignee:
Prototech AS, Bergen, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device can travel along a pipeline which has fluid flowing along the pipeline. The device is able to extract power from the fluid flow in the pipeline and to use that power to move the device along the pipeline against the fluid flow. The device is arranged in a series of coupled modules.