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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2007
Maarten Willem Kastelein, Heemstede, NL;
Gerardus Maria Kramer, Rotterdam, NL;
Maarten Willem Kastelein, Heemstede, NL;
Gerardus Maria Kramer, Rotterdam, NL;
Allseas Group S.A., Chatel-Saint-Denis, CH;
Abstract
Guide device for use in the processing, in particular welding, of curved surfaces, in particular pipe surfaces. A guide device includes a flexible elongate body provided with a guide for processing means and a tensioning means for tensioning the flexible body around the curved surface. The flexible body is provided along its length with indicators arranged according to a determined pattern, this pattern being such that a determined position of the guide device along the flexible body can be inferred on the basis of the detection of the indicators.