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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Timberline Tool, L.l.c., Kalispell, MT (US);
Kenneth H. Green, Whitefish, MT (US);
Timberline Tool, L.L.C., Kalispell, MT (US);
Abstract
A system for repairing a pipe including a tool, a programmable logic controller and a patch. The tool includes a clamp base having an opening, a first jaw coupled to the clamp base with a first linkage, a second jaw coupled to the clamp base with a second linkage, an operating mechanism carried by the clamp base and operably coupled to the first and second jaws via one or more adjusting links and a junction box carried by the clamp base and operably connected to the controller, wherein the one or more adjusting links are coupled at a first end to either or both of the first and second jaws and at a second end to the operating mechanism, and wherein the first and second jaws are adapted to move, under force of the adjusting links. Methods of repairing pipes are disclosed.