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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Array Holdings, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jason McNabney, Conroe, TX (US);
Brandon Marbach, Humble, TX (US);
Assignee:
Array Holdings, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/46 (2006.01); B08B 9/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an automatic barrel pig launcher with an actuated ball valve and a rotating magazine that contains one or more pigs. The automatic barrel pig launcher comprises a plate bore, bottom plate bore, upper case bore, and throughbore of a ball that, when aligned, provide loading of the pig into the throughbore of the ball. The pig is launched by opening the ball valve. Also disclosed herein are systems and methods of use of the automatic barrel pig launcher.