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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Applicants:
Jeff Mainzer, Cary, IL (US);
Dennis R. Jarnecke, River Forest, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jeff Mainzer, Cary, IL (US);
Dennis R. Jarnecke, River Forest, IL (US);
Assignee:
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 41/06 (2006.01); F16L 41/16 (2006.01); F16L 55/46 (2006.01); F16L 55/134 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 41/06 (2013.01); F16L 55/134 (2013.01); F16L 55/46 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0458 (2015.04); Y10T 137/612 (2015.04);
Abstract
A device and method for inserting a tool into a pipeline transporting a fluid. The device includes a housing that is attachable to a vertical fitting applied on the pipeline, and a launch tube supported by the housing and including a tool passageway through which a tool is fed. The launch tube moves relative to the housing to raise and lower a shoe at an end of the launch tube into the pipeline. The shoe is and adapted to insert a tool into the pipeline at an angle to the launch tube.