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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Clinton L. Jones, Somerset, WI (US);
Ryan B. Prince, St. Paul, MN (US);
Cori S. Apel, Woodbury, MN (US);
Scott M. Fabozzi, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Carson MacCallum, New Brunswick, CA;
Shawn R. Sweeney, New Brunswick, CA;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An in-situ applicator for applying a composition in a pipe comprises a flow diverter configured to receive a composition and eject the composition from at least one outlet. The applicator also comprises a hollow conical body having a narrow end, a broad end, and an interior surface configured to receive the composition ejected from the flow diverter. The conical body also has a plurality of holes forming a band that wraps circumferentially around the conical body which defines a flow region on the interior surface between the band and the narrow end. The band includes first holes adjacent to the flow region where each of the first holes has a first average diameter and second holes disposed between the first holes and the broad end, each of the second holes having an average diameter greater than the first diameter.