Device for renovating a pipe

• US 9,016,322 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2011
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: I.S.T. Innovative Sewer Technologies GmbH (Trelleborg AB)
• Original Assignee: IST Innovation Sewer Technologies GmbH
• Inventors: Vogt, Jrg, Nieding, Tim, Spering, Axel
• Primary Examiner(s): Brinson, Patrick F
• Application Number:
  US13/820,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20130219640A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• Field of Search: 138/98, 138/97, 405/184.1, 405/156
• US Class Current: 138/97
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 55/265 specially adapted for work at or near a junction between a main and a lateral pipe
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 55/48 Indicating the position of the pig or mole in the pipe or conduit

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) for renovating a pipe, the latter being provided with at least one opening arranged in the wall of the pipe, said device (1) having a base unit (2) that can be introduced into the pipe, a clearing unit (3) that is movable relative to the base unit (2), and an electronic sensor arrangement for detecting the instantaneous position of the clearing unit (3) relative to the base unit (2). To make available a novel device (1) for renovating a pipe provided with at least one opening arranged in the wall of the pipe, which device permits reliable and inexpensive repair of the pipe, the invention proposes that at least one electronic inclination sensor is arranged on the base unit (2).

Claims

1. Device (1) for renovating a pipe, the latter being provided with at least one opening arranged in the wall of the pipe, said device (1) having a base unit (2) that can be introduced into the pipe, a clearing unit (3) that is movable relative to the base unit (2), and an electronic sensor arrangement for detecting the instantaneous position of the clearing unit (3) relative to the base unit (2) including

at least one electronic inclination sensor arranged on the base unit (2) for recording the instantaneous relative position of the base unit versus the horizontal plane, a retrievable memory for determining the absolute position of the opening and an electronic evaluation unit configured for evaluating the data generated by the electronic sensor unit considering the data generated by the electronic inclination sensor and for determining the absolute position of the opening and for saving the position in the memory and for controlling the movement of the clearing unit relative to the base unit while clearing by retrieving the absolute position of the opening which is saved in the memory by considering the data generated by the electronic inclination sensor.

2. Device (1) as defined in claim 1, further comprising a unit for electronic recording of the instantaneous axial relative position between the pipe and the base unit (2).

3. Device (1) as defined in claim 1 or 2, wherein the electronic evaluation unit (13) can be arranged separated from the base unit (2) and the clearing unit (3) outside the pipe and is connected with an operating unit (14), the base unit (2) and a display unit (15).