Method and device for cleaning underwater pipes
CA 2106403 C · Owner: Rufolo, Paul G. · Inventors: Rufolo, Paul G.
Overview
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A bladed cylindrical member (12) with high pressure fluid jet nozzles (58) cuts and sweeps aquatic foreign matter (108) from the inside surface of underwater pipes (60). The method for removing the foreign matter includes reciprocally pulling the device through the pipe and injecting high pressure air into a containment area (134) to force any extricated foreign matter to the surface.
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- Filed December 4, 1992 and granted June 22, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 4, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 4, 2014.
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