Pipe rehabilitation system and methods
CA 2188102 C · Owner: Boyer, Mark L. · Inventors: Boyer, Mark L.
Overview
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A rehabilitation system has been developed for cleaning, testing and slip lining pipe particularly sewer lines while in service. The system includes the use of equipment adapted for use on mobile vehicles to increase efficiency and mobility of the system. The cleaning system utilizes a specialized cleaning bucket that can be pulled from excavations and existing manholes. The testing and lining systems also utilize specialized test mandrels and pulling mandrels for the pipe liner that can be used with equipment operating, in part, from existing manholes.
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- Filed October 17, 1996 and granted April 20, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 17, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 17, 2018.
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