Pipe freezing apparatus
CA 2200263 C · Owner: Gilbert, Kevin C. · Inventors: Hall, Richard M.; Gilbert, Kevin C.
Overview
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Apparatus for freezing liquid in a fluid conducting pipe comprises a freeze jacket having two halves for releasably surrounding a section of pipe. Each jacket half includes outwardly extending flanges in abutting relationship when the jacket halves surround the section of pipe, and structure is provided on the flanges for releasably securing the two jacket halves together around the pipe. The jacket has an internal cylindrical freeze cavity adjacent the pipe and this cavity receives and retains a supply of liquid nitrogen. The cylindrical freeze cavity is defined in part by an inner two-part fixedly secured cylindrical sleeve, one half of the sleeve being associated with each half of the …
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- Filed March 18, 1997 and granted May 18, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 18, 2017.
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