Patent ID: 11867338
Assignee: DANNY WARREN CONSULTING, LLC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. A method for insitu repair and encapsulation of an inground pipeline, comprising:
providing a tow control and reinforcement material supply system that draws, via a tow cable, a reinforcement material supply tether and a scribing head through an interior of said inground pipeline to be repaired, wherein said scribing head includes scribing elements that increase in size along said scribing head to progressively create deeper scores in a wall of said inground pipeline until said wall opens and separates;
applying an expanding reinforcement material, in liquid form, via an application apparatus, also connected to said tow cable and reinforcement material supply tether, to the opened and separated wall of said inground pipeline; and
spraying water on said reinforcement material via water jets positioned to the rear of said application apparatus, said water activating said expanding the reinforcement material,
wherein said expanding reinforcement material encapsulates the opened and separated wall of said inground pipeline.