Patent ID: 7845372
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: B29C,F16L

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for repairing a pipeline comprising: an elongated liner tube having a liner tube wall comprised of a resin absorbent material, said liner tube having at least first and second ends; said liner tube wall having first and second opposite wall surfaces; an uncured and unhardened resin impregnated in said resin absorbent material of said liner tube wall; an extension tube having a tube shaped open end and a closed end; a sealing member detachably securing said tube shaped open end of said extension tube to said first end of said liner tube, and forming a substantially fluid tight seal there between; inversion means connected to said second end of said liner tube for inverting said liner tube from an initial position wherein said first wall surface of said liner tube wall is facing in an inward radial direction and said second wall surface of said liner tube is facing in an outward radial direction to and inverted position wherein said first wall surface faces in an outward radial direction and said second wall surface faces in an inward radial direction.