Patent ID: 8403657
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: B05D,B29C,B29K,F16L

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for enabling a coating to be applied to an internal surface of a pipe elbow or bend, the apparatus comprising: a bendable solid rod that is bent into shape to simulate the internal curvature of a pipe elbow or bend; and a flexible elastomeric body that is moulded to the bendable solid rod and has an outside surface, the flexible elastomeric body being adapted for location to extend within a pipe elbow or bend such that the outside surface of the flexible elastomeric body is positioned for orientation toward an internal surface of a pipe elbow or bend to enable a coating to be applied to an internal surface of the pipe elbow or bend, wherein the bendable solid rod extends through the flexible elastomeric body whereby, when the bendable solid rod is bent into shape to simulate the internal curvature of a pipe elbow or bend, the flexible elastomeric body is bent in a similar manner.