Patent ID: 7661443

Claim:
A repair sleeve carrier for installing a repair liner within a conduit comprising: an elongated segmented flex tubing having ends wherein the segmented flex tubing has the characteristic of becoming rigid when opposing forces are applied to its ends and becoming flexible when the end forces are removed; an elongated bladder having ends and a middle portion wherein the ends of the elongated bladder are connected to the ends of the flex tubing wherein an expandable cavity is formed between the middle portion of the bladder and the flex tubing; and, an air supply passage to the cavity having an air supply connector connectable to a pressurized air supply for inflating the bladder wherein the elongated segmented flex tubing becomes substantially rigid when pressurized air is supplied to the bladder and the bladder is inflated with the ends of the elongated bladder applying opposite forces to the ends of the elongated segmented flex tubing.