Patent ID: 7637286

Claim:
A pipe or sewer structure, comprising: an absorber disposed on a bottom of the pipe or sewer structure in a portion of the pipe or sewer structure to be repaired, said absorber including at least one feed connection and at least one return connection; one or more absorber channels containing water and fluidically connected between said feed connection and said return connection, said absorber channels extending through an absorber channel mat and forming a physical unit, and said absorber channel mat being made of a material having flexible properties at least while said absorber channel mat is being laid into the pipe or sewer structure; a drawable inliner tube formed of a hardening material hardened under compressed air; and said absorber being secured in the portion of the pipe or sewer structure to be repaired by the hardened inliner tube, as a result of, prior to the hardening of the hardening material, positioning said absorber at the portion and drawing the inliner tube over said absorber, such that, upon hardening, said absorber is secured to the pipe or sewer structure by the inliner tube lining the portion and a repair is effectuated.