Patent ID: 8678037

Claim:
An apparatus repairing a damaged portion of a pipe line, comprising: an elongated positioning tube; a liner tube extending within the positioning tube and having an interior lining surface; a first hydrophilic band attached to the interior lining surface of the liner tube; a second hydrophilic band attached to the interior lining surface of the liner tube and spaced apart from the first hydrophilic band; a launcher device having a launcher device opening; the positioning tube and the liner tube being at least partially within the launcher device; the positioning tube and liner tube being invertible through the launcher device opening to an inverted position outside the launcher device wherein the liner tube is on the outside of the positioning tube and the first and second hydrophilic bands are between the pipe line and the liner tube on opposite sides of the damaged portion of the pipe line; wherein the first and second hydrophilic bands comprise a paste.