US4619555A
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Slipline adjustable manhole seal
Assignee: Press-Seal Corp
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Filing: 1984-08-27
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Granted: 1986-10-28
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Expires: 2004-08-27
Abstract
Abstract Improvements in the technique of sliplining a buried pipe, so as to minimize adverse affects of differences in expansion and contraction of the old and new pipe, while maintaining seals at the ends thereof is disclosed employing at each pipe end a sleeve-like pliable gasket, which is expanded outwardly into contact with the inner surface of the old pipe, and somewhat beyond the end of the old pipe, is contracted inwardly into contact with the other surface of the new or sliplined pipe. The sleeve-like gasket can compensate for thermally induced pipe line and liner axial length changes, without breaking the seal between the two, while seal installation is facilitated by the accessability of the sleeve-like gaskets extending beyond the ends of the old pipe.
Inventors
- 👤 Harry W. Skinner
- 👤 James W. Skinner
- 👤 William O. Skinner
- 👤 William P. O'Donnell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 20:28
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16L; F16L55/00; F16L55/16; F16L55/162; F16L55/165; F16L55/1657
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
The method of retrofitting an in-ground drainage system with a drain pipe liner comprising the steps of: providing an elongated access opening in an existing drain pipe; providing a flexible sleeve-like gasket; sealing a circumferential end portion of the outer surface of said flexible sleeve-like gasket to the drain pipe inner surface to provide a first seal; feeding a flexible liner into the access opening along the drain pipe and through said gasket until the liner lead end reaches a drain pipe accessible end; and sealing a circumferential end portion of the inner surface of said flexible sleeve-like gasket to the flexible liner outer surface near the lead end thereof and adjacent said drain pipe accessible end to provide a second seal, said first and second seals being separated somewhat along the common axis of elongation of the drain pipe and liner, whereby a body portion of said sleeve-like gasket between said seals is free to flex to accommodate any expansion and contraction of said liner.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
166 words
The method of retrofitting an in-ground drainage system with a drain pipe liner comprising the steps of: providing an elongated access opening in an existing drain pipe; providing a flexible sleeve-like gasket; sealing a circumferential end portion of the outer surface of said flexible sleeve-like gasket to the drain pipe inner surface to provide a first seal; feeding a flexible liner into the access opening along the drain pipe and through said gasket until the liner lead end reaches a drain pipe accessible end; and sealing a circumferential end portion of the inner surface of said flexible sleeve-like gasket to the flexible liner outer surface near the lead end thereof and adjacent said drain pipe accessible end to provide a second seal, said first and second seals being separated somewhat along the common axis of elongation of the drain pipe and liner, whereby a body portion of said sleeve-like gasket between said seals is free to flex to accommodate any expansion and contraction of said liner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the second seal is achieved by constricting a sleeve-like gasket about the liner.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the first seal is achieved by radially expanding the sleeve-like gasket within the drain pipe.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the drainage system is of the type having a plurality of spaced apart manholes providing access to drain pipe ends, the sealing steps being performed from within a manhole.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the step of feeding includes passing the liner lead end beyond the drain pipe accessible end sufficiently far to allow the liner trailing end to enter the drain pipe through the access opening whereupon the liner is fed in an opposite sense until the trailing end reaches a drain pipe end in another manhole.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 5 including the additional step of sealing the flexible liner outer surface near the trailing end to the inner surface of the drain pipe.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 1 including the preliminary step of inserting an annular centering ring into the drain pipe accessible end, the annular centering ring having an outside diameter near the inside diameter of the drain pipe and an inside diameter near the outside diameter of the liner.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the step of feeding includes passing the flexible liner through the centering ring to more closeley coaxially align the liner within the drain pipe.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 including the additional step, between the step of feeding and the second sealing step of pausing to allow the temperature of the flexible liner to approach ambient temperature.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
109 words
The method of effecting repair of a buried pipeline which is permanently connected at respective ends to structures allowing access to those ends without uncovering or replacing the entire pipeline between those structures comprising the steps of: uncovering a portion of the pipeline; cutting an access opening in the pipeline sidewall; feeding a flexible liner into the access opening and along the pipeline to position the liner within the pipeline with liner ends extending into the respective structures; sealing respective liner ends to the corresponding pipeline ends; and providing for some relative axial motion between the liner and pipeline without damage to the seal and slippage at the seal.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
109 words
The method of effecting repair of a buried pipeline which is permanently connected at respective ends to structures allowing access to those ends without uncovering or replacing the entire pipeline between those structures comprising the steps of: uncovering a portion of the pipeline; cutting an access opening in the pipeline sidewall; feeding a flexible liner into the access opening and along the pipeline to position the liner within the pipeline with liner ends extending into the respective structures; sealing respective liner ends to the corresponding pipeline ends; and providing for some relative axial motion between the liner and pipeline without damage to the seal and slippage at the seal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 10 including the additional step of recovering the previously uncovered pipeline portion subsequent at least to the feeding step.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the sealing step is accomplished at each liner end by providing a sleeve-like gasket, inserting the gasket into a pipeline open end, expanding an annular portion of the gasket into sealing engagement with an inner annular surface of the pipeline, passing the liner through the gasket, and contracting another annular portion of the gasket into sealing engagement with an outer annular surface of the liner.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 10 including the preliminary step of inserting an annular centering ring into a pipeline end, the step of feeding including passing the flexible liner through the centering ring to more closely coaxially align the liner within the drain pipe.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 10 including the additional step between the steps of feeding and sealing of pausing to allow the temperature of the flexible liner to approach ambient temperature.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the step of feeding includes extending one liner end beyond the corresponding pipeline end sufficiently far to pass the opposite liner end through the access opening and thereafter moving the opposite liner end toward its corresonding pipeline end.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1989-10-27 | 1990-04-28 | 1990-10-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1993-10-27 | 1994-04-28 | 1994-10-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1997-10-27 | 1998-04-28 | 1998-10-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |