Patents Assigned to Insituform of North America, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5018545
    Abstract: A pipeline extending laterally from a main pipeline is cleaned from the main pipeline by utilizing a nozzle with rearwardly oriented exit orifices through which fluid is forced, the jet effect of the escape of the fluid from those orifices providing the impetus to force the nozzle through the lateral pipeline so as to penetrate and physically clear away obstructions, the escaping fluid flowing through and cleaning the lateral pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Insituform of North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeff P. Wells
  • Patent number: 4980116
    Abstract: In order to line a pipeline or passageway active in conveying effluent without interrupting the flow of effluent therethrough, a first bypass conduit is passed through the section to be lined before the lining is inserted and the effluent is pumped therethrough, a second bypass conduit is passed through the lining after it has been inserted but before is has been fixed in position, the effluent is then pumped through that second conduit, the lining is fixed in position, normal effluent flow resumes, and the second conduit can be removed for future use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Assignee: Insituform of North America, inc.
    Inventor: F. Thomas Driver
  • Patent number: 4901424
    Abstract: In order to effectively seal the space between a preexisting pipe and a repair lining that has been inserted into the pipe and radially expanded in order to generally conform to the interior of the pipe, a form is inserted between the ends of the pipe and lining before the lining is radially expanded, the lining therefore conforms to the interior of the pipe along its length and to the interior of the form at its ends, the form is removed, a sealing ring is inserted into the space left by the form and is there sealingly compressed, and an element is inserted into that space axially outside the sealing ring in order to retain it in position and preferably to compress it axially of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Insituform of North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Hernan R. Menendez