Patents by Inventor Mark Berkeley Fitzhardinge

Mark Berkeley Fitzhardinge has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040184886
    Abstract: Accordingly the invention resides in a method of selectively repairing the lining of a lined pipeline, said method comprising utilisation of a conveyance adapted to be receivable within the pipeline, said conveyance being adapted to be able to travel through the pipeline, said method further comprising introducing said conveyance into the pipeline, said conveyance comprising an inspection means, an excising means, a debris removal means and an application means, said method further comprising an identification step comprising causing the conveyance to travel along the length of the pipeline, inspecting the surface of the lining and identifying and locating damaged portions of the lining at locations along the pipeline, said method further comprising an excising step comprising moving said conveyance means along the pipeline and at the locations identified by the inspection excising the damaged portions of the lining from the pipeline, said method further comprising a debris removal step comprising causing sai
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: WATER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Berkeley Fitzhardinge, Stephen Reginald Brown, William Alan Hodgkinson
  • Publication number: 20030198519
    Abstract: A method of selectively repairing the lining of a lined pipeline utilising a conveyance adapted to be receivable within and to travel through the pipeline. The conveyance consists of a plurality of vehicles comprising an inspection means, an excising means, a debris removal means and an application means. The method comprises: an identification step whereby the conveyance travels along the pipeline inspecting and locating damaged portions of the lining; an excising step whereby damaged portions of the lining identified from the inspection step are removed by the conveyance; a debris removal step whereby the conveyance travels along the pipeline to remove debris and/or water left in the pipeline by the excising step; and an application step whereby the conveyance travels along the pipeline and applies a fresh lining composition to replace the excised portions of lining removed by the excising step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: WATER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Berkeley Fitzhardinge, Stephen Reginald Brown, William Alan Hodgkinson