Patents by Inventor Uwe Strohmeier

Uwe Strohmeier 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).

  • Method, device and tool for cleaning, surveying, inspecting, etc. unpiggable pipelines
    Patent number: 8197611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for introducing a pig-like tool into an operating pipeline, such as a fluid pipe. According to the invention the pipeline is drilled during operation and the tool is injected into the pipeline through the drilled hole. During a corresponding tool removal from the pipeline a method is provided for prereconnaissance for the determination of a degree of contamination, cleaning, surveying, inspecting, repairing, etc. of pipelines by means of a corresponding, pig-like tool. The invention also relates to a device and a tool permitting the performance of the inventive method. Thus, otherwise unpiggable pipelines can be worked in a cost-efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: PII Pipetronix GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Strohmeier, Gunnar Kopp
  • Method, Device and Tool for Cleaning, Surveying, Inspecting, Etc. Unpiggable Pipelines
    Publication number: 20080072963
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for introducing a pig-like tool into an operating pipeline, such as a fluid pipe. According to the invention the pipeline is drilled during operation and the tool is injected into the pipeline through the drilled hole. During a corresponding tool removal from the pipeline a method is provided for prereconnaissance for the determination of a degree of contamination, cleaning, surveying, inspecting, repairing, etc. of pipelines by means of a corresponding, pig-like tool. The invention also relates to a device and a tool permitting the performance of the inventive method. Thus, otherwise unpiggable pipelines can be worked in a cost-efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: PII PIPETRONIX GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Strohmeier, Gunnar Kopp