Patents by Inventor Wesley Earl Cobb, JR.

Wesley Earl Cobb, JR. 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, apparatus and system for lining conduits
    Patent number: 9056425
    Abstract: A method for inverting a tubular liner in a hollow conduit involves: forming a cuff from the tubular liner, the cuff having an opening through which the liner is fed; and while feeding the liner through the cuff opening, feeding a gas under pressure through a gas inlet port formed in the liner to a space between the cuff and the remainder of the liner, thereby causing inversion and inflation of the liner into and through the conduit. After a portion of the liner has been inverted in the conduit, a region of the cuff and liner upstream of the gas inlet port is sealed off, thereby causing inversion of the remainder of the liner in the conduit. Optionally, before a trailing end of the liner is fed through the opening of the cuff, the trailing end is sealed to prevent flow of gas therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Inland Pipe Rehabilitation, LLC
    Inventors: Kevan Charles Taylor, Wesley Earl Cobb, Jr.
  • Method, apparatus and system for lining conduits
    Patent number: 9028642
    Abstract: A method for inverting a tubular liner in a hollow conduit involves: forming a cuff from the tubular liner, the cuff having an opening through which the liner is fed; and while feeding the liner through the cuff opening, feeding a gas under pressure through a gas inlet port formed in the liner to a space between the cuff and the remainder of the liner, thereby causing inversion and inflation of the liner into and through the conduit. After a portion of the liner has been inverted in the conduit, a region of the cuff and liner upstream of the gas inlet port is sealed off, thereby causing inversion of the remainder of the liner in the conduit. Optionally, before a trailing end of the liner is fed through the opening of the cuff, the trailing end is sealed to prevent flow of gas therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Inland Pipe Rehabilitation, LLC
    Inventors: Kevan Charles Taylor, Wesley Earl Cobb, Jr.
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR LINING CONDUITS
    Publication number: 20100122767
    Abstract: A method for inverting a tubular liner in a hollow conduit involves: forming a cuff from the tubular liner, the cuff having an opening through which the liner is fed; and while feeding the liner through the cuff opening, feeding a gas under pressure through a gas inlet port formed in the liner to a space between the cuff and the remainder of the liner, thereby causing inversion and inflation of the liner into and through the conduit. After a portion of the liner has been inverted in the conduit, a region of the cuff and liner upstream of the gas inlet port is sealed off, thereby causing inversion of the remainder of the liner in the conduit. Optionally, before a trailing end of the liner is fed through the opening of the cuff, the trailing end is sealed to prevent flow of gas therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: REPIPE CONSTRUCTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kevan Charles Taylor, Wesley Earl Cobb, JR.