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Patent # 6,129,486
A pipe pulling and pushing apparatus and method of operation, which apparatus includes a spring-loaded wedge device seated in a driving apparatus and fitted to a rod or pipe for forcing the rod or pipe beneath a road, pipeline or other barrier where trenching is not feasible. The spring-loaded wedge is characterized by a housing which receives a coil spring positioned to intermittently engage a wedge defined by wedge segments collectively having a rod bore and teeth for selectively gripping the rod or pipe when the spring is fully extended, and releasing the rod or pipe when the spring is compressed. Repetitive gripping and releasing of the rod or pipe by the wedge is effected responsive to operation of the driving apparatus to incrementally drive the rod or pipe through the terrain beneath the barrier. The spring-loaded wedge can also be positioned on the rod or pipe in the driving apparatus to pull the rod or pipe through the terrain beneath the barrier.
Patent # 7,025,536
A tandem rod or cable apparatus for bursting and replacing pipe, which includes a frame, two sets of oppositely-disposed hydraulic cylinders having piston rods, each of which pairs of piston rods are attached to a yoke, with a gripping element provided in each yoke for independently gripping a rod or cable extending through the aligned gripping elements. One end of the rod or cable is attached to a bursting and stored energy head and the other end extends through the gripping elements, typically to a reel (in the case of a cable) for taking up slack in the cable. Advancement of the bursting and stored energy head through a defective pipe to be burst and typical simultaneous replacement with an attached replacement pipe is effected by operation of the two sets of hydraulic cylinders and the corresponding gripping elements to push or pull the rod or pull the cable. In a preferred embodiment a pneumatic hammer is typically seated in the bursting and stored energy head and operates in cooperation with a pair of springs to optimize bursting of the defective pipe as the pneumatic hammer repeatedly strikes the bursting and stored energy head. The combined actions of the rod or cable operating hydraulic cylinders and the hammer cause the bursting and stored energy head to progressively rupture the defective pipe and typically draw the replacement pipe into position.
Patent # 6,854,932
A method for the removal of a ductile pipe includes passing a strand through the ductile pipe, crimping the ductile pipe in at least one location so that it is secured in a crimp about the strand and pulling the strand from an end of the ductile pipe with a winch or hydraulic puller. Preferably, the strand is a solid wire or wire rope and may be pushed through the pipe with a power wire feeding apparatus. As the strand and ductile pipe are pulled, segments of the pipe and strand are cut at the end of the pipe proximate the winch or puller.
Patent # 6,672,802
A tandem rod or cable apparatus for bursting and replacing pipe, which includes a frame, two sets of oppositely-disposed hydraulic cylinders having piston rods, each of which pairs of piston rods are attached to a yoke, with a gripping element provided in each yoke for independently gripping a rod or cable extending through the aligned gripping elements. One end of the rod or cable is attached to a bursting and stored energy head and the other end extends through the gripping elements, typically to a reel (in the case of a cable) for taking up slack in the cable. Advancement of the bursting and stored energy head through a defective pipe to be burst and typical simultaneous replacement with an attached replacement pipe is effected by operation of the two sets of hydraulic cylinders and the corresponding gripping elements to push or pull the rod or pull the cable. In a preferred embodiment a pneumatic hammer is typically seated in the bursting and stored energy head and operates in cooperation with a pair of springs to optimize bursting of the defective pipe as the pneumatic hammer repeatedly strikes the bursting and stored energy head. The combined actions of the rod or cable operating hydraulic cylinders and the hammer cause the bursting and stored energy head to progressively rupture the defective pipe and typically draw the replacement pipe into position.
Patent # 6,357,9673
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