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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7261493 | Device and method for laying and joining pipe A pipe installation device and a method for laying consecutive lengths of bell and spigot pipe. The pipe installation device installs sequential pipe lengths. The pipe installation device includes a pipe supply system and a pipe alignment system attached to a carria... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242831 | Low strain optical fiber cable An optical fiber assembly includes a central strength member, multiple tubes, stranded yarn, a water protection layer, reinforced strength yarns and an outer sheath. At least one of the multiple tubes has one or more optical fibers disposed within. The stranded yarn... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7093433 | Laying apparatus for cables, lines, conductors or suchlike, and relative laying method Laying apparatus and method for cables, lines, conductors or suchlike. The apparatus comprises at least a hydraulic circuit provided with a variable delivery feed pump and with a motor connected to the feed pump in order to drive laying members for the cables and su... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7037042 | Device and method for laying and joining pipe An auto-advancing pipe installation device and a method for laying consecutive lengths of bell and spigot pipe. The auto-advancing pipe installation device installs sequential lengths of pipe in a trench. The auto-advancing pipe installation device includes a locomo... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017650 | Earth loop energy systems Wellbore heat loop systems, fillers for bores in the systems, and methods of the use of such systems; the systems in certain aspects having a heat loop wellbore in the earth having heat loop pipe extending down to one side of a bottom member and up therefrom on anot... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6988854 | Cable dispenser and method Fiber-optic cable is dispensed underwater into a trench from a vehicle moving along the bed of the body of water. The cable is wound on a stationary spool and dispensed over the end of the spool by a rotary arm driven by a motor controlled to maintain a desired tens... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6899842 | Method and installation for laying a cylindrical pipe on a support A process and plant for laying a pipe in a trench comprising placing a flattened tubular preform in the trench, the perform having a reinforcement surrounding an inner seal, the reinforcement being impregnated with a resin, and inflating the perform in the trench. | 05/31/2005 |
| 6715963 | Device and method for laying a pipeline on a seabed A device for laying a pipeline on a seabed. A vessel for laying a pipeline, which is fitted with a stinger for guiding a pipe string descending from the vessel and with a clamping structure for clamping the pipe string to the vessel, and support structure for suppor... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6672802 | Vertical pull apparatus A vertical pull apparatus for converting a vertical pulling motion to a horizontal pulling motion, which vertical pull apparatus typically includes a support for positioning in a generally vertical position. A cable-engaging mechanism is provided on the s... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6481930 | Apparatus and method for inserting and removing a flexible first material into a second material An apparatus for inserting and removing a flexible first material into a second material (20) includes a moveable carriage (22). An adjustable clamp (24) is connected to the moveable carriage (22), adjustable between an open position and a clamped positio... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6419424 | Coil pipe trailer A tailer for transporting coiled pipe and assisting in the unwinding of the pipe for laying in a trench. A support cradle contacts the outer surface of the coil, thereby obviating the need for a reel. The cradle includes self-centering support rollers upo... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6334739 | Stinger for J-Lay pipelaying system A system for laying a pipeline from a floating vessel onto the ocean floor in relatively deep ocean water which provides guidance, bend restricting, and stabilizing means for the pipe sections while the connection by welding processes are being done and f... | 01/01/2002 |
| 5993115 | Pipeline trenching and laying device A pipeline trenching and laying device is disclosed, having a tractor supported portion, a ripper and a pipe feed chute. The tractor supported portion supports the pipe as it passes over the tractor. A plurality of rollers are spaced and elevated in a man... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5746541 | Electronic dog fence installer A mobile sod cutting machine has mounting arms that have a central axis of elongation with a cable installer mechanism mounted to the lower end of one of the arms for being reciprocated with the arm. The cable installer mechanism includes a vertical groun... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5190409 | Buried cable removal apparatus Conventional cable-laying apparatus has been adapted for the removal of cable. A trenching plow blade is towed behind a bulldozer or the like. Mounted above the area of the blade is a powered cable-pulling assembly. Once an initial length of cable is exca... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5039252 | Cable feed assembly for use with a vibratory plow A cable feed subassembly for use with a vibratory plow in placing a cable or tube in the earth. The plow includes a plow blade and an associated vibratory unit. A cable guide assembly is mounted on the rear side of the plow blade and an incremental cable ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4927294 | Method and equipment for laying an elongated element underground In mobile laying apparatus for laying an elongated element, such as a cable, in a trench, especially a trench in a sea bed, which apparatus is advanced in a predetermined direction and includes apparatus for digging the trench and ways along which the ele... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4744696 | Cable laying apparatus Optical fibre cable laying apparatus comprising a mobile carrier for paying out cable from a reel and laying the cable in a trench formed by a tyne on the carrier. The reel is rotated, to effect paying out, in a fashion such as to control the tension in t... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4692063 | System to control tension in a cable during underground placement A tractor provided with a cable reel at one end and a plow at the trailing end includes a system to monitor tension applied to the cable during underground placement. A capstan engages the cable while driven by a hyraulic motor and the pressure of the flu... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4430022 | Underground cable installing apparatus and method utilizing a multi-positionable plow blade An underground cable installing apparatus is disclosed herein along with its method of operation. The apparatus utilizes a power driven land vehicle and an elongated cable laying plow blade supported by and for movement with the vehicle in a way which pla... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4318638 | Cable detensioning apparatus A buried cable laying apparatus to lay a cable in an open trench in the ground in a relaxed or tension-free state. The apparatus progressively forms a trench and then buries detensioning line and a cable in the trench. The detensioning line is in tension ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4150911 | Control device for the laying of pipe in deep water For laying a pipeline in deep water by letting out the pipeline in predetermined sections from a pipe laying barge which is correspondingly advanced in a stepwise manner, the end of the pipeline being assembled is subjected to an adjustable holding force ... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4038828 | Vertical lift and control for plows A vertical lift and tilt control for plows which is particularly suitable for laying cable, pipe and the like underground. The vertical lift mechanism includes a mast assembly having a generally vertical rail and a slide frame slideably mounted on the rai... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4028902 | Apparatus for laying elongated flexible tubing An apparatus for laying elongated, flexible tubing in a trench and adapted to be secured to a trenching boom carried by a vehicle. The apparatus includes an upwardly open hopper having a forward end adapted to be secured to the trenching boom in trailing ... | 06/14/1977 |
| 3995355 | Laying of flexible pipe Flexible plastic pipe is reeled onto a reel mounted on a truck and is temporarily laid on a field site by driving the truck along, permitting the flexible pipe to unreel. A brake on the reel puts tension on the flexible pipe as it is being unreeled. To re... | 12/07/1976 |
