MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411010720 A) filed by Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, on Feb. 15, 2024, for 'automated pipeline repairing device.'
Inventor(s) include Kul Bhushan Anand.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated pipeline repairing device a frame 1 positioned by a user in proximity to a pipeline to be repaired via a handle 4, an imaging unit 3 to determine presence and dimension of damaged portion of pipeline, a clamping unit 5 for gripping pipeline adjacent to damaged portion, an electromagnetic patch 6 arranged on each jaw of clamping unit 5 for securing frame 1 with pipeline, a rod 8 extends to insert an inflatable body 9 attached with rod 8 inside damaged portion, an ultrasonic sensor for detecting successful insertion of body 9 inside damaged portion, an inflating unit 10 actuates for inflating body 9 to create a blockage inside pipeline to restrict passage of fluid supplied through pipeline thereby allowing a concerned person to perform repairing task on damaged portion."
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