MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441080101 A) filed by Jain, Bangalore, Karnataka, on Oct. 11, 2024, for 'automated plastic pipe cutting and joining.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Sujai S.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated plastic pipe cutting and joining device, comprising a platform 1 positioned on a ground surface, plurality of telescopically operated rods 2 for supporting platform 1, a multi-sectioned chamber 3 stored with plastic pipes, a pair of robotic grippers 5 position a plastic pipe over a holding slot 6, an artificial intelligence-based imaging unit 7 determines dimensions of plastic pipe, plurality of motorized clippers 8 grip on pipe for securing pipe on slot 6 and accordingly a desired pattern along which cutting operation is to performed for making user-specified type of shape, is evaluated, a motorized cutting unit 9 via a robotic arm 10, cuts pipe, a rectangular horizontal member 11 having plurality of heating unit heat member 11 and heat induced within member 11 melts material of pipe and synchronously grippers 5 provide movement to pipe for joining pipe and a scrubbing unit 13 does scrubbing."
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