MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441076689 A) filed by JAIN, Bangalore, Karnataka, on Oct. 9, 2024, for 'blockage extraction assistive device for sewer pipes.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Dasarathy A K.
The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A blockage extraction assistive device for sewer pipes, comprising an elongated body 1 having proximal end 2 and distal end 3, handle 4 gripped by a user to position the distal end 3 within a sewer pipe from which blockage is to be removed, artificial intelligence based imaging unit 5 for capturing images of inner periphery of the sewer pipe to determine location of the blockage in the pipe, hydraulic link for positioning a motorized gripper 7 to grip the blockage, motorized plunger 8 provide a pulling and pushing force to the gripper 7 for withdrawing the blockage from the pipe, motorized hinge joints 9 to regulate shape of the body 1 as per sewer pipe and motorized ball and socket joint 10 provide rotation to the gripper 7 in clockwise and anti-clockwise direction to assist the gripper 7 in loosening grip of the blockage from the pipe."
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