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GB2545624B - Robot drive assembly and method - Google Patents

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GB2545624B
GB2545624B GB1706986.5A GB201706986A GB2545624B GB 2545624 B GB2545624 B GB 2545624B GB 201706986 A GB201706986 A GB 201706986A GB 2545624 B GB2545624 B GB 2545624B
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John Langdale Simon
James Little Wesley
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L55/00—Devices or appurtenances for use in, or in connection with, pipes or pipe systems
    • F16L55/26—Pigs or moles, i.e. devices movable in a pipe or conduit with or without self-contained propulsion means
    • F16L55/28—Constructional aspects
    • F16L55/30—Constructional aspects of the propulsion means, e.g. towed by cables
    • F16L55/32—Constructional aspects of the propulsion means, e.g. towed by cables being self-contained

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GB1418538.3A GB2531706A (en) 2014-10-19 2014-10-19 Apparatus and method
PCT/EP2015/074139 WO2016062661A1 (en) 2014-10-19 2015-10-19 Pig drive assembly and method

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US20040173116A1 (en) * 2001-10-17 2004-09-09 William Marsh Rice University Autonomous robotic crawler for in-pipe inspection

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GB2545624A (en) 2017-06-21

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