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Pipeline pig

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6816460
A pipeline pig includes a cupshaped cleaning element having a spherically shaped outer surface with a diameter equal to or greater than the inside diameter of the pipeline, for engaging a pipeline inner wall even as the pig passes through curved sections of the pipeline. The cleaning element has a number of grooves in its outer surface that provide a number of scraping edges to scrape rust, scale, and other substances from the inner wall of the pipeline. (2 claims)
Assignee:
Williamson (T.D.) Inc.
Patent Number(s):
US 3704478
OSTI ID:
6816460
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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