Unit for boring without stopping passage of fluid

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8726928
APP PUB NO 20130000749A1
SERIAL NO

13494086

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An apparatus including: a sealing case including separate cases and enclosing a portion of an existing pipe, and a valve cover portion attached to a branch pipe portion protruding upwardly from the existing pipe; a gate valve body accommodated by the valve cover portion and the branch pipe portion to be intruded into the existing pipe to stop the flow of the fluid through the existing pipe; an operation valve body having an arc-shaped lateral cross section for opening/closing a branch hole formed in the branch pipe portion by rotating in the circumferential direction of the existing pipe; and a rotation mechanism for rotating the operation valve body, the rotation mechanism including: an operation portion; a driving gear unit which rotates; and a driven gear for rotating the operation valve body in the circumferential direction of the existing pipe following the rotation of the driving gear unit.

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SUIKEN CO LTDSHIGA 529-1663

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sato, Toshiyuki Shiga, JP 193 2639

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