Method and device for tapping and tracing a conduit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9057471
APP PUB NO 20140076414A1
SERIAL NO

13919344

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Disclosed are a method and a device for tapping and tracing a conduit that is obstructed from view such as a subterranean pipe. The invention allows the conduit to be traced while the conduit continues to function. The device includes a tapping tee for tapping into a conduit with an entry port at an acute angle to the conduit, a flexible fiberglass rodder that includes a conductor, a stuffing box removably attached to the tapping tee for inserting the rodder into the tapping tee, a signal transmitter operably attached to the rodder, and a signal receiver that receives the signals transmitted by the transmitter through the rodder and through the obstruction.

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JAMESON LLC1451 OLD NORTH MAIN STREET CLOVER SC 29710

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kokoski, Bradley Robert Fort Mill, US 6 36

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