PIPE PULL HEAD SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- VE · VE
- Patent Type
- Designs
- Current Assignee / Owner
- TRINITY BAY EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS LLC
- Filing Date
- 2021-03-04
- Publication Date
- 2022-02-17
Description
Techniques for implementing a pipe deployment system that includes a pull head, which is secured to the pipe segment containing a pipe. The pull head includes a pull plate with a guide tongue and a pull plate clamping opening. THE PULL PLATE IS SECURED TO THE PIPE SEGMENT TUBING AT LEAST IN PART BY SECURING A THREADED FASTENER IN THE PULL PLATE CLAMPING OPENING AND A PIPE SEGMENT CLAMPING OPENING THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THE PULL PLATE CLAMPING OPENING WHILE THE GUIDE TAB IS FACING OUTWARDS AND RESTS DIRECTLY ON THE PIPE SEGMENT TUBING. THE PULL HEAD INCLUDES AN END ASSEMBLY, WHICH INCLUDES AN END CAP THAT SECURES TO THE PULL PLATE AND A PULL RING THAT SECURES TO ONE OR MORE CABLES TO ALLOW THE PULL HEAD TO BE INSERTED INTO AN EXTERNAL HOLE, THROUGH THE EXTERNAL HOLE, OR BOTH.