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US Patent 6374838
Issued Date
April 23, 2002
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A collapsible pig attached to the end of a tubing and having a seal to the bore of a pipeline for pulling the tubing into the pipeline at up to a predetermined pressure differential across the seal and while allowing the fluid in front of the pig to flow into the end of the tubing without pressure restriction, alternately having reversed flow from within the tubing exit the end of the tubing through jetting nozzles, and having the seal collapse at a pressure differential higher than the predetermined pressure differential.
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April 23, 2002
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09/496,165
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February 1, 2000
US Classification
134/167C   15/104.061
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B08B   9/02   (20060101)   B08B   9/04   (20060101)  
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134/167C   134/168C   15/104.061   15/104.12   166/312  
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