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US2675333A
US2675333A US133544A US13354449A US2675333A US 2675333 A US2675333 A US 2675333A US 133544 A US133544 A US 133544A US 13354449 A US13354449 A US 13354449A US 2675333 A US2675333 A US 2675333A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28BSHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
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    • B28BSHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
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  • FIG. I PIPE APPARATUS Filed Dc. 17, 1949 FIG. I.
  • Another object is to provide such a method which is easy to carry out and which tends to improve the character of the interior finish of the plpe.
  • a further object is to provide such a method which requires no mechanical or physical contact of a brush or tool with the surface ofthe pipe and which requires no tipping of the pipe or special manipulation thereof.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view, largely diagrammatic, of an apparatus for rotating the pipe and for carrying out the method of the invention
  • Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the apparatus of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic or diagrammatic view of a modified form of apparatus for carrying out the invention.
  • FIG. 1 we show at H an apparatus which is commonly used for supporting and rotating pipe or forms to be lined with concrete.
  • This apparatus includes a base I! upon which is mounted a plurality of sets of pulleys 15 over which extend belts I6.
  • the belts are driven by a motor I! through gearing l8 and shaft is which supports the endmost pulleys.
  • the pipe shell or form l2 which is usually 01' steel is cradled in the upper run 2
  • the pipe-supporting and rotating apparatus may include end thrust rollers 23 which are mounted for rotation about vertical axes and against which the ends of the pipe abut to prevent axial migration of the pipe.
  • Fig. 3 the pipe shell I2 is shown provided with a cementitious lining 25. As this lining is compacted during rotation of the shell the water moves inwardly and gathers on the inner surface 26 of the layer 25.

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R. J. TROUT ETAL ,675,333
PIPE APPARATUS Filed Dc. 17, 1949 FIG. I.
INVENTORS RALPH J. TROUT CHARLES H. BHANNEN ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 13, 1954 PIPE APPARATUS Ralph J. Trout, Pittsburg, and Charles H. Brannen, Hayward, Calif., assignors to American Pipe and Construction 00., a corporation of Delaware Application December 17, 1949, Serial No. 133,544
1 Claim. (Cl. 117-57) This invention has to do generally with the making of centrifugally spun concrete pipe or pipe having a centrifugally spun concrete lining.
In the art it is common practice to make concrete pipe and pipe having a concrete or cementitious lining in a metal shell or casing by introducing a slurry or wet mix of concrete or cement into a form such as a metal shell and rotating the form to distribute the cementitious mass evenly over the interior thereof. The form, which may or may not become a part of the completed pipe, is supported on and rotated by horizontally disposed endless belts or bands which are driven by a suitable power source.
One of the problems in manufacturing such pipe has been the difficulty of removing the water from the slurry or mix as the water leaves the compacting mass of cementitlous material and collects on the inner surface. In large diameter pipe the problem has been particularly acute in that large drops of water fall from the upper part of the pipe pitting the surface below where they strike. While attempts have been made to brush the water out and to remove it by tipping the pipe, these methods have not proved entirely satisfactory. In many cases it was found necessary to scrape or trowel the lining smooth after such an operation.
It is therefore an object of our invention to provide a novel improved method of removing water from the concrete pipe or pipe lining while the pipe is spinning.
Another object is to provide such a method which is easy to carry out and which tends to improve the character of the interior finish of the plpe.
A further object is to provide such a method which requires no mechanical or physical contact of a brush or tool with the surface ofthe pipe and which requires no tipping of the pipe or special manipulation thereof.
These and other objects will be apparent from the drawing and the following description thereof.
Referring to the drawing:
Fig. 1 is a plan view, largely diagrammatic, of an apparatus for rotating the pipe and for carrying out the method of the invention;
Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the apparatus of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and
Fig. 4 is a schematic or diagrammatic view of a modified form of apparatus for carrying out the invention.
In a general way our method utilizes a moving stream of air for removing the water from the pipe as the lining is formed. More particularly describing the invention, in Fig. 1 we show at H an apparatus which is commonly used for supporting and rotating pipe or forms to be lined with concrete. This apparatus includes a base I! upon which is mounted a plurality of sets of pulleys 15 over which extend belts I6. The belts are driven by a motor I! through gearing l8 and shaft is which supports the endmost pulleys.
The pipe shell or form l2 which is usually 01' steel is cradled in the upper run 2| of the belts as shown in Fig. 2.
As the belt are driven the shell [2 is rotated and the desired lining material of concrete or the like introduced into the shell as the same is rotated. The pipe-supporting and rotating apparatus may include end thrust rollers 23 which are mounted for rotation about vertical axes and against which the ends of the pipe abut to prevent axial migration of the pipe.
In Fig. 3 the pipe shell I2 is shown provided with a cementitious lining 25. As this lining is compacted during rotation of the shell the water moves inwardly and gathers on the inner surface 26 of the layer 25.
In order to remove this water we introduce a strong current or blast of air into the pipe at one end. This may be done by providing a motordriven blower unit 23 adjacent one end of the pipe. We prefer to locate the blower to one side of the axis of the pipe and to provide the blower with a flexible hose 29 which may be adjustably positioned centrally of the pipe to direct the stream of air axially of the pipe. With the blower unit located to one side, the hose 29 may be moved out of the way to permit the introduction of con crete slurry into the pipe, an operation which is usually accomplished by means of troughs which are moved axially into the pipe and then inverted to dump their contents.
We have found that by causing a current of air to be passed through the pipe as the pipe is rotating, the water, as it accumulates on the inner surface of the cementitious lining, is forced along the pipe axially thereof by the air. Some of the water flows out the end of the pipe. At the same time, considerable water is evaporated. Also, we have found that the quality of the lining is improved and that the surface thereof is much smoother than results from the conventional methods of making this type of pipe. By way of example, we have found that very satisfactory results were obtained by passing approximately a 3 8000 C. F. M. of air through pipe of 36" diameter. In carrying out the process we prefer to use relatively warm dry air in order to evaporate a large proportion of the water from the cementitious mass as the water leaves the mass during spinning of the pipe. In many geographical areas and-.undercertain weather conditions the atmospheric air present is suitable. However, there are many locations and many times when the humidity of the air is relatively high and a when such is the case, we prefer to heat the air before passing it through the pipe. In- "Fig. 4 of the drawing we show the apparatus forsaceomplishing this. In this figure, numeral t2 indicates the pipe, 28 the motor-driven blower unit. A conduit comprising the two sections '32 and 33 conveys air to the pipe after the air has been 7 heated by passage through a heater '3 4. Any
conventional heat transfer device may he used. Although the invention has been particularly shown and described. it is contemplated that various changes and modifications maybe made without departing iromthe scope thereof as indicated by a the following claim.
We claim: I v In the manufacture of pipe having a cylindrical concrete wall formed within a cylindrical metal shell, the steps of introducing wet concrete material into the shell, spinning the shell about its longitudinal axis at a speed sufiicient V to spread and compact the material into a rela tively dense cylindrical layer within the shell,
and simultaneously removing water from the entireirmer 'surface o fi th'e. layer iby passing air through the shell axially from end to end while the shell is spinning, the humidity of said ai being well below the saturation point. V
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US2850784A (en) * 1953-01-30 1958-09-09 Price Brothers Co Means for making concrete pipe
US2906238A (en) * 1955-03-25 1959-09-29 Rome Cable Corp Apparatus for coating conduit sections
US2997737A (en) * 1956-06-28 1961-08-29 H D Boggs Company Ltd Apparatus for withdrawing tubular objects from a mold
US3384154A (en) * 1956-08-30 1968-05-21 Union Carbide Corp Heat exchange system
US3523577A (en) * 1956-08-30 1970-08-11 Union Carbide Corp Heat exchange system
US4101623A (en) * 1974-11-21 1978-07-18 English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co. Ltd. Method of lining pipes
US4107254A (en) * 1972-09-14 1978-08-15 English Clay Lovering Pochin & Co. Ltd. Method of lining pipes, molds or other tubular articles with thermosetting plastic material
US4298634A (en) * 1980-11-04 1981-11-03 Compagnie Internationale Pour L'informatique Cii-Honeywell Bull (Societe Anonyme) Method for coating cylindrical surfaces
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US1832324A (en) * 1929-09-21 1931-11-17 Stapling Machines Co Wire joining tool and method
US2484018A (en) * 1946-02-21 1949-10-11 Preload Entpr Inc Pipe lining machine and method
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US2850784A (en) * 1953-01-30 1958-09-09 Price Brothers Co Means for making concrete pipe
US2906238A (en) * 1955-03-25 1959-09-29 Rome Cable Corp Apparatus for coating conduit sections
US2997737A (en) * 1956-06-28 1961-08-29 H D Boggs Company Ltd Apparatus for withdrawing tubular objects from a mold
US3384154A (en) * 1956-08-30 1968-05-21 Union Carbide Corp Heat exchange system
US3523577A (en) * 1956-08-30 1970-08-11 Union Carbide Corp Heat exchange system
US4107254A (en) * 1972-09-14 1978-08-15 English Clay Lovering Pochin & Co. Ltd. Method of lining pipes, molds or other tubular articles with thermosetting plastic material
US4101623A (en) * 1974-11-21 1978-07-18 English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co. Ltd. Method of lining pipes
US4298634A (en) * 1980-11-04 1981-11-03 Compagnie Internationale Pour L'informatique Cii-Honeywell Bull (Societe Anonyme) Method for coating cylindrical surfaces
US4419163A (en) * 1981-09-30 1983-12-06 Osaka Gas, Ltd. Pipeline coating method
EP0284317A1 (en) * 1987-03-24 1988-09-28 Noritake Co., Limited Concrete-type composite pipe and a method of producing the same
AU591388B2 (en) * 1987-03-24 1989-11-30 Teihyu Corporation (Noritake Co Ltd) Concrete-type composite pipe and a method of producing the same
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