Method and apparatus for coating the interior of a pipe

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EP 0 781 606 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	09.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/28

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/27

(21)	Application number: 96307992.6

(22)	Date of filing: 05.11.1996

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B05B 3/10, B05B 13/06

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV RO SI

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Priority:

05.12.1995 GB 9524811

(71)	Applicants:
	AMEC Utilities Limited Northwich, Cheshire CW8 2YA (GB) HUNTING INDUSTRIAL COATINGS Widnes Cheshire WA8 9ND (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	Gunter, Robert Spencer Swindon, Wilts SN4 0BG (GB) Whittle, Neil Thomas Radcliffe, Manchester M26 3XB (GB)

(74)	Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund
	GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

(54)	Method and apparatus for coating the interior of a pipe

(57) The present invention relates to apparatus for coating the interior of a pipe (1). The apparatus includes a rotating member (10) which may be moved along the inside of the pipe (1) and means (12) for directing a stream of a liquid resin coating onto the rotating member (10) so that the liquid resin is thrown from the periphery of the rotating member (10) under the action of centrifugal force onto the walls of the pipe (1). The liquid then cures, coating and sealing the interior of the pipe.

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