ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,980, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Bayou HoldCo Inc. (Houston).
"Adjustable molding system for forming material on pipe" was invented by Randall Perkins (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molding system for applying insulation to a pipe employs an elongate mold in which to receive the pipe. A mold adjustment mechanism can adjust a shape of the mold to correspond to a shape of the pipe as the pipe sags in the mold cavity. In a method of insulating the pipe, the shape of the mold is adjusted to correspond to the shape of the sagging pipe and curable material is imparted into the mold while maintaining the adjusted shape of ...