ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,949, issued on May 20, was assigned to ENI S.P.A. (Rome).
"Apparatus and method for internal cleaning of a pipeline" was invented by Riccardo Schiavon (Marghera, Italy) and Nicola Buongiorno (San Donato, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and related process for the internal cleaning of a pipeline that includes an interchangeable rotary cleaning head, a motor device coupled to the rotary head, a movement device configured to move the apparatus inside the pipeline, and a remote control system. The combined movement of the rotary head rotation and of the advancing motion of the apparatus inside the pipeline allows the di...