ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,070, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to VICTAULIC COMPANY (Easton, Pa.).
"Method of rotating a pipeline section" was invented by Eric Frank Finlayson (Stroudsburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of rotating a section of a pipeline about a longitudinal axis arranged coaxially with a bore of the section. The section includes a plurality of pipe elements joined to one another end to end. The section has a first end connected to the pipeline by a first coupling permitting rotation of the section relatively to the pipeline. The section has a second end connected to the pipeline by a second coupling permitting rotation of th...