ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,287, issued on April 21, was assigned to ENVIROBOT GMBH & Co. KG (Dietmannsried, Germany).
"System and method for cleaning and/or inspecting a pipeline" was invented by Frank Matt (Dietmannsried, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cleaning and/or inspecting a pipeline includes a hose and a working device connected to one end of the hose. The working device includes a sensor device for detecting sensor data representing a movement direction of the working device in the pipeline, a hose drum for winding and unwinding the hose, a motor coupled to the hose drum and configured to rotate the hose drum so as to wind the ho...