JAMES DETURCK MCGUIGAN
Engineers in Romansville, PA

5918271, Jun 29, 1999

Feb 11, 1998

9/022269

James DeTurck McGuigan - Coatesville PA

G01M 308

73 491

An apparatus that allows for the testing of pipes, either underground or in other inaccessible locations, for leaks and determines the exact locations and severity of said leaks. By the use of a ball, attached to a retaining string, traveling through a piping system on the flow of liquid that is exiting through the pipe leak, a user is capable of determining the location of the leak within inches, even on long line piping systems. The invention utilizes a reservoir of liquid that is forced through the pipe under test using a pump. A calibrated reel of retaining string then provides the exact location of the leak. The pump to give forward movement to a fluid-driven ball being propelled along a pipe section while such pipe section is closed off at its distant end to form a no-flow condition and reservoir alone then allow the user to determine the severity of the leak as well as the option of repairing the leak from inside of said piping system from the remote location by use of a sealing compound mixed with water.

5734096, Mar 31, 1998

Apr 14, 1997

8/839472

James D. McGuigan - Coatesville PA
Katherine Underwood - Simsbury CT

G01M 304

73 492

A swimming pool leak detecting device including an interior housing slidable along a floor and side walls of a swimming pool. A telescopic pole is pivotally coupled with the interior housing. A floating housing is adapted to float on a surface of the swimming pool. The floating housing holds a predetermined amount of water therein. A hose is provided having an upper end fluidly coupled with the floating housing and a lower end fluidly coupled with the interior housing. A leak in the swimming pool will cause the water level in the floating housing to decrease. Sealant can be poured through the floating hosing and directed through the hose to the interior housing in order to seal the leak.