Combination flexible hose connection and ball pig launcher-receiver

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR LAUNCHING A BALL PIG INTO A PIPELINE AND RECEIVING A BALL PIG PASSED THROUGH A PIPELINE BY PROPELLING FLUID, COMPRISING A BELL-SHAPED HOUSING HAVING A RELATIVELY NARROW HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL NECK PORTION WALL AT AN END THAT REMOVABLY ATTACHES TO THE OPEN END OF A PIPELINE AND FLARED OUTER WALL CONTAINING A FLUID OUTLET TUBE, AND WHICH REMOVABLY ATTACHES AT THE WIDER END OF THE HOUSING TO A BASE PLATE HAVING A CENTRAL HOLE INLET FOR THE PROPELLING FLUID, SECURED TO SAID BASE PLATE IS A BOWLSHAPED PART HAVING AN INNER CONCAVE WALL SIDE INTO WHICH THE BALL PIG FITS WITH SPACED HOLES THROUGH SAID WALL TO AN OUTER CONVEX SIDE OVER SAID CENTRAL HOLE SO THAT FLUID PASSED THROUGH SAID CENTRAL HOLE PASSES IN SEPARATE STREAMS THROUGH THE SPACED HOLES, A CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE EXTENDING FROM SAID BOWL-SHAPED PART AND HAVING A SIDE VENT HOLE, SAID CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE BEING SPACED CONCENTRICALLY FROM FLARED OUTER WALL OF THE HOUSING AND POSITIONED TO GUIDE A BALL PIG MOVED BY PROPELLING FLUID INTO THE OPEN END OF THE PIPELINE WHEN THE BASE PLATE IS ATTACHED TO THE WIDER END OF THE HOUSING.