Method and apparatus for use with plastic lined pipe

Claim 1

A heating apparatus particularly suited and adapted to heat a projecting end of a thermoplastic liner of a lined conduit, the apparatus comprising a first or outer housing having a generally cylindrical cup-like configuration, the outer housing having a first or open end terminating in a plane generally normal to the axis of generation of the generally cylindrical portion, the housing having a second or a closed end remotely disposed from the first end, the second end defining means to receive and generally uniformly radially distribute the heated gas, a second or inner housing of generally cylindrical configuration disposed within the first or outer housing, the inner housing having a first or open end disposed generally adjacent the first end of the outer housing, the plane of the open end of the inner housing being generally parallel to the plane of the opening of the outer housing and being displaced toward the second end of the outer housing, the inner housing having a second or closed end disposed generally adjacent and spaced from the second end of the outer housing, the inner housing being adapted to receive a projecting end of a thermoplastic liner of lined conduit, a generally discoidal baffle supported adjacent the first ends of the inner and outer parallel to the plane of the first end of the outer housings, the discoidal baffle lying in a place generally parallel to the plane of the first end of the outer housing and being disposed external to space enclosed by the outer housing.