Device, system and method for the location and identification of as-built plants of pipes, conduits, cables or hidden objects
View Patent ↗A device 20 for location and identification of pipes, conduits, cables or buried or hidden objects 8 is described without the need of any invasive and/or destructive work, said device comprising at least one transponder 1 utilizing RFID or like technology for identification without any physical contact or line-of-sight, said transponder 1 being attached in a support 7 shaped as a mesh, tape, wire, cable, cordage or alternatively in a device 32/33 such as a bar, tappet, line, stud, mushroom, pipe, marker or the like, device 20 resulting from the combination of 1 and 7 or of 1 and 32/33 . A system for location and identification of said objects 8 comprises said device 20 and further a reading and/or writing unit 3 of the information on said pipe, conduit, cable or buried or hidden object 8 , at least an antenna 2 besides said pipe, conduit, cable or buried or hidden object 8 . Also described is the method for installing device 20 , the method for location and identification of a pipe, conduit, cable or buried or hidden object 8 , as well as the method for mapping and execution of as-built plants of pipes, conduits, cable or buried or hidden objects 8 without the need of any invasive and/or destructive work.
1. A device 20 for location and identification of new or pre-existing hidden objects 8 buried in soil 9 covered by surface 10 , wherein said device comprises:
a transponder 1 ; and
a support 32 , 33 ,
wherein said transponder 1 is i) attached to the lower end of support 32 , 33 with the aid of weld 30 ; and ii) provided with hook-shaped burrs 31 , whereby the location and the identification of said hidden objects 8 is performed without the need of any excavation of said surface 10 or said soil 9 .
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the support 32 , 33 is shaped as a bar, a tappet, a line, a stud, a mushroom, a pipe or a marker.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein after installation, marker 33 is configured to stand as a visual warning on surface 10 .
4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein during the installation of said device 20 , the weld 30 is configured to be broken so as to physically separate said transponder 1 and said support 32 , 33 .
5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein following the separation of said support 32 , 33 and said transponder 1 , with removal of said support 32 , 33 , said transponder is kept operating in its location without any displacement with the aid of burrs 31 .