US 11,806,921 B2
System and method for retroactively lining a vertical trash chute
Jeremy R. Bowman, Langhorne, PA (US); and Ford C. Bowman, Langhorne, PA (US)
Assigned to US Chute Lining, LLC, Langhorne, PA (US)
Filed by US Chute Lining, LLC, Langhorne, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/076,751.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118679 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 63/00 (2006.01); B65G 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 63/34 (2006.01); B65G 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 63/346 (2013.01) [B29C 63/0017 (2013.01); B65G 11/023 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of lining an interior of a vertical trash chute, said method comprising:
providing a tubular fabric liner having a first open end and a second open end, wherein said tubular fabric liner is infused with a resin;
closing said first open end of said tubular fabric liner;
pulling said first open end of said tubular fabric liner through said vertical trash chute to position said tubular fabric liner in said vertical trash chute;
closing said second open end of said tubular fabric liner; and
inflating said tubular fabric liner to cause said tubular fabric liner to press against said interior of said trash chute as said resin cures.