An apparatus and method is provided for lining the wall of a manhole. The apparatus may include a liner assembly. The liner assembly includes a bladder, a liner holding device, and a liner. The bladder comprises a first end positioned near an opening of the manhole, and a bladder body positioned in the manhole. The liner holding device is positioned at least partially above the opening of the manhole. The liner includes a first end operably connected to the holding device, and a liner body positioned at least partially surrounding the bladder in the manhole. The liner holding device is adapted to feed a portion of the liner body into the manhole during expansion of the liner body.

An apparatus and method is provided for structurally renewing and sealing a wall of a manhole. The apparatus includes a tubular sleeve impregnated with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic material capable of expanding when in contact with water, and a liner impregnated with a resinous material capable of curing and hardening. The apparatus is positioned in a manhole and inflated, which forces the tubular sleeve and the liner into contact with the wall of the manhole. The hydrophilic or hydrophobic material is forced into defects of the wall, thus sealing the wall, while the liner is allowed to cure and harden, thus structurally renewing the wall of the manhole.

A system and method for applying a construction material is provided. The method may include mixing blast furnace slag material, geopolymer material, alkali-based powder, and sand at a batching and mixing device to generate a non-Portland cement-based material. The method may also include transporting the non-Portland cement-based material from the mixing device, through a conduit to a nozzle and combining the transported non-Portland cement-based material with liquid at the nozzle to generate a partially liquefied non-Portland cement-based material. The method may further include pneumatically applying the partially liquefied non-Portland cement-based material to a surface.

A repair bracket that provides a substitute for one or more broken anchoring tabs of a manhole base. The repair bracket is an expansible bracket that has a frame member with a central manhole access passage through the frame member. The frame member has threaded holes transversely through the frame member and located at positions corresponding to positions of threaded holes in the original unbroken anchoring tabs of the manhole base. The threaded holes are used to connect the frame member to a manhole cover by threaded bolts extending through the cover and into the threaded holes. Expansible actuators are mounted to the frame member and are capable of moving a part of the expansible bracket outward into engagement against the inner wall of the base or a sleeve or casing attached to the base.

An apparatus and method for sealing pipes or underground structures is provided. In one embodiment, the end of a pipe is sealed by the use of a pipe liner and a sealing member. The sealing member may be a hydrophilic material, a hydrophobic material, a compressible material, or a paste. The sealing member is held in place by a mechanical fastener and a liner is installed adjacent the sealing member and against the wall of the pipe or other structure to be sealed. In another embodiment, a manhole is sealed by the use of a sealing member, a mechanical fastener, and a manhole liner.

The present invention comprises a method and means for repairing the wall of a manhole wherein a material capable of curing and hardening is adhered to the wall. An expandable bladder engages the curable and hardenable material and presses against and smoothes the material. The bladder may be chemically bonded to the curable and hardenable material or it may be mechanically bonded.

A lining tube for restoring a defective sewer shaft has an inner film tube and a radially expandable tubular layer of fiber material impregnated with a curable reaction resin. The inner film tube has a connecting portion that connects two circumferential portions, to a circumferentially closed inner film tube with a defined nominal diameter. The connecting portion has a predetermined breaking point that can be separated in the circumferential direction by introducing a pressure medium into the inner film tube in order to radially expand the inner film tube and the layer of fibrous material beyond the nominal diameter. The tubular layer of fiber material is closed by a seam at a first end that can be introduced into a channel of the sewer shaft. The seam extends orthogonally to the longitudinal axis of the tubular layer of fiber material of the lining tube.

A lining tube for restoring a defective sewer shaft which has a first shaft portion of a first diameter and an adjoining second shaft portion of an larger diameter. The lining tube has inner film tube and a radially expandable layer of fibrous material around the inner film tube and impregnated with a curable reactive resin. The inner film tube has a connecting portion which extends in the longitudinal direction and which connects two mutually parallel circumferential portions of the inner film tube to a circumferentially closed inner film tube. The connecting portion has a predetermined breaking point which extends along the inner film tube and can be separated in the circumferential direction by introducing a pressure medium into the inner film tube, in order to radially expand the inner film tube and the layer of fibrous material beyond their nominal diameter.

A liner assembly offset securement system for reinforcing walls of an underground sewer structure. The underground sewer structure includes a neck portion, an offset portion extending at an angle and offset from the neck portion, and a chamber portion extending downwardly from the offset portion. The offset securement system comprises a liner, an inflatable bladder disposed within the liner, a plurality of offset structure anchors, a plurality of loop units attached to the liner, and a plurality of pull straps. Each of the offset structure anchors is configured to be fixed to the underground sewer structure between offset and chamber portions thereof. Each of the pull straps has a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of each of the pull straps connected to one of the bladder anchors through one of the loop units of the liner and one of the offset structure anchors.