Apparatus for the in-situ inspection of tubes while submerged in a liquid
CA 1094232 A · Owner: The Babcock & Wilcox Company · Inventors: Abell, Gary E.; Plavsity, Louis; Sattler, Frank J.
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Apparatus for the in situ inspection of tubes which are submerged in a liquid such as the primary coolant of a nuclear reactor wherein a sensor is withdrawn from a tube by a cable including, means for removing the liquid from and drying the cable and returning the liquid to the tubes thus preventing the spread of deleterious liquids to otherwise benign environments and the fouling of the drive mechanism used to control cable movements.
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- Granted January 20, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 20, 1998.
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