Remote visual inspection system
CA 1182557 A · Owner: Rockwell International Corporation · Inventors: Clemens, Donald D.; Larson, Elmer M. Jr.; Morgan, William T.
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A system for the remote visual inspection of a structure including two vessels, one disposed within the other and defining an annulus therebetween. A guide member is provided circumferentially about an upper periphery of the two vessels. Mounted on the guide member are two motor-driven, diametrically opposed trolleys which support a flexible track member which extends downwardly through the annulus from one of the trolleys and back up the other side of the annulus to the other trolley. At least one motor-driven carriage is mounted on the track member and carries a camera and light source. By appropriate positioning of the trolleys and the carriage all the surfaces, of the vessels defining …
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- Granted February 12, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 12, 2002.
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