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US 10,309,859 B2Granted
Carpet probe for leak detection
AssigneeInficon GmbH
InventorFredrick Enquist
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Abstract
A carpet probe for detecting leaks in underground gas pipes, including a handle (12), a wheel (16) connected to the handle (12), and a flat carpet element (14) connected to the wheel (16) and including a sniffing inlet (28) connected to a gas sensor (18), is characterized in that the wheel (16) is the only wheel (16) of the carpet probe adapted for rolling on a ground surface.
Claims18
A carpet probe for detecting leaks in underground gas pipes, comprising a handle, a wheel connected to the handle, and a flat carpet element connected to the wheel and comprising a sniffing inlet connected to a gas sensor,
- wherein the wheel is the only wheel of the carpet probe configured for rolling on a ground surface, and a connection between the carpet element and the wheel comprises at least two axes of freedom being orthogonal to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.