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US 10,322,527 B2Granted
Kneader internal inspection device
AssigneeKobe Steel, Ltd.
InventorsChitaka Manabe, Eiji Takahashi, Toshihide Fukui, Hodaka Miura
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Abstract
A kneader internal inspection device according to the present invention suspends and supports a photographing unit, which is arranged in an interior of a kneader and which photographs the interior, so as to be vertically movable in the interior of the kneader. Therefore, such a kneader internal inspection device is capable of easily inspecting the interior of the kneader.
Claims8
A kneader internal inspection device, comprising:
- a photographing unit which is arranged in an interior of a kneader and which photographs the interior, the photographing unit including a camera and a holding member which holds the camera, the holding member including a frame, an elongated holding body rotatably held by the frame around an axial center of the elongated holding body, and a mounting shaft rotatably mounted to a lower end of the elongated holding body;
- an illuminating unit directly mounted on a lower surface of the frame to illuminate the interior of the kneader;
- a suspending and supporting member which suspends and supports, in the interior of the kneader, the frame so as to be vertically movable;
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- an operating unit which operates the photographing unit from outside the kneader.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.