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US 12,264,772 B2Granted
Maneuverable pipeline inspection device
AssigneePure Technologies U.S. Inc.
InventorJeffrey Chak-Fai Kwan
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Abstract
A device for assessing the condition of a pipeline containing a liquid is provided. The device includes an actuatable maneuvering module to generate a force sufficient to move the device from one side to another side along a horizontal plane and to move the device from top to bottom along a vertical plane, or any combinations thereof, so as to maneuver the device.
Claims11
A pipeline inspection device for assessing a condition of a pipeline containing a liquid, the pipeline inspection device comprising:
- a propulsion module configured to generate a force sufficient to move the pipeline inspection device from one side to another side along a horizontal plane and/or to move the pipeline inspection device from top to bottom along a vertical plane to maneuver the device around a pipeline feature in an intended path of the pipeline inspection device as the pipeline inspection device is displaced along a length of the pipeline by movement of the liquid in the pipeline;
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- a plurality of collapsable supporting petals extending radially outward from the pipeline inspection device and around a circumference of the pipeline inspection device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.