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US 12,710,561 B2Granted
Pipeline inspection apparatus comprising multiple barrel sections, articulating components, and radially extending structures
AssigneeUnder Cover Technologies Corp.
InventorRichard Maiklem
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Abstract
A pipeline inspection apparatus for moving through an interior of a pipeline and inspecting a region surrounding the pipeline, comprising a neutron source and scintillator sensors housed within one or more sections and including a positioning system that cooperates to position the one or more sections within the pipeline.
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A pipeline inspection apparatus for moving through an interior of a pipeline and inspecting a region external to the pipeline, comprising:
- one or more sections;
- a neutron source;
- scintillation sensors;
- and
- a positioning system secured to the one or more sections to position the one or more sections within the pipeline,
- wherein each of the neutron source and the scintillator sensors being housed within a respective one of the one or more sections, and
- wherein the one or more sections being longitudinally flexible to enable the one or more sections to accommodate a curvature in the pipeline.
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A pipeline inspection apparatus, comprising:
- a first component housing section including a neutron source;
- a second component housing section coupled to the first component housing section and including one or more gamma ray sensors for measuring gamma rays;
- one or more support structures extending outward from each of the first component housing section and the second component housing section;
- the first component housing section, the second component housing section, and the one or more support structures being cooperatively configured such that as the pipeline inspection apparatus moves through an interior of a pipeline;
- the one or more support structures support the first component housing section and the second component housing section centrally within the pipeline;
- the first component housing section and the second component housing section can articulate relative to each other as the pipeline inspection apparatus moves through curves in the pipeline;
- the neutron source can emit neutrons into regions surrounding the pipeline;
- and
- the one or more gamma ray sensors can measure gamma rays entering the pipeline from the regions surrounding the pipeline.
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