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US 2003/0194189 A1Published application
Inspection wand
OwnerWilliam J. Grothe, Jianli Ren +3inventors
InventorsWilliam J. Grothe, Jianli Ren, Paul E. Robbins, Peter McNicol, John D. Garman
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a light wand including a flashlight, a section of light transmitting flexible fiber optic having a plurality of slits along its length, and a tubular coupling adapted to optimize the transmission of light from the flashlight to the fiber optic.
Claims23
A fiber optic inspection wand comprising:
- at least one length of flexible, light transmitting polymeric fiber optic conduit having a proximate end and a distal end;
- said conduit including a clad core sheathed by a light transmitting jacket;
- a tubular coupling having a first end connected to the light emitting end of a flash light and a second end connected to said proximate end of the conduit.
A fiber optic inspection wand comprising:
- at least one length of flexible, light transmitting polymeric fiber optic conduit having a proximate end and a distal end;
- a tubular coupling having a first end adapted to be connected to a flash light and a second end adapted to be connected to said proximate end of the conduit;
- said coupling connected to said flash light and connected to said proximate end of the conduit;
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- a light path from said flash light through said coupling into said conduit, whereby light is transmitted along and emitted from said conduit.
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A fiber optic inspection wand comprising:
- a handheld light source adapted to direct light in a defined beam;
- a cylindrical polymeric fiber optic conduit having a predetermined length adapted to emit transmitted light radially;
- said fiber optic conduit coupled to said handheld light source by a coupling whereby said beam is directed substantially into and along the length of said fiber optic conduit.
A fiber optic inspection wand comprising:
- a housing adapted to be manipulated in a human hand;
- said housing containing a source of energy and a light source;
- said source of energy and said light source being operationally linked whereby the light source emits light;
- a coupling affixed to said housing adapted to receive and retain at least one fiber optic conduit of predetermined length;
- said at least one fiber optic conduit retained in said coupling disposed such that at least some of the light emitted by the light source is transmitted by said conduit;
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- said at least one fiber optic conduit is adapted to emit light substantially radially along at least a portion of its length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.